{"id":1729,"date":"2013-01-23T23:50:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/forums\/discussion\/something-to-ponder"},"modified":"2013-01-23T23:50:07","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T23:50:07","slug":"something-to-ponder","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/forums\/discussion\/something-to-ponder","title":{"rendered":"Something to ponder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here's a thought to ponder. Why was Amanda able to get 423 Tg people to participate in the TgR survey?<br \/>\nI'll posit a theory. Was it possibly because she (& possibly some others) did all the thinking & all the work?<\/p>\n<p>Here's another thought. There is a fundamental flaw in our approach to the current round of discussions.<\/p>\n<p>We are trying to determine our message, our motivation & the possible ways we individually & collectively can better our situation in society. In essence this is a marketing campaign.<br \/>\nThe flaw is this; we don't have a visible product. What do you think the outcome will be if society can't even identify who we are?<br \/>\nThere have been numerous media representations of late of Tg children, adolescents & adults, in the form of documentaries & other news stories. The common link in every instance is that an individual or individuals took part & could be seen as a real human beings. There was a product able to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","topic-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1729","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/1729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-tag?post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}