From: Thefallacyofhate@aol.com
Date: Thu Jan 27 2005 - 00:48:03 GMT
Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Evening;
I am a new member to MOQ and have recently just finished ZMM: an inquiry
into values. The end of the book (afterward) referred to this website and so my
curiosity and interest lured me here. I liked what I read so I decided to
join this mailing list. I will simply introduce myself as Refugio, which means
"refuge" in Spanish, and I have to say that I am only 22yrs old, so if my form
of communication comes off as "ignorant," or "close-minded," i mean not to
offend.
The reason for my post is to introduce myself and to hopefully spawn a new
dialogue on the future generation that is coming into fruition. I speak of the
children who grew up in the 90s (myself included) and what effect they will
have on this world. Of course I can only speak through one perspective...my
own, and so in order to fully understand "my own generation," i will need help
in obtaining that bigger picture. So please share with me your views of my
generation and what you believe is to become of us.
As for my perspective, I have experienced experiences within the confines of
the United States barrier, which must be further confined to a city known as
Los Angeles. The furthest I have ventured from my hometown is to a small
town in Mexico near the city of Rosarito. But that "trip" had little to do with
experiencing the cultures and peoples, in fact I have not had such venturings
(don't think that's a word, but it fits) of that matter. So, ultimately I
have to say that my perspective is very limited, but a perspective nonetheless.
So as to not drag this into a long message, I will say that my belief of the
generation here in Los Angeles will continue along the path of imitation and
for lack of a better word "fakeness." And if you want to see this, because
you can actually see it, then a drive down one of downtown LA's streets would
serve the purpose. All you have to do while driving through is look up and
you will see a plethora of enormous, architecturally magnificent buildings
towering over you. But once you bring your vision down to the horizon level, what
you will see is people, actual human beings, living on the sidewalk. The
question that always lingers in my mind is how could a city of this size bleed
so much poverty? How can people drive in their $50,000 cars after seeing
something such as this? And then I think...will this get any better or will it
get worse?
If you have read up to this point, I sincerely thank you. I thank you for
reading my words and I hope an insightful dialogue can be stricken. As for my
thoughts on ZMM...well the only statement I can come up with is that I
probably wouldn't be writing this if it didn't have some type of impact. Take care.
Refugio
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