RE: MD 10 statements: (for Wim on the degeneracy issue)

From: Erin N. (enoonan@kent.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 08 2002 - 22:20:34 GMT

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    >===== Original Message From moq_discuss@moq.org =====
    >Erin, Wim and all:
    >
    >Here's two cents. I think the issue of degeneracy is easier to sort out at
    >the 3rd and 4th levels. Biology has its ways and there is little we can do
    >about it, but degeneracy is a most important issue in human affairs, and
    >there we can make some choices. It seems that the passages discussing moral
    >regeneration, the contrarians, how to tell the difference between a criminal
    >and a saint - all that and more - these get at the issue. Naturally,
    >degeneracy is a concept best examined along side concepts like regeneration,
    >evolution, preservation, stagnation and destruction. Degeneracy is a word
    >that can describe a person's behavior or the stage of a declining culture,
    >but these meanings are not as different as one might think. Is it growing?
    >Is it dying? We can ask that about many things, including people, churches,
    >ideologies, empires and philosophies.
    >
    >Thanks,
    >DMB

    stagnation--hey that's the word I'm looking for.
    So stagnation and degenerative both have
    negative connations. I still see it about being
    balance. You can overdo the static and overdo
    the dynamic.

    erin

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