From: Christopher Hudert <heyhoot-AT-mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:51:11 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Are children being exploited by performing a puppet


BTW, according to Webster's, like so many other words, exploit has both 
negative and neutral/positive meaning. It means both "to make use of" 
and "to make unethical use of for one's own profit." My first reaction 
to the original post was that it inferred the negative meaning of 
exploit. From the little bit of info in the post, it seemed to me that 
there seemed to be much of the neutral/positive meaning in the original 
arrangement with the museum - or at least from the each of their 
perspectives. Not knowing the full situation and deal, it does seem 
that the current arrangement regarding the children's performance 
borders on the latter definition - but then again our take may be 
colored by feelings, perspective, and the way it is presented to us. 
Exploit - to use or abuse? Can be either, or both.

C

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