Comments on: Language and the Media in Fort Hood http://savageminds.org/2009/11/24/language-and-the-media-in-fort-hood/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:28:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Megan http://savageminds.org/2009/11/24/language-and-the-media-in-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-627106 Megan Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:25:30 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=2909#comment-627106 What I'm interested it, as a former soldier, is that no one seems to be noting the particular conditions of the military. Unlike university, you can't quit. you can't just pack up and go look at a meadow..you have effectively signed up for unfree labour. There are basically no options to even get out of work for the day, let alone in general. Pretty much any other job you can just say "fuck you i quit" if your job is making you feel awful, but not in the military, where you are trapped. What I’m interested it, as a former soldier, is that no one seems to be noting the particular conditions of the military. Unlike university, you can’t quit. you can’t just pack up and go look at a meadow..you have effectively signed up for unfree labour. There are basically no options to even get out of work for the day, let alone in general. Pretty much any other job you can just say “fuck you i quit” if your job is making you feel awful, but not in the military, where you are trapped.

]]> By: david ronfeldt http://savageminds.org/2009/11/24/language-and-the-media-in-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-626039 david ronfeldt Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:59:10 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=2909#comment-626039 fyi, regarding your closing point about when we may “hear from Hasan,” he did speak out a couple years ago in the form of a briefing about islam and jihadism. an analysis of its powerpoint slides, prepared by charles cameron, along with extensive discussion, appears at the small wars journal blog and at the zenpundit blog, with some continuation at the al-sahwa blog, mostly as follows: http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2009/11/the-hasan-slide-presentation/ http://zenpundit.com/?p=3255 http://al-sahwa.blogspot.com/2009/11/emerging-role-of-analyst-can-we.html additional interesting material from a colleague of hasan’s appears in a post at kamran pasha’s blog at: http://blog.kamranpasha.com/?p=105 i’m interested -- hence my browsing over here -- because of a broader interest in the tribalization of religion. so far, hasan looks more like a case of loner tribalism than lone-wolf terrorism. but there’s still a lot to be learned. fyi, regarding your closing point about when we may “hear from Hasan,” he did speak out a couple years ago in the form of a briefing about islam and jihadism. an analysis of its powerpoint slides, prepared by charles cameron, along with extensive discussion, appears at the small wars journal blog and at the zenpundit blog, with some continuation at the al-sahwa blog, mostly as follows:

http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2009/11/the-hasan-slide-presentation/

http://zenpundit.com/?p=3255

http://al-sahwa.blogspot.com/2009/11/emerging-role-of-analyst-can-we.html

additional interesting material from a colleague of hasan’s appears in a post at kamran pasha’s blog at:

http://blog.kamranpasha.com/?p=105

i’m interested — hence my browsing over here — because of a broader interest in the tribalization of religion. so far, hasan looks more like a case of loner tribalism than lone-wolf terrorism. but there’s still a lot to be learned.

]]> By: asmaa http://savageminds.org/2009/11/24/language-and-the-media-in-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-626035 asmaa Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:27:21 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=2909#comment-626035 very well said, zoe. i think the gross presumption being made by the media that a good percentage of the audience for say, Time or CNN, is not themselves Muslim American is frightening. stripping the word "terrorist" across a pic of Hasan goes farther than just labelling him. it is also a statement on who Time wants to read its magazine. very well said, zoe. i think the gross presumption being made by the media that a good percentage of the audience for say, Time or CNN, is not themselves Muslim American is frightening. stripping the word “terrorist” across a pic of Hasan goes farther than just labelling him. it is also a statement on who Time wants to read its magazine.

]]> By: Wednesday Round Up #92 « Neuroanthropology http://savageminds.org/2009/11/24/language-and-the-media-in-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-625770 Wednesday Round Up #92 « Neuroanthropology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:23:07 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=2909#comment-625770 [...] Wool, Language and the Media in Fort Hood Zoe, who wrote a piece for us earlier on PTSD, discusses how language is used around the media [...] [...] Wool, Language and the Media in Fort Hood Zoe, who wrote a piece for us earlier on PTSD, discusses how language is used around the media [...]

]]> By: Zoe http://savageminds.org/2009/11/24/language-and-the-media-in-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-625692 Zoe Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:56:02 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=2909#comment-625692 Glad you liked the Sapir-Whorf line. It was a deviation from my usual S-W material about either Star Trek or exploding gasoline kegs...or both. Many thanks for the compliment and for breaking (and explaining) the radio silence. Glad you liked the Sapir-Whorf line. It was a deviation from my usual S-W material about either Star Trek or exploding gasoline kegs…or both.

Many thanks for the compliment and for breaking (and explaining) the radio silence.

]]> By: L.L. Wynn http://savageminds.org/2009/11/24/language-and-the-media-in-fort-hood/comment-page-1/#comment-625586 L.L. Wynn Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:01:25 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=2909#comment-625586 I think nobody has commented on this post yet because it's so well done that there's little to argue with. I just wanted to tell Zoe that I'm still laughing over that Sapir-Whorf line. I think nobody has commented on this post yet because it’s so well done that there’s little to argue with. I just wanted to tell Zoe that I’m still laughing over that Sapir-Whorf line.

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