________________________________________________________________ Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kathleen Geathers) Subject: Re: cj#686> THE EXECUTIVE ORDER - anti-constitutional Thank you Richard for your article on the constitution. Only yesterday I mentioned to people that democracy as described as power coming from the people does not exist. When government conceals everything, there is no participation by the people. Edicts are issued, and the sheep are to follow without question. Rights of the people are assaulted right and left. When we wake up, I fear it will be too late. Kathleen ________________________________________________________________ Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 Sender: •••@••.••• (Joe Ferguson) Subject: Re: cj#687> Seeking larger audiences... Hi Richard, Short of time I would like to quickly propose a radical idea on this. You know how I feel that people that buy into the idea you must choose "Left" or "Right" in order to be anywhere, have been mislead by one of the craftiest "divide-and-conquer" schemes ever conceived; and that I believe the essence of left and right are like the Yin and Yang and that neither can dominate reality nor be eliminated but must both be embraced. Further, you should know that I value your analysis because it remains above this delusion that all people are so divided, and your ideas cut to the core of the dilemmas of modern civilization. So, I suggest you also seek out "conservative" venues for your articles, assuming there are some of these that are essentially honest and valid (I'm sure this is true just like there are such publications on "the other side.") Best Regards, - Joe --------------- Dear Joe, A good line of thinking. "Conservative" in this case, I presume, includes such themes as "nationalist", "welfare-paranoia", "drugs-paranoia", "crime-paranoia", "religion-obsessed". These guys see themselves as being very anti-establishment, as do "leftists", but from a different angle. In some sense, "left" vs "right" is an intentional distraction from "people" vs. "elite". Hence all the absurd malarky about Clinton being "liberal" - providing a phony focus for political analysts to write about. Your kind of thinking aims to build a bridge across the left-right divide, unifying "us" to face "them" - the elite. Cheers, rkm ________________________________________________________________
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