Re: Unidentified subject!

[Ken Medlin <dev-plan@moscow.com>]

>  Why do we fear progress?  does the status quo really feel
>that comfortable to us all?
One may ask, whose progress?  Does change advance people's exercise of 
individual freedom of expression (short of doing  harm to one's 
neighbor)? Does change enhance the self-development and future choices of 
our children? Does change enlarge our moral and spiritual borders to 
include unconditional respect of others (again, short of inflicting 
physical and perhaps psychological harm to others)? Does change secure a 
more wholesome natural environment for me and my community, an 
environment that teaches  human beings to act in ways that don't reduce 
or eliminate living space of other species? Does change promote 
healthier, purer and more benign  relationships among those having 
different values than our own? Does change inspire peace on earth and 
goodwill to all humankind? Maybe there are more criteria for progress, 
but these might be useful ones to consider as we plan for a better 
future. Moscow-Pullman are well out in front of most American urban areas 
in regard to these criterion-realted guides to change. 

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William K. Medlin
Dev-plan associates
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Moscow ID 83843
208/892-0148
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