Tucson and Port-au-Prince: thinking about words, images, and violence

WILL WE? (Photo credit: Jim Wilson/The New York Times) A stunningly violent shooting in Tucson, Arizona, and we are talking again about violence and violent images. And the war of words has begun. I have to confess that I am frequently bewildered by the violent use of violent metaphors in our public speaking

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Tucson and Port-au-Prince: thinking about words, images, and violence

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  1. hervieu March 14, 2011
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    Goodness me. Another violent shooting in America? Whatever next..

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