Re: George W. Bush is a Teenage Girl

From: Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 05:37:19 -0000

STeinbeck. Grapes of Wrath. Chapter 5.


--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Bark of Delight
<barkofdelight_at_y...> wrote:
> --- Elena Dent <debadger_at_p...> wrote:
>
> > Countries are not individuals. They always act in
> > their preceived best interest, they have no morals
> > they have no souls. It's deadly to mistake a
> > country for a person, even if it's leadership is a
> > dictatorship.
>
> While this of course is a simplification, it is
> a very, very important point to remember, about
> countries, corporations, or any large group.
>
> While I won't speculate if large groups have
> souls or morals, it is clear that they operate
> in a kind of meta-world, complete with their
> own set of motivations and values—possibly
> some of which we can't even perceive, let alone
> predict or influence.
>
> Indeed, one can think of countries and other
> large groups as independent, legitimate organisms,
> which probably communicate, interact, and, in
> a very real way, think.
>
> They're like anthills. The ants don't know what
> the anthill is doing. Each ant is just doing his
> job, living his life. But somehow, the anthill
> makes complex decisions, wages wars, etc.
>
> Same idea, only we're the ants.
>
> Bark!
Received on 2005-07-06 22:37:46