Define rock bottom as the point when people rise up and fight. That is a finite point.
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:11:17 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Lowell C. Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part: > > >So, apparently, you look at the same situation and decide that it means > we, > >as a society, need to "hit bottom" before we can work our way up. > > That always presents a problem because, practically, there is no bottom. > For just about any credible situation, one can imagine still worse. > Absolute rock bottom would be the extinction of humanity, but there's no > recovery from that. > > > > >If people cannot be convinced to take a small chance with change in placid > >times, what makes you think they'll take a big leap of faith when all > around > >seems to be falling apart? The greatest friend of authoritarian > governments > >is a catastrophe. Even if you can make the argument that the government > >brought the catastrophe about, people are instinctively likely to believe > >that "more government" will be the solution. > > And that's another reason there's never such a thing as rock bottom. > > Sourly By Inert I, > Robert in the Bronx > > > _______________________________________________ > Libnw mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw > Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw > _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
