Re: Unidentified subject!

[Robert Moore <oshkoshc1@moscow.com>]

WITHOUT CHANGE THERE IS NO TOMORROW


At 02:16 PM 2/12/99 -0500, Philip Cooper wrote:
>Ken, well put.  For me, change usually advances, enhances, enlarges,
>promotes and inspires me into wanting to choke the living crap out of
>the guy causing it!  Cheers!
>
>PC
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>>  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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