--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip > > [Not a trick question:] Do you see the movement having any > > significant effect on world consciousness at the moment? > > *I* don't, no. Would I be able to see it if there > were one? I don't know; quite possibly not, especially > if we're limiting it to "at the moment." > > > If not at > > this time, when was the last point at which you felt > > you could observe something of significance? > > The fall of the Soviet Union and a bunch of > other highly unlikely positive events that > happened within a fairly short span of time. > > Not long afterward, a prophetic essay was > published that got a lot of attention, pointing > out that the fall of the Soviet Union had > eliminated the "balance of terror" between the > two superpowers that was keeping international > conflicts in check, and that we would likely > be in for some serious trouble in the next > decades. > > I immediately connected that with what MMY > had always said, that things would get worse > before getting permanently better. > > I would also note that MMY's programs have > never had the level of participation he had > said was required to bring about permanent > change for the better. > > On the basis of all this, I'm not prepared to > declare that these programs have not had or > cannot have an effect on world consciousness. > I don't declare the opposite, either. I just > don't know. @@@@@@@@ Most people say that the three sweetest words in the English language are "I love you". I nominate "I don't know" as the three most truthful. ;-) L B S To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
