Hi Dave
You wrote:
> "Why do they hate us ?" screamed the red headlines of the Sept 27th
> my hand-me- down copy of the Christian Science Monitor, words echoed
> in my Arkansas hinderland by a Paul Greenburg column, a
> reverberating question posed by a tumult of voices worldwide. The
> answer lurks in .... us. Not U.S., but us. The most dangerous, yet
> powerful, word in any language. By any and all accounts of both
> science and religion, we...... are we. If it were not for us. So the
> question becomes; "How to destroy us, without mortally wounding we
> ?"
This was a deep one Dave - hope you will explain. In the meantime
allow me to make a comment of my own.
If something positive will come from this monstrosity is that we -
slowly - are becoming aware of the value base of our culture. In this
country newpapers now carry editorial columns and articles about
religious and cultural differences, something unheard of a few
weeks ago. Even our recent election and squabble over government
formation seems insignificant.
Yet, the search for an explanation still circles round the
economical/political as if we only have these two "templates". The
accusation of "unfair distribution of wealth" is prominent and
sounds right, but in a recent TV debate one participator made me
cock my ears. He said that even if all the IMF funds were given as
alms, and if the World Bank invested interest-free it wouldn't help.
Some cultures doesn't allow for any industry-shareholder-
business...you know. He then referred to Europe, particularly
Germany after WW2, with most cities a ruin heap, but a few years
later a "Wirtschaftwunder", and said that the industrial production
econmy - not mere commerce - is something that springs from a
more fundamental value base!. I kept my breath and expected him
to refer to Pirsig who says exactly this in ZAMM ... but no, not
yet. someday.
Bo
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