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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Funda – I would believe that answer
to your question</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (do they have to sustain or survive???.......) </span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>is no. Fact of
the matter is that all Living Systems have a beginning, middle and end. We love
the beginning, tolerate the middle, and don’t want to talk about the end.
And that leads to all sorts of interesting mental gymnastics. Here in the </span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>US</span></font><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>, very few
people actually ever die, at least that would seem to be the case if you listen
to how people talk. It is said – So and so “passed on,”
“took the big trip,” “Passed to the other side” –
But it seems that nobody ever dies. The same is true when we talk about
organizations. Somehow they are supposed to live for ever, and when the end
comes that is automatically taken as failure. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b></span></font><font
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Oral</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 14, 2005
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: On self-organizing</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>all systems are self organizing but
not all systems are living (sustaining)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:rcopleman@comcast.net" title="rcopleman@comcast.net">Ralph
Copleman</a> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Monday,
February 14, 2005 3:39 PM</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
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self-organizing</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Times><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times'>My vote goes to:<br>
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All systems are self-organizing, and...<br>
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There is no such thing as a non-living system.<br>
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Ralph Copleman<br>
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