Thomas Lunde wrote:
>
> I was sitting with my new friend Duncan, a blind - ex-hippie with a
> conservative mindset. We had just finished sampling a special herb and we
> were discussing the recent cuts that the B.C. government is involved in.
> Well, Duncan was a little judgmental as he spoke from his Santa Claus beard
> and opined that there was a very simple way to determine whether we had a
> good government. He said, �If the people are working and making good money
> and things are getting done, like schools, roads and hospitals, then you
> have a good government. If you have unemployment, layoffs, wage cuts and
> freezes and nothing is getting done, you have a bad government.� Whereupon,
> I spontaneously found myself saying, �One is trying to build a society and
> the other is trying to build an economy.�
I seem to remember from about 20 years ago -- there are a number of
things I seem to remember which would more plausibly be fantasies,
and this is one of them --, I seem to remember from about 20 years ago
a man in IBM research who had a full white beard and a calendar on
his office wall, with the following written at the bottom of the page:
Was man made for the Sabbath,
or was the Sabbath made for man?
(The former is an economy; the latter is a society.)
>
> And that my futurework friends is my analysis of the world. We seem to have
> two , large distinct groupings of society. Those who see �quality of life�,
> work and leisure, surplus to fulfill their wants and needs and are willing
> to share with others through the concept of public good. They are willing
> to consider others viewpoint and allow themselves to share through there
> surplus�s through taxation, volunteer work, charity. They hold a core
> belief that building a society is the most important perspective to hold.
>
> The other grouping sees the world through the prism of competition.
[snip]
I wonder who will be willing to follow me here, and to
note that currently a Great Celebration of Competition is
taking place:
The Olympics.
--
Student: Unhappy the land that breeds no hero.
Galileo: No. Unhappy the land that needs a hero.
(--Bertolt Brecht, _Galileo_)
"Yours in discourse -- and in time...."
\brad mccormick
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Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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