very interesting,, people are not very smart about farming.. like a lot of his ideas,, it is getting the most out of your resources Resources and not wasting them is what a lot of farming is really about that. Allan
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 8:45 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Allan - on another thread to do with water what about this - > http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/12/sepp-holzer-aquaculture-synergy-of-land-and-water.html > > On 3 Dec, 05:02, James <[email protected]> wrote: >> We should train dogs to be managers, the one in A Boy and His Dog had a >> leg up on everyone. Our pup gave me a look the other day that made me >> wonder, did he just tell me 'better to keep your mouth shut', or was it >> my imagination? Heh, I get the feeling that my elders are testing me >> when complaining about women (especially the older). I wonder if >> characters like John Wayne in The Quiet Man and the previously mentioned >> one were more an attempt at making humor than guidance in any form. >> >> I'm leaning toward your take Allan, many of the complaints I've heard >> are self-reinforcing. But then liberal education can have a sinister >> effect in blanketing novel perceptions with institutional pedagogy and >> producing naive idealism. Something a few members here have said in >> better words I think. Some have said that we have no real comprehension >> of an egalitarian or meritocratic society in America beyond a book >> definition, I say if this is true the answer would be found in >> generational and class discontinuity, our isolationist tendencies that >> promote either self-reinforcing over-generalizations or reactionary >> hypersensitivity and puritanical poo. Despite everything (a long word), >> from my earliest memory until today the strongest person I've ever known >> is a woman. What a frustrating topic, we all have strengths and >> weaknesses, even the strongest. >> >> On 12/2/2012 4:01 AM, Allan H wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > my problem is other than child birth (brat hatchen) I really do see >> > much difference between the genders, I think a well developed >> > personality contains all of the personality traits. >> > Allan >> >> > Now now calm down... >> >> > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3:16 AM, archytas<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My next questions are on what gender issues hide. But really this is >> >> just a path to people I teach choosing their own paths. It's very >> >> hard not to be directive and I usually suggest the philosophic muck >> >> means less to me than one word in personal insurrection. I might ask, >> >> in the right company, 'what the little women have to say'. One has to >> >> take the risk somewhere to break the supplication of academic >> >> discipline. >> >> >> On 1 Dec, 17:01, gabbydott<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> That question is settled then. What's the next? >> >> >>> 2012/12/1 archytas<[email protected]> >> >> >>>> The Body >> >>>> Class and Work >> >>>> Disability >> >>>> Discrimination >> >>>> Equality of Opportunity >> >>>> Identity Politics >> >>>> Multiculturalism >> >>>> Objectification >> >>>> Parenthood and Procreation >> >>>> Power >> >>>> Race >> >>>> Rape >> >>>> Reproduction and the Family >> >>>> Science >> >>>> The Self >> >>>> Sex and Gender >> >>>> Sex Markets >> >>>> Trans Issues >> >> >>>> These are just some of the topics I thought I could put forward in >> >>>> teaching gender issues in management. They underlie the bland >> >>>> politically correct policy matters. One thing has always occurred to >> >>>> me as missing in every debate I can remember. Women are as bad as men >> >>>> as managers. I equate equality with hospitality (always two-sided at >> >>>> least) and suspect we don't realise behaviour is much less to do with >> >>>> gender or the individual than we think and perhaps has little to do >> >>>> with rationality. I don't think we see the wood for the trees on >> >>>> gender. >> >> >>>> -- >> >> >> -- > > -- > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. I am a Natural Airgunner - Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
