From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 08:01:23 MST
Dickey, Michael F:
>Bringing about a better world for all humans is not only going to happen
>through science and technology, but will necessarily require changes in
>politics, economics, and the humanities, and as such a concentrated effort
>to bring about that better world
Yes.
And I'm sorry I'm not saying very much- my Internet access and
time here is pretty limited. Also, I'm not talkative on email lists
generally these days.
>That disagreement here between 'hawks' and 'doves' essentially comes down to
I don't see the disagreements here that way. In my view, 'hawks' and
'doves' is a narrow view, which doesn't help anyone understand each
other better because they are labels that pidgeon-hole someone and
closes people's ears that could be used for listening. I'm 100% pro
life and I prefer to view and live my world in that way. I don't think
that I'm a dreamer, because I have experienced a wide range of
perspectives/lives, at the same time, I don't think that I am a static
realist, because I have a long (and idealistic) time view of my life
and the life of the people I care about. So while I see divisions
between people (political, cultural, etc.) they don't strike me as a
hard barrier for me to get from here to there. And usually if
something difficult happens (and I have had a history of difficult
challenges), I look at the possible life-enhancing aspects. Perhaps
that is where I clash with some folks here, in that, I sense often
with them a wish to crush the difficult things instead of working with
those things and using them to grow and learn and be bigger and
better.
End of monologue. Thunder and lightening beginning again - should get
on my bike to go home before the storm starts.
Amara
-- Amara Graps, PhD Istituto di Fisica delle Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Roma, ITALIA Amara.Graps@ifsi.rm.cnr.it
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