[permaculture] politics and permies - Ghandi quote

Primal Parent primalparent at hotmail.com
Wed Dec 5 07:55:20 EST 2007




 ksthyann wrote:

>  I am well 
> aware there were many players and they often worked together...

yes, they did work together and were most efficient when they worked together. diversity in tactics is just as healthy as diversity in the garden.

> The question is, which is more powerful, Holding the food 
> supply/livelihood of a man's family or holding a man's family?

it would depend on the situation i suppose, but why the need to separate them? they are not mutually exclusive nor diametrically opposed to each other (as you already pointed out)

>Will they follow their captors or their rescuers? Which 
> can you with good conscience do, feed someone who's made some seriously 
> bad choices or deny another human life? 

i would only add that there are numerous examples of land-based peoples holding hostages and fed/clothed/looked after  them as well. i believe it was benjamin franklin who remarked how when euro-americans and natives met to exchange prisoners the native captives went running back to their tribe while the whites were reluctant and took the time to say good bye to their enemy





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