[Vision2020] An Idea With Some Merit?

[Tom Hansen]

I agree, Keely.

It would be a fantastic world if everybody respected each others' rights
and property . . . and if we all looked out for each other . . . and if
people offered a helping hand instead of a clinched fist . . . and if . .
. and if . . .

But, that's why they put locks on doors, Keely . . . not everybody plays
by the rules.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

>
> I think that what I got out of it, Tom, wasn't the idea of segregation,
> but that if the disenfranchised actually HAD conscientious, effective
> representation in the corridors of power, and the corporations and those
> choking with privilege had less -- and again, this is all idealistic and
> not at all practical -- the economic and political course this country
> takes would be different.  I, too, find the idea of representation solely
> by race to be objectionable, although in a de facto sense, we have that
> already in some areas -- and, since the problems of wealthy Blacks are
> likely not the same issues faced by the poor of all races, such a thing
> would be of little help anyway.
>
> The problem the author was trying to address is that children, the
> elderly, single parents in the inner city, the disabled, etc., have no one
> in Congress who really takes up their cause -- who represents them with
> integrity, gusto, and intelligence.  No one speaks for the marginalized,
> and that's why they continue to be marginalized.  I think that's what the
> author of the piece was trying, however imperfectly, to address.
>
> Keely
> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com