[Homestead] Globalism
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Sun Feb 24 12:49:59 EST 2008
>>>
I had written:
>>> Every human animal wants all they can get with as little labor as
>>> possible to get it.
To which James replied:
>>>>
>> Every?? You? Me? Certainly not me. I could "get" a lot more
>> things, have done it in the past, but have decided that more was
>> distinctly
>> unsatisfying. The Nearings, for example, were wealthy but chose to
>> live frugally
>> and do a lot of hard manual labor. Long list could follow.
To which I replied:
>>
> Ah, James. For you and all of us the getting is not just material
> goods. It is time for our music and time for our families.
Shame on me. Mea culpa. As a writer it is my responsibility to make
clear my position. In my original statement I should have said
"effort" instead of "labor." Using "labor," especially in the
discussion context, implied a return of material goods. Better yet
would have been: "Every human animal wants all they can get out of
life with the least effort."
I wrote it badly. This I find upsetting. I must now figure out a
proper penance. Suggestions are solicited.
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