Sunday, November 2, 2008
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News and discussion of issues affecting Atlanta Memorial Park and the neighborhood surrounding it.
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Louis Armstrong sings a siren song indeed, but it isn't realistic. Maybe some subscribe to this sort of Panglossian view, but the truth is that there will always be tension between the forces of change for change's sake and those who think we are just fine the way we are. The advantage will tilt one way and then the other depending on which way the winds happen to be blowing. Those who are better organized and get their supporters out will hold sway over those who don't. It's the way a democracy works, even though some don't like it. One can justify almost anything by saying this is the best of all possible worlds and then go on tolerating bad things that happen as being inevitable. I will call this the "Oh well" syndrome: oh well, what can I do about it? Nothing, so I will turn away from actions that might get me involved and force me to take a position. People just don't like to stand up and be counted. Too bad.
I believe Louis Armstrong also is saying that we must appreciate and respect the magnificence and beauty of our world which has been given into our care, and to shepherd our resources with common sense for the future of our little ones. Selfishly and thoughtlessly wasting, destroying or poisoning the environment merely for a convenient place for a daily outing (does a baby in a stroller care where she is being pushed?) is mortgaging the future at too high a rate. It will lead to foreclosure and bankruptcy.
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