[OSList] Conflict and Caring

[Artur Silva]

Ho said: "Show me a situation where there is no conflict, and I
will show you a situation where nobody cares".


I like this a lot! 
 
(This is not a
surprise, as I am from Southern Europe, where conflicts are genelly strongly expressed (and frequently almost immediately forgotten) - and this, the Greeks thought, was
the essence of democracy!
 
In some other
cultures, conflicts are frequently avoided as if they were a kind of plague...
I suspect (with no strong evidence) that this is the cause of many organizational
(and community) “learning disabilities”.
 
So my question is:
can we assume that this idea of "no conflict implies no care" is a
general principle?
 
If so, shouldn’t
we not try to cultivate a culture with less "conflict avoidance"?
 
Artur 

 


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 From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
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Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 12:36 PM
Subject: [OSList] Conflict and Caring
 

Caring and Conflict seem almost like polar opposites – but as Marie suggests, they are integrally related, I think. I had a neighbor who was described as “the most even tempered man in town – Always mad!” It was kind of a joke, but after knowing him for 40 years I came to see that his anger was actually a manifestation of the deep caring he felt, but could not fully express. Because of an odd combination of social pressures and norms he never had the space to be the caring person he was. Sad! So I think it is true: Show me a situation where there is no conflict, and I will show you a situation where nobody cares.
 
Harrison 
 
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