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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Del--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Thank you so much
for dropping your gun into the ocean of spiritual/social necessity. Do
you remember the story of, "The 100th Monkey?" If not, look it up. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> You single act was like the
awakening of the first monkey on an island to take his/her coconut and wash it
off in the ocean. Then, as other monkey's took up the process, there was an
improvement in their teeth, gums and general health because they washed off the
sand off their broken coconuts. Then, one day when the 100th monkey
awakened, then suddenly on all of the islands all around the ocean the
monkeys began doing the same thing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> The writer who described
this interesting metaphor, said this was the activity of the "noosphere."
I'd call it a paradigm shift in animal consciousness. In another way of
speaking, it is like living in the desert of human experience with bad teeth
until an awakening takes place that becomes an oasis in the desert. Note that
this does not change the desert, but it changes how we react to the desert so
that the desert itself becomes an oasis. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Shades of the Other World in the
midst of this world? Now, I wonder where did that thought come
from?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Inner Peace, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Bill </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=delhmor@wamail.net href="mailto:delhmor@wamail.net">Del Morril</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">'Order Ecumenical Community'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 30, 2012 2:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Oe List ...] Salmon:
Conversation on Sandy Hook</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">For years I had a
lovely revolver that I enjoyed target shooting with. Although expensive to
target-shoot as a 38, a friend used to make iron bullets for me so it was less
expensive. I really enjoyed that activity. I used to carry it when
I taught on dark campuses and kept it in my bedside drawer until our
grandchildren were born and then I put it away.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">HOWEVER!! Much as
I loved that gun and shooting at targets (I used to rifle shoot with my
parents in Alaska on barren islands where no one could get
hurt),<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">last year after a
couple of terrible and unnecessary killing of many “innocents” I got so sick
of our violence in America that I took that gun to the police station and
asked them to destroy it. The cop there couldn’t believe it – he said I
should sell it because it is such a superior gun – I could get a lot for
it. I told him, NO! I do not want this weapon on the street in anyone
else’s hands. He assured me it would be done. At the time, I knew
it was just a tiny drop in the ocean, but it was an important symbol to me
that I do this. I still miss that gun now and then, but I’m not sorry I took
the action I did. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=6 face=BrushScrD><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: BrushScrD; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Del<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Del Hunter Morrill</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2
face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">3217 North Mason Avenue</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tacoma WA 98407-5419</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2
face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">H: (253) 752-1506; W: (253)
383-5757</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A
href="mailto:delhmor@wamail.net"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">delhmor@wamail.net</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Web site: www.
hypnocenter.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><o:p><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The cave you
fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.</SPAN></FONT></I></B><B><I><FONT
size=4><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">
</SPAN></FONT></I></B><I><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Joseph Campbell)<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Microsoft Sans Serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>William
Salmon<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday,
December 29, 2012 7:48 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Oe List ...] Salmon:
Conversation on Sandy Hook</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Randy, you're a
dandy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> How do we
satiate the Baals?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Domestic
Tranquility could well be the answer. There is no appropriate response such as
gun control. My friend, a gun freak, would say the response to Sandy Hook
would be for someone who had a licensed gun to defend the children and
kill the gunboy; thus, the more guns the better.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> The answer is
changing our gun culture. Doesn't Great Britain still make it illegal to
possess guns. Are the London "Bobbies" still unarmed? If so, this is the
direction that is necessary to take. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Perhaps, the
Supreme Court will take up the definition of the "Right to Bear Arms." Is this
a right reserved for those trained in a "citizen's army," or is it the right
of every homeowner to bear arms in its own defense.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Recently, in
Wichita, KS, an intruder was shot while invading a home. Is the purpose for
gun ownership? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> As for me and
my house, I do not keep guns, although, I am not opposed to the use of guns
for hunting or recreation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> The ultimate
question to be answered is, how to we change a nation's attitude about guns
when we punish prisoners with the death penalty, and support a military
presence around the world? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> The god Moloch
(one of the Baals) gets fed regularly with the young fruit of our
loins. During this event in Connecticut, old Molly must be vomiting
from the kill. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Inner Peace,
says it more than ever!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Bill
Salmon<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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