Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Perhaps a little cynical, but it all boils down to one thing in my opinion and experience - wherever we are in the world, whether we are literate or not, and whatever we do, we almost always take the side of whoever is strongest, whoever offers us more, whoever keeps us safe or, for safety's sake, we subordinate ourselves to whoever poses the greater threat to our individual or collective security. It's like that in the business world, the unions, political parties and almost anywhere else you can think of. It's all to do with satisfaction, security, peace of mind, personal fulfillment and for many, just the financial benefits it brings. Douglas On 07.02.2010 17:22, Wendy Thurman wrote: > I have no comment on the below and I dismiss its relevance to the question > at hand. I ask again, do we dismiss the susceptibility of an uneducated > mind to outside influence? > > That, ladies and gentlemen, is the question that confronts us. > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:07 PM, slobodan Dimitrov<s.dimitrov at > charter.net>wrote: > > >> Wendy, don't take it like that! I was just making an observation on a bias >> based on cultural relativism. >> Besides, I'm quite familiar with this form of inter state and scientific >> activism. >> My late father was an agricultural engineer, and a research bio-chemist. >> He recounted a story once, of when we lived in France. He was once >> approached by the first president of Mali and members of his cabinet. He >> was >> asked to come to Mali and do a project similar to what the Israelis were >> doing. >> Unfortunately, he couldn't account for our safety once we were in country. >> That's just one story. >> Though the most horrific ones were the stories of fellow agronomists who >> would die mysteriously on location from the oddest accidents. >> S.d. >> >> >> >> On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote: >> >> >>> I'll sit on the sidelines on this one; it would seem that the prospect of >>> >> an >> >>> uneducated mind's susceptibility to extremist views is a questionable >>> >> one. >> >>> Did I miss something here? Maybe it's best I don't participate any >>> >> longer >> >>> in this forum. I know the forum is dedicated to photography but the fact >>> that I am taking pictures in Afghanistan has apparently caused some >>> problems. >>> >>> Wendy >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:06 PM, slobodan Dimitrov< >>> >> s.dimitrov at charter.net>wrote: >> >>> >>>> The way it's stated below, leads one to think that illiteracy leads to >>>> extremism. >>>> A high rate of literacy is just as potent a vehicle for reaction. >>>> S.d. >>>> >>>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 6:32 AM, Wendy Thurman wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> ....effort is further challenged by the facts that we are dealing with >>>>> >> a >> >>>> functionally >>>> >>>>> illiterate population heavily influenced by the Taliban. >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >