its good to hear that SOMEONE still believes that we must be constantly looking at the past and learning from our mistakes in order to do anything of value in the future. i get angry and distressed so much because i see so many people these days who think that the past is behind us, that there is nothing we can learn from it (especially those of us in the west because of all the huge mistakes the west has made, ie: slavery, colonialism, etc) and that we must constantly "redefine."
> and used the start of the year 2000 for good: we > *must* try to > learn from our history or we are condemned to repeat > it--too *much* > focus on the future without also looking back at the > past ain't > gonna solve a damn thing. We've got to live in the > present, look to > the future, and *learn* from our past. Thinking that > just because > it's Jan 1, 2000 is gonna make everything all right > and living with > that sort of rose-glasses mentality is fine for our > NYE celebrations, > (we have to live high at certain times, that's just > the way things are, > but we've also got to live level, too) > but we've got to buckle down and work on improving > our society. blair __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com
