Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19971130154004.47a7d582@pop.intergate.bc.ca> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 15:40:04 -0800 From: Valerie Bruce <mailto:vbruce@INTERGATE.BC.CA> Subject: Re: Personal suffering WILL BE IMPOSED To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Jay Hanson sent along:>"As long as we remain trapped by the ideology of competitive growth,
> there is no solution. We are reminded of the South Indian monkey
> trap, in which a hollowed-out coconut is fastened to a stake by a
> chain and filled with rice. There is a hole in the coconut just
> large enough for the monkey to put his extended hand through but
> not large enough to withdraw his fist full of rice. The monkey is
> trapped only by his inability to reorder his values, to recognize
> that freedom is worth more than a handful of rice."
> Herman Daly, 1991
Free to die of starvation, I guess. :>)
> The gas shortage is sparking other types of deviant behavior.
> At best, many gas station owners and attendants have become
>unapproachable to strangers; they will wait only on longtime
>customers.
Gas shortage? No shortage here in western Canada. No hint of it; haven't even heard about it in the media.
This happened before in the late 70's. Gas shortage in the US, no problem in Canada. I suspect the oil companies are creating an artificial shortage. To push up prices? Political intrigue - some sort of manipulation of power and supply? Who knows what's really going on. Anyone out there got the REAL story?
V. Bruce Canada