Did hell just freeze over? I think I just read a post by Vam that I agree with every single word of! Oh my goodness... :)
Ian 2009/7/28 Vamadevananda <[email protected]> > > Jim, the gentle ways are wonderful. But much of it, most of the time, > is also a sham continued from feudal eras, practised as class symbols > and perpetuated by people who reap its benefits in the status quo. In > the view of large mass populations, the political and social > correctness is established on the misery of the marginalised and the > dispossessed. > > Whilst " political gerrymandering " is definitely in the middle of > things, mass extremist behaviours are also expressions of the > historical demand ... that things should be set right ! Of course, > as they perceive. > > The virtue of moderation must lie in its effect, in pushing the cart > of change forward. Extreme behaviours cause a lot of see - saw change, > much destruction, and leave the cart in the same place, untill the > cause of real change is remembered. > > On Jul 28, 10:45 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Slip - a very interesting and timely topic. Thanks for introducing > > it. > > I agree that our community, local, regional, national or > > whatever, used to be far more friendly, given to helping one another, > > gracious, gentlemanly and gentlewomanly, willing to reconcile and > > forgive. Now extremeism, hatred, and revenge seem to be so prevalent. > > I think a large part of this change is due to political gerrymandering > > - the drawing of political boundaries to encompass only those of a > > particluar party, or viewpoint, or attitude. Thus, to get elected the > > candidate had to be extreme, and this extremeism had carried over into > > our communal life. There are hardly any moderates any more, whereas > > when political boundaries used to be drawn without regard to -isms, > > moderates got elected and were our leaders. The Supreme Court had an > > opportunity to strike down political gerrymandering a few years ago > > but did not. So we are stuck in a society now filled with extremeists. > > Anyway, that's my two cents. Jim > > > > On Jul 26, 3:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Are we losing the ability to reconcile in the world? Have we slipped > > > so far from the understanding of brotherhood, of forgiveness that we > > > have simply become a world of hatred and revenge. We are literally > > > mortified by the specter of terrorism that is plaguing the world. The > > > mindset of terrorism is anchored in the inability to allow forgiveness > > > to override anger and instead caters to hatred, anger and violence > > > towards those deemed the wrongdoers without regard for the harm > > > imposed upon the innocent bystanders. > > > Aside from that our culture seems entrenched in the business of > > > revenge, we rather employ legal means to inflict suffering upon those > > > who we think have done us wrong before we would sit down directly and > > > discuss the problems. Politics seems to be leaning more toward > > > instilling anger and fears among us which leads to a polarization of > > > society while most media seem devoted to divisive and anger driven > > > reporting with a general attitude of who is to blame. > > > Can we ever stop sending messages attached to missiles, bombs and > > > bullets? Our attempts to establish peaceful means of resolution have > > > failed miserably because there is never a general consensus on any > > > issue. We sanction and punish to no end in order to force change but > > > to no avail. People are at war in every quadrant of the planet while > > > new agitations are festering in the background waiting to emerge as > > > full scale skirmishes.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
