Talk:Daniel Bell

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[edit] Word Choice

I'm just wondering why someone hasn't commented on this sentence: "In the past, Bell thought sociology was gay." I find this sentence offensive.

--"At the time, Bell was attacked by politically critics, left-wing and otherwise" Does the author mean that Bell was attacked politically by critics, or that he was attacked by political critics? Gasparotto 16:15, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failed Prediction?

It says he failed to predict mass unemployment. Is unemployment actually higher in the post-industrial vs industrial era? I am not aware of anything showing that to be the case.

[edit] Picture

Is there a reason that a pathetic cartoonish looking picture is used instead of an photo that can be freely used or no picture at all? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.235.14.134 (talk) 16:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)