A new way of Thinking
(Originally written 1/31/02)

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if you attack or criticize something, you need to provide - at least - a possible better way of accomplishing the duty or task successfully.

Everyone is so afraid of "ticking off" any of the "oil rich" nations in the Middle East due to energy supplies. Remember, that the great oil supplying countries of the world needs customers too! If the large customers don't buy for awhile, then prices and production will decrease - meaning less cash infusions for those supplying nations.

Where I originally grew up, if someone got offended it was not the speaker's fault, but the listeners'. The reasoning behind this thinking was that the listener could listen, "whack them in the jaw", or walk away & "change the medium channel" and not listen to the message being spoken. This is a lesson that the leaders, especially those associated with government, academia, and the media, need to learn.

Here is the common person's chance to "shake off" the individualistic, selfish, complacency, and unawareness of what is going on around the world. It is the ultimate wake-up call. However, those in control want things to go back to the "status-quo" or "back to normal". Why would you want to return ?