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> From: 1earth permaculture <permaculture1@start.com.au>
> Reply-To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 18:10:08 +1000
> To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Re: plants db - indigenous
> 
> Toby wrote:
> 
>>> So I think it's reasonable to ask that each person consider their
> actions from the viewpoint of a global family member as well as a clan
> member. Not to do so means a continuation of the suffering the world
> has seen so much of.
> 
> Agreed :) With the caveat that in this new 'globalisation' we must
> also consider the clan's basic human rights and respect their customs
> & traditions that don't infringe on the rights of others.  Not to do
> so means a continuation of the suffering the world has seen so much
> of.
> Marcus

Why is this not possible within a reformed form of globalisation such as
described by Keith Suter ('In Defence of Globalisation', UNSW Press, Sydney,
2000)?

The resurgence of tribalism, religiousity and ethnic consciousness - with
the conflict and chauvanism that comes with these things - has been an
accompaniment to globalisation. If  these things triumph, then it's simply a
return to the past in all its parochialism and ignorance. If it were put to
the vote, I wonder how many of us would opt for that sort of future?

...Russ Grayson