Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970115065457.012b5cb0@ilhawaii.net> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 06:54:58 -1000 From: Jay Hanson <mailto:jhanson@ILHAWAII.NET> Subject: Re: Enough! To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
At 08:38 AM 1/15/97 EST, you wrote:> We will never solve the problems if we don't identify our common
> interests, and work together out of our different talents to get
> the job done. Can I suggest that each of you start your day with a
> statement of your purpose, like "My purpose is to get the maximum
> use of my time to accomplish my goal of getting good ideas together
> to help people solve their own problems..." and then ask how this
> debate is getting you closer to your goal?
My purpose is educate people to the "biophysical realities" of the planet on which they happen to live. Idealism without realism is a cruel joke and only serves to perpetuate present suffering. And ultimately, make it a lot worse.
(10 years from now I can't afford buy fuel for my bright new tractor. Why didn't someone tell me that I live in a finite world?)
> The center of the community is respect. On this listserver
> community, can we please respect that every single statement is
> absolutely true from the viewpoint of the speaker? And that
So what? If people are wrong, they should be corrected.
Our entire so-called civilization has been constructed on false premises. Isn't it about time that humanity started planing with a correct model for Earth?
> Enough! Focus on mission, or quit.
Wouldn't it be logical to start with a question rather than answers? Exactly what question do you think we should answer?
Jay