Doug-- I so appreciate this. I sent it to my large email list and told them how I've been avoiding the news this week - almost like a physical aversion to the "noise." Thanks for giving voice to my reality. Be Peace --BJ
On Wednesday, October 27, 2004, at 06:12 PM, Douglas D. Germann, Sr. wrote:
To our friends in the US and any friends elsewhere who are following the US election process-- Oh, is there any place this ought to be posted, such as on a blog? Footprints in the Wind/sm # 520 ooOOOoo o o A modest proposal for silence. What good could come of a quiet week? This week, the week before election day? What if there were a moratorium on political speeches, ads, press releases and grandstanding, for just one week? What if the pundits too went silent, for just these few days? What if we gave ourselves an open space to digest and mull over what we have heard? Does shrillness in this last week really help our democracy? We could not legislate such an interlude, not in this land of free speech and free press. Make it voluntary and expected, a part of the ethics and moral code and especially the common sense of doing what is right. Have you not found that good ideas and discernment come in times of percolation and stillness? Do you find the shower, or time alone in your car, or walking in the woods or a park are better suited to clear choices than when someone is haranguing you? Do we need more considered choices in our democracy? How would we be served by silence? o o ooOOOoo Please pass it on. Be still.
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