Llundrub wrote: "'Quite suddenly' gives expression to the way in which nature functions. Nature ensures great flexibility for the growth of good or evil in the atmosphere. But when an influence grows beyond elastic limits, nature will no longer sustain it; suddenly the breaking-point is reached."
----So are nuclear warheads or their use outside the scope of natural law? We'll have to see which way the dice falls. In my original post, I meant to say the WORLD BANK and the IMF, not the WTO. SORRY. Duh. ;-) Had TM been widely available, I don't think we would have seen the growth of such rampant corruption and greed. But TM has been out of reach for the masses who badly needed it, ever since the price rises of the early '90s. Can the damage be undone. We'll have to wait and see. The USA can still reverse it's current protectionist policy of imposing free trade regulations on other countries while maintaining tariffs on it's own borders. This would be a fairer way to conduct international trade. But would Americans accept a lower standard of living? Try this one on for size: http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/tsw/ THE SOLUTION. We cannot achieve a sustainable and just world order unless we change to, - Simpler lifestyles, much less production and consumption, much less concern with luxury, affluence, posessions and wealth. - Small, highly self-sufficient local economies, largely independent of the global economy. - More cooperative and participatory ways, enabling people in small communities to take control of their own development. - A new economy, one not driven by profit or market forces, and a zero-growth or steady-state overall economy, that produces much less than we do now. - Some very different values, especially cooperation not competition, and frugality and self-sufficiency not acquisitiveness and consuming. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
