THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

A DAY OFF | 2005-12-20

I never discourage comments. If you feel like it, say whatever you want to.

But what I have hit you with here, and my plea for help in our seminar, puts a considerable burden on you.

When Peter hit me with his point that started all this, I took several days off from replying to him.

Finding something to add to a seminar is a lot harder than talking about the latest Bush lie or the Korean War .. sorry, I mean the Iraqi War.

So I will happily suffer time facing Comments (0) if you will spend the meantime thinking about our seminar the way I thought about replying to Peter.

We have the message. We need to spread it.

And somebody bcsides Bob has discovered the deep secret of all this, which is hidden in plain sight.

COMMENTS (2)

#1 lemon | 2005-12-20 18:23

It's hard. I don't see a whole lot of chance to be effective. But, here and there. I send to my sister-in-law, my older son is more or less on the same wave. So we'll see what happens. I came to the conclusion that power in a white country belongs in the hands of whites, some time ago. And more specifically, predominately, white men. I think that kind of power would be influencial on others as well. Not the "power gives me a cruel chuckle" kind. The reason why agression against us is getting worse is because we're not doing what we ought to, whether others recognize it, ot not. Other peoples have been set adrift, too, I think. Shari

#2 Peter | 2005-12-21 14:09

I haven't replied so regularly because the power is out here in the Upcountry.

Alright you said to say whatever we wanted.

First Bob's the man. I knew he was the first time I saw him at a EURO conference. This is hard to describe, but it was the ridiculous way he was trying to tape up on a door his website address in a hand-written scrawl. All the others were worried that they had to give a good impression or no one would take them seriously. They may be right, but Bob didn't give a hoot so I knew he was the real thing and there was little chance he was doing anything for status. It was just the issues.

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When I was ten, my teacher was a lady who was six-feet tall and both she and her husband were published authors. I went to a Christian school. One beautiful, clear blue California morning, she asked us to stop and spend a few minutes to ask God what he wanted us to do in life, what would make us the best servants of his purpose, the thing which we would have the most fun doing. I sat and I thought, and what I got was straight out of the blue: we were going to have a revolution bigger than 1776 and I was to be in it. There was no doubt to me that that fit my soul and that it would be the most fun. Needless to say, I told no one. When she went around the classroom asking each of us what we thought, I said I didn't know. This was true in that it seemed so ridiculous to me and I wondered why I couldn't come up with something more like the other kids. My teacher looked at me with a knowing teacher look telling me that she knew I was holding something really good back, but I just smiled politely. I felt I had an epiphany.

Ten year olds think funny things but here I am.