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[Chris <kairos.chris@gmail.com>]

I agree with you on a certain level.  Teaching soldiers, and even units will 
certainly change some paradigms. I should also note that I know soldiers who 
really do believe in helping people and are well meaning folks.  I guess it's 
the establishment, the brass if you will, the policies, the whole complex 
that concerns me.  They seem to turn a lot of well meaning projects and 
people into weapons.  
I believe that Scott and Toby were doing what they believe to be right and 
effective.  I completely hear where you and they are coming from.  I'm just 
going to put my effort in other places.  We all have a niche.
Chris


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On Sep 20, 2010, at 1:42 PM, "Lawrence F. London, Jr." 
<venaurafarm@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On 9/20/2010 2:08 PM, Chris wrote:
> 
>> Although the soldiers are responsible in part for their actions, it
>> is this deliberate design process, the designers, and the
>> implementers ultimately hold accountability. This is why I would not
>> teach to the military.  It is a design issue.  I have personal
>> experience that tells me that the military's goals, ethics,
>> principles, and processes are not in alignment with my own. All this
>> said, I am not a pacifist.
> 
> But teaching the military permaculture is the first step toward curing the 
> ills you have described. After that, the civilians need to be taught. This 
> just seems obvious to me. What would prefer, hand out violent video games 
> to them? Surely not.
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