>As someone once said, So it goes...
>Doug
Too true, Doug, too true.
Now where's that other dimension Al mentioned?
I found myself looking at a small dog with serious envy for its
psychological state this afternoon.
Best
Dave
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: from Salon
>One of the things that has been so noticeable in recent weeks is the
>pervasive influence of the conservative mind, these people want things to
>stay as they are because I think they love their power, and the
inequalities
>it depends on, so much. It's their raison d'être.
But of course, & the privilege they (& we to a great extent) have, appears
to depend on keeping things as they are. There's a sense that for all who
desperately need a bit more to get it necessarily means that 'they' must
lose something, & that is intolerable to them, not to mention frightening
in the extreme. Therefore, anything done to 'protect' their 'property,' all
that they 'own,' is Right & Proper, morally 'good.' This is also the
thinking the rulers in centres of realpolitikal power are now operating
under.
As someone once said, So it goes...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
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I put the difficulty down to god
Who failed to be unambiguous in such matters
Eli Mandel
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