Hi SA I think the powerful in society spends alot of time and effort trying to keep people as children: unaware of the possibilities that really exist, and the dangers and benefits these possibilities contain. The powerful do this for many reasons. Fear of the masses, fear of losing their power, fear of the ignorance and irrationality of the masses (whether justified or not), belief in their own wisdom and goodness and entitlement to power (whether justified or not), cynical manipulation, lack of faith in the idea of democracy, elitist assumptions (whether justified or not), etc.
The challenge of freedom and democratic autonomy is great, and progress seems to have stalled. Our political leadership is very poor. Is there not more to life than seeking continuous economic growth? Rather do we not need to seek a higher quality way to live together socially? DM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Perella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Values > [David M] >> Can these children imagine better lives than the >> ones they have, > > Maybe less than 5% of the time they imagine such > a seemingly impossible dream. > > [David M] >> and would it be possible to help them realise >> a better life in their own terms? Nothing Platonic >> here. > > > That's the whole goal of the program. To reflect > a perceivable change. A new start to their lives. A > progression towards something better reflected in > stages that they earn, and only others help them > achieve. What it will be like back home? Where will > they go? Services are put in place that involve their > guardians they will live with after the program. > Resolutions to move past, past misdeeds. To provide > positive feedback to show they are doing much better, > and the path that they are on will lead them to better > things, which only means that the law and social > services would not have to step in anymore due to they > are living a life more and more that would not need > such guidance. More of this could be encouraged, but > that ability is in place. It is difficult for them to > see outside their box. Who knows whose fault that is, > I don't think it's theirs, but I don't think it's > ours. A system is in place in this society that is > fooling around with the minds of people that shields > them from other possibilities. > > thanks. > SA > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user > panel and lay it on us. > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
