From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Sun Jul 11 2004 - 21:59:57 BST
Hi Dan, David-M, and all,
>David:
>
>I get your drift. The allocation of resources
>is tricky business. In fact my concern would be
>less with respect to inequality within our technological
>societies than with making it possible for people to do things
>to explore their lives and not be too obsessed with commerce
>and materialism, such as taking off on a bike trip. Wealthy
>kids seem to get lots of chances to play at life, poor kids
>have far fewer choices.
On 11 Jul 2004 at 11:57, Dan Glover wrote:
If only I had been born rich instead of handsome who knows what I
could have done with my life. But I guess we all have to play the
hand dealt us. RMP wrote of his time at Blake and it struck a chord
with me. While the rich kids were riding to school in their limos and
dreaming of being doctors and lawyers I was out in the field picking
asparagus so I could buy some decent clothes. Things haven't changed
much. Sometimes I feel like I'm still out there in that field,
walking up and down the endless rows. I remember the early morning
rain on the roof meant I could sleep in. That's my only solace.
msh says:
This is a beautiful paragraph, Dan, as were those you wrote earlier,
about the never-failing light bulb. I enjoyed them very much.
But you're position seems to be that things are the way they are, and
there's nothing we can do about it. You now, if you're born rich,
good for you; if not, tough. I realize that this is all related to
the "suffering is illusion" ideas of Eastern Philosophy, and maybe
it's correct. But if it isn't, and suffering is real, and we CAN
help alleviate it, no matter how little, then aren't we morally
obligated to try? Even if our attempts are futile, or are pre-
determined and therefore illusory choices, what harm comes from
trying?
Best to all,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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