Sadly all so right Pat. I fully agree on the Islam bit too. I was very impressed by this side of it on my travels. Much less with some other practical aspects. We have been short on positive aspects of taking such spirit into practical action. What you say on Copenhagen could also be taken into politics and business more widely. Why we need Westminster in the 21st century is beyond my ken and the existence of this kind of strangely parochial power politics gives us such vile creatures as Blair strutting on the war stage. Many more could have had a say and produced some facts for public dialogue through a modern electronic conference.
On 18 Dec, 12:51, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 Dec, 10:00, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Brown was even worse. His speech was a blatant offer of nothing > > delivered as everything and clearly for domestic consumption. This is > > almost all we get now, from 'crime initiatives' through to > > international relations. There are important questions about how we > > read what these politicians are doing. There are academic forms > > (discourse analysis) but these are too slow. Money is a key evil in > > that it has replaced any notion of capital as something we create > > through work, cooperation and vision. > > Not in Islamic economics. It's based on cooperation where all work > towards bettering everyone's conditions. But, of course, that's in > direct conflict with those who are rich and would like to remain so. > Islam would say they were selfish. Is it not true? From the minute > these politicians stepped out of their private planes, we knew, from > their actions, that they don't take Copenhagen (the conference, not > the city!) seriously. Lip service is just more, slightly warmed and > moistened carbon dioxide, so their speeches have only contributed to > the problems. Copenhagen could have been a reasonably green > international conference call; instead, it contributed over 400 > private aircraft into the local airport. Their actions speak FAR > louder than their spurious words. > > > > > On 17 Dec, 21:00, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is Hillary even more compliant than Colin was? The blatancy IS extreme > > > and offensive to me. > > > OM > > > > ““A Naked Form of Blackmail”: Naomi Klein on Secretary of State > > > Clinton’s Proposal to Set Up $100 Billion Climate Aid Fund for > > > Developing Countries > > > > Secretary Clinton said the US would consider contributing to an > > > international $100 billion annual climate aid fund for poorer nations > > > beginning in 2020 if the Copenhagen talks resulted in a comprehensive > > > deal. It is unclear how much money the US would give to the fund. Aid > > > groups say the $100 billion would be insufficient. We speak with > > > journalist Naomi Klein....” > > > > Continued > > > at:http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/17/a_naked_form_of_blackmail_naomi-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.
