That "stick of despair" is just one blade of dried grass on my hula skirt.
On Sep 25, 7:21 pm, Vam <[email protected]> wrote: > Rigs, you seem to be beating here, there and everywhere with your stick of > despair ! Modernism has only changed the form of effects of our failures. > Even Neil's post-modern theory of ethics seems needlessly complex. > > It's us. Period. Ethics requires people who are moral. Which, in my > perspective, translates as men who are evolved ... spiritually evolved ... > with whom, conscientiousness is supreme virtue. > > Contemplation will take us back to that Truth, of which I tried to share > not so long ago. > > Honesty is a corollary of truth. It's us. The society you are beating is > us. Technology and wealth are neutral and inert. If inebriation was in > alcohol, the bottles should dance ! > > > > On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:21:10 PM UTC+5:30, rigsy03 wrote: > > > The ethics are already in place, Allan- they are just not practised. > > You could include "greedy" imperialistic nations, berserk cultures, > > grasping political parties. More's "Utopia" stressed humanism which is > > under stress due to science and technology today- the new darling. > > > On Sep 24, 10:00 am, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ethics are going to be definitely reinvented getting greeedy individuals > > > and corporations under control. > > > Allan > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > A recent example: "Reinventing Ethics" by Howard Gardner > > > > >http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/reinventing-ethics/?s... > > > > > On Sep 24, 7:50 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The government decides how to spend/mis-spend the taxes and fees > > they > > > > > raise because we thought it wise at one time to give them that > > power. > > > > > Banks have altered their function and don't forget credit cards as > > > > > unsecured loans. Somehow, my mind drifted to Plato's "Republic"- but > > > > > there are many examples of attempts to organize society- none of > > > > > which, imho, has done a very good job. There is an impossible lack > > of > > > > > control particularly since the advent of Liberalism. > > > > > > On Sep 22, 6:29 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I think the germ of the idea is in this Don. All money > > essentially > > > > > > comes from government - what we get from banks is debt. Street-up > > > > > > decision-making isn't all of it as rigsy points out. > > > > > > > On 22 Sep, 12:26, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > You still have to deal with priorities on that list, however. > > > > Stadiums > > > > > > > might trump infrastructure. > > > > > > > > On Sep 22, 5:22 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044416580457800851... > > > > > > > > > This is what I'm talking about! Decentralization is key. I > > believe > > > > this is > > > > > > > > your busy bees at work Neil. > > > > > > > > > "Peer networks don't have to involve digital technology. > > Twenty > > > > years ago, > > > > > > > > the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre pioneered a radical new > > > > technique called > > > > > > > > "participatory budgeting." Each year, the city's 16 regions > > > > conduct general > > > > > > > > assemblies in which neighbors debate priorities for the > > budget: > > > > school > > > > > > > > construction, sewer repair, bridge building. The assemblies > > create > > > > a ranked > > > > > > > > list of projects, and the government disperses funds > > accordingly. > > > > The money > > > > > > > > comes from the state, but the decision of what to fund comes > > from > > > > the > > > > > > > > street." > > > > > > > > > dj- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > ( > > > ) > > > |_D Allan > > > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > > > I am a Natural Airgunner - > > > > Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
