[Oe List ...] Salmon: I wasn't going to get involved. . .

[William Salmon]

Living in the tension between the imperitive and the indicative: 

    Didn't one of our Saints give us the answer to this riddle. Yes, I think he did. The Responsible Person is one who lives in the tension between the Obedient Response and the response of the Irresponsible Genius. It seems to me that that we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. . . so what the hell------- 
    Then there is the song, 
    Observe and judge the given facts, 
    Weigh up the values. . . 
            What was the rest of it. . . . ?" Ah, well, its more fun to 
    Observe and judge the given facts,
    Weight up the values. .  . . . 
            
       Wasn't there a ancient prophet--around the turn of the paradigm--that called us to live the Awakened life; one who said we fulfilled our intended creation by living the humane and gracious life while working for Justice and Mercy. 
        Later gaters!. 
        Bill 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: KarenBueno at aol.com 
  To: oe at wedgeblade.net 
  Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 1:54 PM
  Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Very close to the indicative is the imperative


  Right on, George!

  Karen Bueno

  In a message dated 11/27/2010 8:43:05 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, m.george.walters at verizon.net writes:
    Fundamentally, I believe only a few are going to act on behalf of the many and they need a way to get as close to an objective picture of the realities they are dealing with as possible so their care is not frustrated by academic debate, however informative it may be. The question is the same – will you act with what you believe you know, however imperfect your knowledge, and live with the consequences and probability that you will know more later? Evil will most likely adapt to the change you create and offer you a new contradiction tomorrow.



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