Further Questions for Discussion: –What is "cultural discourse"?
It's not just about the economic consequences of Ryan's policy, it's about what is legitimate discourse.
This was not some insignificant hate-monger speaking to a limited band of fanatics -- as presidential candidates speak, they define the essential boundaries of what is reasonable discourse in America.
We yearn for a connection that is almost impossible through the technology as it currently exists and the unadulterated failure of that medium to offer even a simulacrum of true, human interactivity is what is killing our discourse, our culture, and our minds.
His wife's shooting led to a broad national conversation ranging from the duties of a husband to what is acceptable civil discourse.
Hunston (2000: 183) pointed out that the key distinction between the two planes lies in what is being evaluated – "a discourse act in the discourse itself (interactive) or something else (autonomous)".
If we want neither discourse categories imposed on the grammar, nor grammatical categories imposed on discourse, what is the nature of this 'change of gear'?
Another consequence has been the stripping of what is essentially a moral discourse (it's accountability, stupid) of any ethical content in order to create an economically technical discourse (e.g., predicting cash flows) without any proven technical capabilities.
Although the actors struggle valiantly, often by shouting their lines, there is little the director Peter Dobbins and his energetic cast of 16, who play some 32 roles, can do to keep the audience involved in what is more a religious discourse than a credible drama for the stage.
Notwithstanding Greig's self-awareness, and while not wanting to stand in the way of playwrights anywhere making a living, I do question the politics and ethics of theatres in the west continuing to contribute to the longstanding tradition of what is, in essence, colonial discourse.
