Ah, humanity

Looking back at our posts from Week 1, I feel that most people pulled a Bartleby in response to first topic. The question from Week 1 was, "How does the war in Iraq impact you?" The war impacts everyone, even if you don't have any friends or family in the military. However, most people, instead of really trying to think of some way that the war impacted them that maybe wasn't that straightforward, simply chose to say, "I would prefer not to," a la Bartelby. It is much easier to simply say, "The war does not impact me at all," and turn away, avoiding having to take a position and dealing with a potential conflict or argument, then take a stance, and that's what a lot of people did.