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From: <Ascmjk@aol.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: MD Re: Root of all evil?
> In a message dated 4/17/00 1:23:48 AM Central Daylight Time,
> donangel@nlci.com writes:
>
> > I would wonder about the mental health of someone who would consider
> > watching the cancer/AIDS channel all the time. Incorporating the
messages
> > into mainstream media is actually much more palatable for the average
> > viewer, who are the very
> What we do get, on every single one of the major news channels, is hourly
> stock market updates. I find this to be very telling about today's
society;
> we're more interested in money than lives.
That is a conclusion I would hesitate to draw. We are, of course, more
concerned with our immediate daily concerns and relationships. Starving
people in Ethiopia are an abstraction not to them, of course, but you get my
point.
My child, who has a heart condition. My father, who has had two bypass
surgeries. My younger brother, who also has heart disease. My grandfather,
who died of brain cancer. These are my immediate concerns.
> Sadly, cancer would probably be a thing of the past by now if as many
people
> were interested in it rather than playing the stock market.
Or not. In the meantime, mundane matters, like seeing to the welfare of your
family, your community, or your contributions to cancer research require you
pay some attention to acquiring money. That does not mean that we should
worship the almighty dollar.
> Should we really question the mental health of a person who wishes to stay
as
> informed about cancer research as much as the stock market? If so, then
that
> is a sad commentary on today's society. It says, people who care about
money
> are sane, but people who care about people are crazy.
The one doesn't preclude the other, Jon. The reason I would question the
mental health of someone who spent that much time on cancer research as
opposed to any other *normal* activity is the morbidity of it. They would be
much better off if they lived and enjoyed (found joy) in the world now. That
is all we have.
BTW, mental health and sanity are not synonyms.
> It all reflects my original point; people are considered crazy these days
if
> they don't put money on the top of their list.
Generalizations do not contribute much to understanding, Jon. Particularly
if they are at best debatable. I guess I am crazy, for money is far down my
list. But still necessary.
> Those who do otherwise are considered ideological fools. The attitude is,
make money first.
> Help other people later,
As Christians, Muslims, and Jews we are commanded by God to charity. As
Buddhists we live by precepts of kindness. The world has been blessed with a
plethora of religions and philosophies which emphasize our duties to our
fellow man. We are only as humane as we live up to them and only as human as
we don't.
> at your leisure, if at all.
It is a mistake to look at the failings of some humans and extrapolate to
the whole of humanity.
And I would still like to see your plan for the abolition of media of
exchange.
drose
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