Hi Ian Agreed, both possibilities need to be recognised, so that we recognise the real dangers that we can attempt to avoid.
David M ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian glendinning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Is thoroughly dynamic terrifying? > 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/ > 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/
