There is a book that should be on the "Compulsory Reading" list of all thinking people,
especially in regard to all of the posts about CODEFOR and the East Lake St.
Motel/Hotel.
Perhaps, after reading this book, we might better understand David Shove's "sarcastic"
post in a different light. The name of the book: "Changing The Bully Who Rules The
World:
Reading and Thinking About Ethics," by Carol Bly. The following is taken from the
book's
preface:
"My purpose in writing 'Changing The Bully Who Rules the World' was to show general
readers that some of the past half-century's most important insights and strategies
about
ethics come not from philosophy or political science but from social psychology. With
no
real home in the universities, helping professionals, in their offices, clinics, and
conferences, have been developing several kinds of expertise for systemic change. Their
amazing insights and experiences are waiting to be translated into action in our
businesses, schools, civic organizations and churches. If enough of us apply these new
methods we have a real chance of transforming the age-old behaviors of bullying and
coercion. What is most helpful is that the modern breed of helping professionals offers
methods for transforming PRIVILEGED PREDATORS [my caps, JH] in nice clothes and nice
places as well as ordinary bullies.
Perhaps, soon, white-collar bullying, like slavery, will no longer be acceptable."
Jenny Heiser
East Phillips: Minneapolis' most economically, racially, ethnically, and culturally
diverse neighborhood
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -- Albert Einstein
David Wilson wrote:
> What passes for sarcasim in your post doesn't make me smile or think. I
> live 2 blocks away from the site of the massive police mobilization
> against 180 protestors. I didn't like my daily life disrupted because of
> the oxymoronic police intelligence indicated that there would be violent
> demonstrations. How would you like to have to hunt for a parking space
> because the police needed room to operate. How would you like to pass by
> hostile armed cops with guns in their hands?
>
> What was the point of your post?
>
> David Wilson
> Loring Park
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