those in the West think that by reacting to the bombers they are choosing civilization and a semblance of stability.
that to go along with the "grievances" of the bombers is akin to going along with the grievances of the Germans in the 30's. Of course there is no over all "right or wrong" just as there is no over all "good or evil", but the saying seems to ring true: Where you stand is where you sit. I happen to sit in the West....and so go along with the West (and modernism....even though there is much that I intolerable about a consumer society, etc.) arthur -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Futurework] Throwing rocks doesn't work any more > We seem to be coming to a fork in the road. Perhaps there is > no "middle way", at least for now. Is civilization a "middle way"? Depends on how one defines the "two sides" or legs of the fork. In the official version, the two sides are "Dubya vs. Osama" (or in the localized version, "Ariel vs. Hamas"). But upon closer look, it becomes evident that the two apparent "opposites" have more in common than they differ (think Carlyle Group). This leads to a more sensible version -- that the two sides are "Civilization vs. Extremism (totalitarian barbarism, terrorism)". There, the way to go is not a "middle way" but "one side" of the fork. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
