Footprints in the Wind/sm # 520

[BJ Peters]

Doug-- I so appreciate this. I sent it to my large email list and told
them how I've been avoiding the news this week - almost like a physical
aversion to the "noise." Thanks for giving voice to my reality. Be
Peace --BJ

On Wednesday, October 27, 2004, at 06:12 PM, Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
wrote:

> To our friends in the US and any friends elsewhere who are following
> the US
> election process--
>
> Oh, is there any place this ought to be posted, such as on a blog?
>
>
>
>                      Footprints in the Wind/sm # 520
>
>                               ooOOOoo
>   o                                                                o
>       A modest proposal for silence.
>
>       What good could come of a quiet week? This week, the
>       week before election day?
>
>       What if there were a moratorium on political
>       speeches, ads, press releases and grandstanding, for
>       just one week? What if the pundits too went silent,
>       for just these few days? What if we gave ourselves an
>       open space to digest and mull over what we have
>       heard? Does shrillness in this last week really help
>       our democracy?
>
>       We could not legislate such an interlude, not in this
>       land of free speech and free press. Make it voluntary
>       and expected, a part of the ethics and moral code and
>       especially the common sense of doing what is right.
>
>       Have you not found that good ideas and discernment
>       come in times of percolation and stillness? Do you
>       find the shower, or time alone in your car, or
>       walking in the woods or a park are better suited to
>       clear choices than when someone is haranguing you?
>
>       Do we need more considered choices in our democracy?
>       How would we be served by silence?
>   o                                                                o
>                               ooOOOoo
>
>    Please pass it on. Be still.

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