Smashing Ikons
A project of Ethel C. Hale and W. Paul Wharton
Salt Lake City, Utah - U.S.A.
March 19, 2012
Paul’s introductory comments:
We have set out to smash ikons. “Ikon” is an older spelling of “icon”. We use the word in an older sense, too: “an object of uncritical devotion ... a traditional belief or ideal” - according to Merriam-Webster’s Third International Dictionary (unabridged) © 1961 and 1981.
The ikons I have in mind are the suppositions that underlie social, political, and religious lives in these United States.
I do not suppose that my ideas don’t appear anywhere else or haven’t been thought by others - but I hope that what I write will startle and challenge readers enough that they will think.
I attach my name to what I write, claiming authorship. Readers are welcome to copy and use whatever they find to be worthwhile. Do so accurately and credit me.
W. Paul Wharton, 2006
Ethel’s Introduction
Any and all sociopolitical commentaries that appear above my signature alone are my opinion and mine only.
There are no new ideas but I hope applications will be fresh. It is my intention to be informative in some entries, but mainly I hope to offer analysis and provocative opinion.
Copyright is inherent in any creative work; declaration and registration are for documentation and convenience. Any person or entity may use any writing above my signature on this Web Page, “SmashingIkons”, provided its use is intended to be accurate and honest, and is credited to my name. I may declare exceptions to this permission, individually, on some writings.
Ethel C. Hale, 2006
Table of Contents (click on the title-links)
Please note: In this Table of Contents, new entries are placed at the top.
March 19, 2012
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315 Halie Fleur’s Flower ethel’s words |
Contents prior to 2012--
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309 Moratoriums: Of Oil Spills and Airplanes paul’s words 308 Native Immigrants ethel’s words 307 Cognitive Impairment ethel’s words 306 REMEMBERING ethel’s words |
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293 Homelessness--Nothing New ethel’s words 292 Whitewoman Raising Flowers ethel’s words 291 Swamp ethel’s words 290 Hummingbird Murder ethel’s words 289 Puny Minds ethel’s words 288 The Assassin Bug ethel’s words 287 Shoe Tree words by ethel & paul 286 SHAME on the CENSUS BUREAU paul’s words 285 Open Letter to the Salt Lake City Council ethel’s words 284 La Morena Cafe ethel’s words 283 The New Gentrification ethel’s words 282 Dumping Tires ethel’s words 281 The Pointer ethel’s words |