Recent events have highlighted some unsettled ethical quandaries around the online mediation of both tragedy and excessive violence.
No matter how many showrunners "The Walking Dead" cycles through, it always lands on the same kinds of moments: Rick stares off into the distance as he ponders some quandary; zombies shuffle around; supporting characters sweat and squabble and get worn down by the drudgery of their lives.
I find myself running around in a quandary, wondering what to buy, stopping in various stores to find appropriate Mother's Day cards for my mom, my sister, my step-daughter, my daughter-in-law, my best friend, my husband's secretary, my assistant -- well, you get the picture.
It is a quandary that scientists may work around though.
They played hastily organized exhibition games around the country and were in the process of putting the league's major sponsors in a quandary by organizing barnstorming tours around the world.
"Therein lies the quandary: With the caucuses right around the corner, do you want to let up on the gas pedal?" said Tim Albrecht, a spokesman for Gov. Terry E. Branstad of Iowa, a Republican.
Two readers wrote to me recently with similar quandaries: young sons, around middle-school age, uncomfortable with the language that's beginning to surround them at school.
The event will bring together leaders from across mobile and digital media to explore the largest quandaries and questions around mobile success, and to set the various hypotheses that the Lab will challenge over the next two years.
When I proposed to my bosses at Current TV that I look at the porn industry for answers to the quandary of other popular media, eyebrows shot up around the office.
Addendum: I added quotation marks around both "oppressive" and "rebellion" because this quandary wasn't intended to lean either way.
