On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 02:41:21 +0200, Michael Polak wrote:
> I think that some cure for problems of today's world would be _real
> economical and political globalisation_ - which would mean anyone would
> be allowed to travel and _work_ anywhere, anyone would be able to elect
> representatives to "parliament of United Nations", anyone would be
> punishable for crimes against humanity, like killing other people, the
> crimes against humanity would be investigated and judged equaly never
> mind if they happen in Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo or New York.
You were making quite a bit of sense up to this point. <g>
The above is a good description of the CAUSE of today's problems.
While *I* agree it seems a good idea, those whose development is
arrested at a point in time some 1400 yrs ago violently disagree.
Any attempt to entice them into the present only results in further
reason for some of them to disagree.
Let us consider some REALLY subversive ideas. How about trying to
understand the operation of the human mind well enough to damp the
feedback loop it imposes on itself when fed the right combination
of events and messages.
I'm quite serious. I don't understand how I came to believe the things
I do. I like to tell myself that it is because I'm not dumb enough to
believe certain other things. But that isn't correct. I know of people
smarter than I that believe some pretty dumb things. But 'dumb' is
always defined in the reference framework of each individual and how
this framework comes into being is what I want to know.
Not the easy answer: "It's how you were brought up".
The real answer. "I was at assembly in grade 9 and my friend didn't
follow the 'programmed' sequence during the prayer, so I didn't."
What does that mean ? I discovered there was another way and I can't
go back ? That's the self-serving "I'm smarter now" theory.
Maybe it would have been EXACTLY the same if my friend was the only
one that DID respond to the prayer in the desired manner. If I had
accompanied him on THAT path, would I say I was "smarter" now ?
Probably.
But now I just think that being a social animal is very dangerous.
Regardless which of the above happened to change my life, does
anyone think there is anything short of sleep deprivation, hypnosis,
torture or death that could be applied to make me change my mind ?
At the moment I'm absolutely sure there isn't. :(
And if there is, I'm absolutely sure I don't want to go there.
It looks pretty hopeless to me right now.
- Clarence Verge.
-- Using Arachne 1.66 on DSL.
