--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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.
But there is a specific time mentioned: after MMY dies. That's different than "wait until the time is right." ------------------------ 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/
