Always interested when John Eric Gomes pops up on Goanet. It's likely that we are not 'headed in the right direction', but perhaps the reflection that we should look at is the fact that WE are headed in 'a direction', and that the point reached by now is that 'WE' are self-aware that there is a direction and that it comes down to a choice by US.
So, while the great & the powerful assume jurisdiction in this domain the ultimate result will stem from our very mundane decisions made on a daily basis; my spiritual guru Pierre Teilhard de Chardin stresses the point that 'there is no moral higher ground'; political, social & cultural evolution obeys the same cosmic laws as 'created light, gravity, thermodynamics, the whole gin-bhang. In terms of the hammer striking the anvil, it gets down to 'statistics' (what Teilhard refers to as 'the play of large numbers'). This proceeds from the Darwinian-evolutionary principle of 'groping'---in pursuit of getting a 'foothold', the vine sends out 'tendrils'---this is what's happening now; sociocultural & political tendrils are hitting a new 'high' on the growth-curve; the wrong-headed ones will not make it---but some few of the tendrils will make it, and Teilhard significantly adds the qualifier 'INFALLIBLY'. I venture to submit that it is this comprehension of infallibility that lies at the root of the Dogma promulgated in 1854. On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:09 AM, John Eric Gomes <[email protected]> wrote: > > WHERE ARE WE HEADING? > The whole world is talking about the horrific rape of Asifa as seen by me > on local channels and on Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN television and comments I > read made by the Woman United Nations Chief! This rape was evidently a > planned deed to strike mortal fear in the victims, because of hate for a > certain nomad community that was unwelcome and involved BJP MLAs, police > and even lawyers preventing officials from lodging a FIR. More > disgracefullly by mobs waving the national flag! The PM was at last forced > to speak, FIRs registered, arrests made and Supreme Court warned the > lawyers not to obstruct justice! In the UK, students were not permitted to > ask these questions and our PM thereafter at a public address there stated > that rape is rape, and must not be politicized! Today media reports and > Television shows live, open hate speeches, polarization and canvassing in > the name of caste or religion! We find some innocent person being arrested > by police for their disliked opinion on social media, but no action is > taken on these rabid elements in power.openly giving inciting hate > speeches. Newspaper headlines state Central Government ready with an > Ordinance if Supreme Court does not accept review petetion! So where then > is respect for Law and Order? Nothing is discussed in Parliament. > Completely vote bank politics. Right is Might! Are we a Democracy or > Mobocracy? Are we heading in the right direction?. >
