Posted by alexandra_k on November 16, 2005, at 17:47:04
In reply to Re: A short conversation from today » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on November 16, 2005, at 10:02:20
> I don't know. I think there may come a point when you become starkly aware of the shaky foundation your stable life is built on.
((((Dinah))))
Yeah.
It is hard.
I think... At base...
Everybodys life is like that.
Things are... Fragile indeed.
But... Most people aren't really aware of that in their daily lives...
It is hard to be aware...
Frightening.>That nothing can be relied upon. And the way that makes you feel doesn't look like any way you've felt before.
>
((((Dinah))))> Add in a good dollop of self hatred for not letting my inlaws stay with me.
((((Dinah))))
It is hard.I remember attending a social and moral philosophy lecture... The lecturer was talking about how her in laws needed to stay with her and her family. And she had to think about and weigh up... The benefit to the in laws... And the cost to her family. And some decisions are really very hard. And guilt is a horrible horrible thing. Sometimes... It is a really hard decision to make... I guess its about having faith that you made the best decision that you could after thinking on it. And... The fact that you do feel bad about it... Shows you to be a caring person.
> And then add in reading daily in the newspaper how really little you mean to the government of these United States. Legislators suggesting that the city shouldn't be rebuilt, or should only be given limited protection, when you know the protection they gave you before didn't even live up to the standards it was designed to. That the situation you're living in wasn't caused by the hurricane at all, but by failure of governmental protections. And you feel like less than nothing. I really should stop reading the news entirely.
(((Dinah)))
I'm starting...
To want to get involved in politics.
Yeah, thesis avoidance...
But also the point that...
What I'm doing isn't particularly worthwhile.
Its not going to make a difference.
Its not really about making a difference.
But politics...
Political theory...
I think...
I'd like to do some of that...The stuff you talked about on the psychology board before... About individualism versus inter-dependence. About how individualism and self-sufficiency is promoted as the ideal... But about how inter-dependence is actually what is good for us.
I think...
That applies to politics too...Just know that we care about you and your family
A great deal
And my heart goes out to the people of New Orleans...
> At any rate, you might have helped me get to the reasons behind my hygiene problems. Sigh.(((Dinah)))
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