[Vision2020] deja voodoo

[Ted Moffett]

Joan et. al.

This bit of supreme wisdom is as inspiring as it is appetizing.  Are we just 
talking to some inner circle of the enlightened who abhor repetition, or are 
there possibly dozens of people new to this list who might find certain 
discussions worthwhile, though they have been worked over before?  I for one 
have not found that many of the most debated subjects on this list were 
really explored fully, in part because of the unwillingness of certain 
vision2020 participants to address inportant questions with honesty and 
openness.

Still awed by the same stars and moon,

Ted





>From: "Joan Opyr" <auntiestablishment@hotmail.com>
>To: "Vision2020 Moscow" <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] deja voodoo
>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:41:25 -0800
>
>Melynda writes:
>
>"And although I won't insist on it--I'm still thinking about it myself--may 
>I modestly and diffidently ask if there are any takers on my questions 
>about the reasons for our continued embattlement on this particular topic 
>after months of comparative calm?"
>
>To which Sunil replies:
>
>"It's like the scene in The Godfather when Clemenza is explaining to 
>Michael how to pull off the hit on Solozzo and McCluskey; he says something 
>to the effect that, "It's good to have a war every few years, gets rid of 
>the bad blood."
>
>I would suggest an even older allusion, Proverbs 26:11: "As a dog returneth 
>to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly."
>
>The case being presented, re: public versus private schools, has long since 
>lost all semblance of argument and is now merely incantatory utterance.  If 
>we all repeat the same things over and over again, perhaps we'll experience 
>the deja voodoo effect and be zombified into agreeing with one another.
>
>Of course, repeating things ad nauseum is more likely to lead to the 
>aforementioned vomit effect.
>
>Abracadabra,
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