Jane, I have had it with your BD piety. If you had half of the wisdom you you think you have, you would see that not everybody involved in social change is running around as an acitvist waving signs and telling people they should use preps and become enlightened. Change happens on may levels, and some are less plainly obvious because they deal with change from the inside.
My anger now done with, let me give an example. Last night I watched a documentary on Bayard Rustin, they guy who organized the original great Civil Rights march in D.C. Bayard was originally an activist, a shouter. At a certain point when his influence grew, he made a move into polictics. He went inside the beast to do work there. This demanded a great change in technique and temprament. This move drew criticism from the Malcolm X and Black Panther types who were still shouting from the outside while Bayard had moved inside to work. In the end it was Bayard who had the most impact on the world. I am not a cowering lurker. I HAVE BEEN out on the front lines. I DID RUN BD market gardens for two years and sent my life that way. I gave a seminar on Chromatography and Capillary Dynamolysis at Allan's conference. However, Divine Providence had a different course in mind for me. That is very clear to me now. There are good reasons for the path I have chosen and you should be damn glad that I am psoitioning myself where I am. My long-time BD friend Allan Balliet still doesn't quite understand my path, but he respects my choices and trusts me on them. All I wish for is moving archives out of the way of a quick google search. If people want to look further, they will always find. That is fine. If they are that determined, that is the way of it. If they are not, there is no reason to hand them things they don't need. Very sincerely, Christopher W. Shade --- Jane Sherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For goodness sakes (another cliché, maybe more > useful than 2 cents) why > bother having any beliefs at all if you are going to > cower in silence every > time you are tested? Money is not the only issue > here. It's what can you > live with? I don¹t' think I want to compromise my > ideals or silence myself > out of fear. Out of respect, openness, curiosity, > these would make more > sense, but silence out of fear, seems to go against > all the other spiritual > principles espoused on this list. > Respectfully, > Jane > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:15:01 -0500 (EST) > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: What do we have to LOSE/GAIN Re: LURKING > was Re: Personal Security / > > Insecurity > > > > Sometimes two cents won’t pay the bills. > > > > Most people hold certain jobs because they have > to, not because they want > > to. In an ideal world everyone would have a > fulfilling job they enjoy. But > > this is not an ideal world (yet). Perfect jobs are > hard to find, perfect > > employers even more so. It would be great if those > predisposed could fly > > the spiritual agriculture flag proudly (despite > the ramifications). Some > > are still “working” towards it. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
