Rank and Privilege

[Harrison Owen]

Therese - I guess I was too short again. I saw your first paragraph, and my
eyes didn't make it to the second - all about rank and privilege. I suppose
there is a certain privilege that comes with experience, but hopefully it is
earned. I would also hope that a day never comes when it (experience, rank,
and privilege) stand unchallenged. Speaking as the elder, who I suppose I
am, I feel under a great obligation to share what I have experienced. And
when I feel strongly about something, I feel an equal obligation to express
myself as clearly and directly as I am able. Speaking as a participant of
this remarkable LIST, I feel in some way cheated when no conversation
ensues. What I have experienced, what we have all experienced, is only a
starting point. What we are experiencing now, and what we anticipate
experiencing is the growing edge, and that is where the fun happens. In a
very real way, rank and privilege stop in the present moment where we are
all neophytes and co-learners.  I might also say that one of the distinct
disadvantages of OSLIST is that you can't see how folks are doing in the
moment. For myself, I can report that on Monday, some nice doctors at John's
Hopkins Medical Center gave me a new cornea for my right eye. The good news
is that I will probably be able to have the use of that eye when things
heal. The bad news is that right at the moment it feels like somebody stuck
a hot poker in my eye which makes seeing quite difficult and tends to put an
edge on things emotionally. So forgive me if I sounded short. It was not
intentional.

Harrison

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