I tend to this view Francis - in hope. Frankly, I was think it is an old, doomed strategy. I note there is no real vision of what a peaceful world would be and how we would regulate through democracy, plenty and so on.
On 9 Oct, 10:18, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > So, the prize committee chooses Obama, less than a year after he has > begun to operate on the world stage, before many concrete results have > been seen. > > Spontaneously, I see this as a gesture of thankfulness and hope; > thankfulness to the American people that they have elected a successor > to Bush, a man who did so much global damage, a successor who works > with different visions and ideal-structures, a more positive > fundamental view of what it means to be human and what societies > (local, national and global) can and should be doing and achieving. > > Hope that he will realise some of this vision and trust that his > country and the world puts in him. The past few months have made me a > little concerned that the experts and lobbyists, advisors and > professional analysts are wearing him down with detail and > realpolitik. > > Maybe this award will strengthen that "Yes, we can" impetus, in the > face of the everyday inertia of the thousand arguments of > complicatedness against changing anything, against daring to hope. > > Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
