Hi Roberto,
Saturday, December 04, 1999, 12:37:12 AM, you wrote:
RV> That miracle continues, everytimeknowledge is shared or a seed
RV> grows and bears fruit.
RV> Knowledge and seeds are meant to be shared.
This time Roberto and I agree. And what he just said touches on a
*very* interesting concept. Roberto mentions two things whose right
use he claims (and I agree) properly and inherently involves sharing.
The suggestion is that the miracle he referred to *does* have
something to do with the act of sharing itself, at bottom. This in
turn suggests that there are things that are little good at all
*unless* they are shared, things that are *inherently* good *only
when* they're shared.
And then we have people who *can't* share, who are in fact *afraid* to
share, who curiously feel more comfortable dealing with corporations
rather than people, as if they were more trustworthy. (thought you'd
like that RV)
What makes that happen. Isn't there something lacking here? Aren't we
talking about a lack of maturity, a fatal character flaw, an inability
to perceive, enjoy and (yes) share something that's inherently good
when shared, and inherently *bad* when efforts are made to circumvent
that, to prevent that from happening. People who can only abstract
things, and do that only for one reason - to detach themselves from
life itself, under a boatload of pretexts that include transforming
these good things into something a little better adapted to being
converted into (you guessed it) the root of all evil, $$$.
And it's all done so damn *reasonably*, the reasons for the GMO's, for
making a little money (what's so wrong with that? - nothing, of
course). But underlying it all, there's that defect - that glaring
and sinister dark vacuum - that absence of humanity, and the inability to
share and perceive pleasure sharing.
The worst part of it is that there seem to be more of these bugs on
the list than there used to be. The best part of it that more and
mote people seem to be piercing the smoke screen and taking a stand
*opposed* to exploitation, to downgrading the quality of life, to
needlessly contaminating the biosphere and running needless risks to
put the lives of all at peril, just to make a little money (what's so
wrong with that)?
There's no ethical issue here, and no need to abstract anything or
make it academic. Just a gut issue. Nobody's impressing anybody. But
who's got his or her heart in the right place? Fewer people are
sitting back and swallowing all the lies about how it's all for our
own good, and of course so damn reasonable.
DH
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