This morning I posted a short piece using economics to show why (IMHO)
religion and philosophy, the subjects of this thread, are irrelevant.
Molly, in a fit of irrational pique, unilaterally deleted the post and
sent me the following message by private email:
"Gruff, I deleted your last post from the Understanding: Mind,
Consciousness, Thought thread because it had nothing to do with the
thread and is an article on a different topic. If you wish to post as
a new thread, I suggest you do this. Or you may have meant to post
this article in Slip's Isn't religion wonderful thread. At any rate, I
wanted to let you know. / Molly"
I have this day complained about her irrational and prejudicial
actions based in her dislike of me and anything I say.
I have also posted the following email to OrnamentalMind whom I
understand to be the head honcho moderator here on ME.
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Orn, in a fit of ornery pique because she looks for any reason to slam
me, Molly deleted a post I put up this morning about which she says in
a private email to me:
"Gruff, I deleted your last post from the Understanding: Mind,
Consciousness, Thought thread because it had nothing to do with the
thread and is an article on a different topic. If you wish to post as
a new thread, I suggest you do this. Or you may have meant to post
this article in Slip's Isn't religion wonderful thread. At any rate, I
wanted to let you know."
I did not post my piece to the wrong group. My piece is directly
related to that thread since it points out .... well, here, read it
for yourself. The relevant part is in blue.
Spend Spend Spend: A short opinion piece on getting the wheels
turning.
When the wheels of consumer spending start whirling around,
everything else jumps on the bandwagon. We need another call to arms
similar to that Kennedy made: Don't ask what the country can spend for
you, ask what you can spend for your country.
It's true. Corporations and businesses are sitting on
trillions of dollars. Markets are flourishing but only on the basis
of mergers and acquisitions. Financial institutions are achieving
ever higher profits based solely on pared down balance sheets.
Individuals are reducing credit card debt and saving again. All are
waiting with baited breath to see which way the wind will blow.
Problem is the wind. That's us. We, the consumers of the
world -- which include everyone from the homeless wench pushing her
grocery cart of worldly possessions down a forlorn street to Warren
Buffet, Carlos Slim, the Walton gang and Bill Gates -- are all the
wind behind the sails of the economy. We are its engine. Think about
it. Unless there is demand productiion will languish. No one is
going to produce a product or service if there is no demand for it.
Demand determines quantity, direction and growth.
We had it right last time but we got greedy and over-extended
on every level. We did it to ourselves again. Well, we always do,
don't we? It's a moot point but if we could learn to behave we'd do
alright. Big huge gigantic if.
This is why religion and philosophy are irrelevant. Both have
been charged with teaching people to behave well. But the simple fact
is the human race behaves rather poorly most of the time and neither
discipline has produced much good and a lot of blather. So we rely on
law and regulation.
Religion and philosophy at best are bright shiny objects to
wonder at. But we are coming into adulthood and it's time to put the
toys away and do what we seem to do best: When we back our collective
asses into a tight corner we finally get up off them and get back in
the game, each time it is hoped with a bit more wisdom and will to
discipline.
Especially now when so much is depending on us. So lets start
spending some of that money and credit. It's our responsibility to
give back by buying new cars, appliances, clothing, electronics and
new houses in order to get things moving so we may once again reap the
profits and benefits of a vital and growing capitalist economy.
And for the nouveaux pauvres let us be generous of heart and
allow and encourage our government to grant humane access to food,
clothing, education and shelter to all in need. Money spent in this
manner will come back to us twofold or more and is no less an
investment in our heritage than butter for guns.
This is not to say we will have achieved the Xanadu of our
desires, but it is hoped that we will have learned enough from this
past fiasco to avoid the next one for a much longer time before we
screw ourselves up again. We know it's coming so the best we can do
each time is put a larger distance and time between the occurrances.
Est sicut est: We have met the enemy once again and once
again, it is us.
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I strongly object to her prejudicial behavior just because she doesn't
like me or what I have to say. I am making this a formal protest
against her behavior.
Thank you,
Gruff aka Edward A. Tomchin
