--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > > > > > With such an overwhelmingly major change > > > on the horizon, whose outcome none of us can predict, > > > why not bide our time and withhold judgment? > > > > Sounds like a prescription for living one's entire life. > > Just to present an alternative viewpoint, this > sounds like a very safe, don't-rock-the-boat > prescription for living one's life, one that is > heavily weighted in favor of those who would not > like the boat rocked. > > Anyone can, at any time, rationalize an imminent > overwhelming major change just over the horizon. > Therefore, such an approach to life and social > change can *also* be an excellent prescription > for never actually doing anything to change > things. > > This advice -- "Bide your time, and withhold > judgment" -- is, after all, the advice that was > given to Christ, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and > pretty much every other figure in history who, > ignoring it, actually changed things. > > Waiting until the time is right to challenge the > status quo is another term for preserving the > status quo.
Good points, though I read Judy's statement as one to not make assumptions about something we can't possibly predict. Which is different than taking steps, or not taking steps, in order to preserve the status quo. "Wait and see" is good advice IMO. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
