Well said, Ray!
Harry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray wrote:
One of the problems is that it is not realized, or admitted, that communication and travel are the food of industry and should be as cheap as possible in order for the country to function as a society. The second issue is that, in order for there to be a healthy environment for the greatest amount of work to be done, there must be sufficent attention given to play. The human spirit needs play in order for invention to be operant at the highest levels. When the only play that is available is sexual or other forms of physical exstasy the problem comes, like with the rise of AIDS in the gay community years ago, in the limits of the human body. We should find as many different and complicated forms of play as there is work. You need transcendance, closeness, work and play. That is what my people believe and I do as well. Ray Evans Harrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jan matthieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mantle, Rosalyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Anthony, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bradskey, Teresa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Cole, Karen Watters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dawn Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Downs , Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dunn, Darcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "H, Joan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "harrell, jane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Krueger, Jack A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sagowa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Sleigh, Ben and Roz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Watters, Valorie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "futurework" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: Re: Whining (Pay the real cost for it! ) > jan matthieu wrote: > [snip] > > On the other hand, and from my green angle, I think it's high time there > > comes a world wide tax on kerosine for planes. > > My feeling is that maybe air travel taxes should pay for > the cost of all the security measures to keep the > planes flying, and also pay a living wage to the > folks who do it. > > Teleconferencing eliminates the NEED for face-to-face > meetings between multinational corporation > executives. > > Vacation travel is a luxury. Let people pay its > real cost in comparison with other forms of > leisure (OK: "free time") activities, such as > having a glass of good spirits with good friends > in a place with a good view (or a good library, > or both or more...). > > I would be surprised if the percentage of > air travel that is actually necessary was > higher than it would be cheaper (and, surely: safer!) > to provide for their travel by chartered planes -- which > would have the interesting "side effect" of > making the conditions of travel far better for those > who have to fly. Occasional passengers can also > be accomodated on cargo planes (andf government > personnel could sometimes use military planes that > were already going where they are going). > > Of course, as with other addictions, we probably > would not want to go "cold turkey", but rather > do an intelligently socially managed gradual transition from > people flying around, to people flying only for > exigent reasons. > > Man, unlike the donkey, walks in a straight line > because he has a goal. > (--Le Corbusier) > > Three things are not possible: > The desire of the rich always to have more, > The desire of the sick for something different, and > The desire of the traveller to be any place but here. > (--Arthur Appel) > > \brad mccormick > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.416 / Virus Database: 232 - Release Date: 11/6/2002
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