From: johnny moral (johnnymoral@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 25 2003 - 18:53:05 BST
Hi Platt, all,
You wrote:
"It bothers me, however, that you categorize persons as
mere social patterns, the realm where the Giant rules. We know what the
Giant does to persons; he has them for lunch. Better to think of persons
as individuals possessing intellect that can improve life by responding to
DQ. That way persons are less likely to end up as fodder for the Giant's
ugly ambitions. It was the guarantee of individual rights as protection
against the appetite of the Giant that made the USA unique and helped draw
powerful intellects from all over the world to its shores, yearning to be
free."
I would say the social level is the realm THAT the Giant rules. Well, it
rules at the intellectual level too, manipulating intellectual ideas to
foster its growth, but it mainly rules by means of intellectual ideas. I
don't see how you can say that the USA has more protection against the Giant
when clearly, the Giant thrives in the USA's free intellectual patterns.
New York City is where the Giant was loudest, right? Perhaps because people
in the USA (and other technologically servient nations) seem to be the ones
controlling the Giant most, as opposed to merely reacting to it, you think
they are protected from its appitites. But getting rich off of it doesn't
mean you aren't a slave to it, or you aren't manipulated by it.
Johnny
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