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Hi Susan and Greetings from Malaysia.<br><br>
A couple of points make me a bit wary about the articles your
recommend.<br>
1) In the first, Sowell stated that a study established... but he does
not name the author nor the source of the study. In the class I'm
teaching, that is unacceptable.<br>
2) In the second article, he does cite a source: Milton Friedman, a Nobel
prize winning economist. One of his most notable statements from an
article in the NY Times Magazine was entitled "The Social
Responsibility of Business is to Make a Profit." Needless to say,
that's no longer the accepted view since businesses have far more
stakeholders than their shareholders. <br><br>
Anyway I always appreciate hearing from you.<br><br>
John<br><br>
At 09:28 PM 9/18/2012, you wrote:<br>
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A couple of interesting articles that may be useful to the
discussion.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/09/11/an_economic_plan">
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/09/11/an_economic_plan</a>
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<a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/09/12/depending_on_dependency" eudora="autourl">
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/09/12/depending_on_dependency</a>
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<br>
I have a serious intellectual crush on Thomas Sowell, and one on
Congressman Allen West too. The video below will probably be
offensive to many on this listserv, fair warning. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://youtu.be/2CVK4c2qu3M">http://youtu.be/2CVK4c2qu3M</a><br>
<br>
Here's a link with better quality and an article about it but the
captioning in the one above is helpful too.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2011/02/266849/">
http://wwwwnd.com/2011/02/266849/</a><br>
<br>
<b>Susan<br>
</b> <br>
<b>From:</b> oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net
[<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" eudora="autourl">
mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Herman
Greene<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 18, 2012 8:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Order Ecumenical Community'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney<br>
<br>
We have had these “tiffs” before and, if I remember correctly, some also
involved Susan. We survived and maybe we learned something.<br>
<br>
We should always show respect for one another, but I wouldn’t suggest any
“rule change” yet. From my standpoint, there’s nothing wrong with lively
exchanges unless they get chronically out of hand.<br>
<br>
Herman<br>
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]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David M Dunn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 18, 2012 7:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Order Ecumenical Community<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney<br>
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On Sep 18, 2012, at 4:56 PM, "Herman Greene"
<<a href="mailto:hfgreene@mindspring.com">hfgreene@mindspring.com</a>
> wrote:<br>
<br>
I’m sorry, I want to distance myself from this message. What Susan said
to me didn’t bother me.<br>
<br>
I think I agree with others that this is not the place to carry on a
political debate, but it is a place to dialogue. I would be happy to hear
Susan’s thoughts if she wants to share them.<br>
<br>
<br>
This passionate little maelstrom that we just fell into is one of the
reasons that the 'listserv' technology doesn't serve us as well as the
quality of our dialogue requires.<br>
<br>
The kind of careful and thoughtful clarification of perspectives and
search for one another's truth requires something closer to face to face
communication (like an online meeting) or at the least, an online shared
dialogue space (like a 'wiki' that provides for a stream of comments)
where we can see contributions appear in real time and all of the
preceding contributions. (Facebook comments are the example of the
running stream, but not the example of a safe, private space for
collegial dialogue.)<br>
<br>
It would be fascinating and illuminating to see of we could discover the
images of fact and value (recalling Boulding) that lie behind the
different perceptions expressed here about the meaning of this moment in
history.<br>
<br>
David<br>
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David Dunn<br>
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