David, DMB, Isn't this just a matter of balance ? Yes, too much dynamic is frightening - for good reasons - but the tendency to too much security is no less dangerous ?
Ian On Jan 1, 2008 8:20 PM, David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi DMB > > Good point. The quest for security and certainty is of course ultimately > hopeless. > But perhaps something worthwhile can be done, even if fleetingly, is not > fleetingly better than never? > > Regards > David M > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "david buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:30 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] Is thoroughly dynamic terrifying? > > > > David M said: > I wonder how many of us here would say we live in a truly dynamic universe > and that therefore it an extremely dangerous place to be? > > dmb says: > I'd say fear is what makes people too static so it does seem that being open > to the dynamic requires some kind of courage. Or maybe its better to say > that dynamism takes more effort, more energy, more wakefulness. I think its > a sad, sad thing to be terrorized by dynamism. One who clings to static > forms out of fear is the victim of some kind of murder. That's a guy who > doesn't own himself and is thoroughly unfree, no? > > Plus fear makes people stupid and compliant. Check out Naomi Klein's "The > Shock Doctrine" or Naomi Wolf's "The End of America". Fear is disasterous. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > i'm is proud to present Cause Effect, a series about real people making a > difference. > http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_Cause_Effect > 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/ > 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/
