I snip from Arthur Cordell nice posting: <Take your pick. Did I hear someone say 'values.'??? arthur cordell < Have I ever posted the 'Values Game' ? Should I ? More hugs j ************* ---------- >From: "Cordell, Arthur: DPP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Peter Challen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ed Weick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Futurework <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Greer's pertinent piece >Date: Thu, Sep 30, 1999, 3:25 pm > > > ---------- >From: Ed Weick >(commenting on Challen) >> >> >>WHY WORK >>( like all good work - unfinished ) >> >>Real work is mental or physical effort >>benefiting at once ourselves, others, and >>the delicate inter-dependence of the planet. >> > > >Yes, yes, that is a very nice thought, and your poem is very nice too. If >only it could be that way. But we live in a rather nasty and brutish world >in which people are as likely to blow each or up as to cooperate. > >Ed Weick > >Cordell > >I see 4 possible responses to Ed's comment. > >1. Right. The world is nasty, brutish and short and I want my place on the >gravy train--where do I sign up for my MBA? > >2. Right The world is nasty brutish and short and I find it appalling. I >find it so difficult to live in this sort of world that I will make it a >better place by working in my church and community alleviating pain through >prayer and good works. > >3. Wrong. It doesn't have to be this way. In fact a radical and rapid >change to the existing order can bring about a better world. But revolutions >seem not to work and revolutionaries are usually dispatched before thery >have a chance to implement the changes. > >4. Wrong. Humans have a host of genetic responses to situations. We have >over-empasized some at the expense of others. We have given undue weight >and emphasis to competition and getting ahead and have given decreasing >emphasis to cooperation and community. We need to restore balance. > > >Take your pick. Did I hear someone say 'values.'??? > > >arthur cordell > > > > > >
