Isabel, et al,
Cherryl's dream is indeed a big one, none of the rest of us expressed
it that way, but I believe we share it - unspoken - perhaps because it
does indeed sound like motherhood and apple pie, when spoken. Well
done to Cherryl for having the sense to voice it.
Like Alan I genuinely (without the slightest shadow of a doubt) see
the economically (and otherwise) disadvantaged as inlcusive
participants in all our arguments, even though I also express the
pragmatism of differences in value being a part of reality we must
deal with - "equality" cannot be the utopian dream . Well done to
Cherryl for having the sense to voice it.
The "corruption" as you call it, is the very motive for my being
active in this space at all. I have seen a "flawed rationality" - a
smug objective hyper-rationality used by all organisations to
post-rationalize, justify the most immoral decisions in the name of
"logic". The catch-22 is that such arguments cannot be argued against
logically - and those oppressed often resort to desperate measures.
Fixing that "corruption" is the dream we are about.
In the words of the song
Moslem & Christian
Pepsi & Coke
Amen
On 3/27/07, bob Macintosh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear Dreamers,
>
> I think it is time to wake up and smell the corruption. I work in the
> service industry, cleaning toilets and vacuuming carpets; it would indeed be
> very nice to be valued - and paid - as much as a university professor, but
> not just 'in your dreams'. You dream of inclusiveness, but do you really
> respect the cleaners of your college as equals; are you as concerned with
> their contracts as with your own? If not, then 'equality', 'justice',
> 'eradicating poverty', are just like motherhood and apple pie, pleasant
> dreams that keep your minds off the harsh reality of you own selfishness.
> Best wishes, bob Macintosh
>
> http://bobtwice.blogspot.com/
> http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/meetingpool
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