04-08-2010, 07:56 PM
Indeed, Jan.
I can recall my own nascent days in our larger "community" -- in particular, my "I've got it all figured out" pronouncements. Some of which were made, I'm embarassed to note, from some very prestigious lecterns.
It was George Michael Evica who, ever the consummate teacher and caring friend, gently yet powerfully suggested that I expand my study and deepen my thinking on the matters over which we pour and occasionally fulminate today.
I can cite a specific example: Some 18-or-so years ago, in Dallas, I was all hyped up about Lansdale as a Sponsor of the event. On and on I went until, almost off-handedly, Evica suggested that Lansdale just might have been a False Sponsor.
My ego immediately clicked on, and I was about to challenge him. But I nearly simultaneously understood -- or perhaps "felt" is the more accurate word -- his grander, more personal subtext.
My eyes, in that very instant, went from wide shut to wide open.
The superficial and underinformed nature of Morrow's arguments, it's safe to say, is not the problem.
I can recall my own nascent days in our larger "community" -- in particular, my "I've got it all figured out" pronouncements. Some of which were made, I'm embarassed to note, from some very prestigious lecterns.
It was George Michael Evica who, ever the consummate teacher and caring friend, gently yet powerfully suggested that I expand my study and deepen my thinking on the matters over which we pour and occasionally fulminate today.
I can cite a specific example: Some 18-or-so years ago, in Dallas, I was all hyped up about Lansdale as a Sponsor of the event. On and on I went until, almost off-handedly, Evica suggested that Lansdale just might have been a False Sponsor.
My ego immediately clicked on, and I was about to challenge him. But I nearly simultaneously understood -- or perhaps "felt" is the more accurate word -- his grander, more personal subtext.
My eyes, in that very instant, went from wide shut to wide open.
The superficial and underinformed nature of Morrow's arguments, it's safe to say, is not the problem.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene