[Dialogue] What Now?
Wayne Nelson
wnelson at ica-associates.ca
Sat Nov 20 08:56:41 EST 2004
> Dualisms roll off our tongues like the oil they are. We westerners are well
> trained at that. Partisanship makes it even easier - no thinking required. If
> you think of the last 40 vision workshops you've been a part of, you'll know
> that polar opposites do not reflect anything like reality. They often do not
> even reveal the parameters of the discussion.
>
> If you want some light reading on this, look up "Voltaire's Bastards" by John
> Ralston Saul.
>
> It's way more difficult to see ways to find common ground, but it hurts our
> heads when we try that kind of thinking and people think we are babbling.
>
> Wayne
Lee Early wrote:
> Here's an idea. Instead of disrespecting all those who are not like
> "us" enlightened ones, why don't we define who WE are? What is a
> liberal anyway?
>
> If you are for fiscal responsibility, then, you are a liberal.
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