On Sun, 8 May 2005 10:46:57 -0500, Gary Denton wrote In the days that have passed since we all talked about our options with regard to Iraq, I realized that I left out one of the most important ones. And since Gary brought it up again, I'll take this opportunity.
The idea that we must restrict ourselves to options that have a provable liklihood of success is faithless and not borne out by history. I'll offer a very simple explanation, by way of the same illustrations I used before. What if Ghandi had waited for a practical plan that was likely to succeed? Nelson Mandela? Abolitionists in the United States? And countless others who did what they believe was right, without any idea or good reason to hope for success, whose movements and actions succeeded anyway? To seek peaceful change is almost always impractical. It seems as though when the stakes are highest, we are least likely to be able to use logic to prove how to maximize the liklihood of a desired outcome. But this is the essence of faith and hope, and history is full of stories of people who did great things with a big vision and small actions, rather than big plans that try to control the outcome. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l