tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775933294479123098.post3270508781568320678..comments2023-03-29T03:23:32.859-07:00Comments on Leaves: Wanting it both waysFrank Kaufmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01159598894960295988noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5775933294479123098.post-55215709461587740402008-02-17T15:05:00.000-08:002008-02-17T15:05:00.000-08:00Dear Frank,it is always my real pleasure to read y...Dear Frank,<BR/><BR/>it is always my real pleasure to read your comments (as well as reactions of those who are responding – like e.g. Karin to this issue).<BR/>As I could hardly offer anything superior to what you are producing I usually keep rather silent... But this way you would not learn about my feelings...:-).<BR/>So here are few comments put together in haste (sorry – not easy to find enough time these days...).<BR/>Human race made it to the top of the food chain.<BR/>To get there it required capabilities to gradually acquire special skills helping our ancestors to overpower our fellow living creatures who were better equipped to dominate... One of the consequences is the fact that we had to develop among other things what I call the gene of bellicosity. Without it there would be no chance to make it to the top.<BR/>It is not our fault. It can be considered as a general law. Now we have to deal with this legacy...<BR/>I am afraid that unless we shall be able to accept this fact and to deal with it accordingly there is a very little hope for any major progress towards the long term survival of our civilization (i.e. in a biological form).<BR/>I had the privilege of having lived major part of my life under socialism. With all its deficiencies - compared to what I can witness presently under the market economy – there was a general feeling that there could be a hope for mankind – and to work for it was regarded as a natural common goal... <BR/>During last nineteen years enormous erosion in feelings and attitudes of people (in particular a young generation) took place... Pandora box was widely opened...<BR/>Facing these unfortunate facts I even changed my view on a potential role of religion. Somebody has to fulfill the role of teachers and leaders when state (i.e. its educational system) fails to do so... <BR/>Personally, I prefer as more effective the role of the general educational system which would reach all the young people. But at least what I can see in my country is a real disaster right now... <BR/>In this context the attitude of some of the Danish journalists is just one example of a mature conduct deficiency. What more to say... <BR/>Unfortunately, there is no way how to start our modern civilization from scratch – meaning having new generation of people brought up and educated the best possible way like a true mankind of brothers and sisters living for the sake of the others. Spared from marching trough an everyday flood of bad examples...<BR/>Presently it seems that unless people are facing a common threat they are unable to get united.<BR/>I am afraid that no better unifying force will be found in a short term. And the only threat which is relevant these days seems to be learning about the coming danger for our civilization as a whole in the near future. But our present “leaders” are unable (unwilling) to recognize this fact. And if so, they prefer trying to keep it away from the sight of general population and rather take secret steps which could help them to reach somewhat better position when it will come to the crunch...<BR/>But their short sighted attitude is very dangerous and indeed risky for our civilization...<BR/>Unless we shall be ready to face the awaiting reality in the near future and understand its consequences there is a very little hope...<BR/>But once again, it seems that this course of events with all its bleak prospects is only very natural and difficult to avoid... Despite the fact that more and more people are becoming fully aware of it and are prepared to do something against it... In a certain sense it makes them to be looked upon as some kind of modern Don Quichotes – to be laughed at by the rest...<BR/> <BR/>But however foolish these attempts could look to the others, stopping them would mean giving up in our efforts to save our civilization. Keeping doing so is under current circumstances very difficult indeed... But it is our duty - which keeps us also together... And our numbers are growing...:-).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com