| I heard heard a gentleman on NPR the other day, I think he was out of Georgetown or Harvard, describe from a sociological aspect what to expect to see in New Orleans directly after the flood. His case was that most people were tired and frustrated and peacefully going around seeking food and shelter. Another group was demonstrating that frustration through gathering food from sources, including taking things from the shelves of stores. A third group contained the element referred to below. In his discussion, he said that we should not be responding to the behavior of looting and crime only from a violent perspective, but to ask the questions about why people are in such a situation that they are promoting crime and corruption. In the same way we need to ask why another human is so devoted to a cause as to be a suicide bomb--and seek to remedy the conditions that cause this--we need also to seek remedies for the people who have created the atmosphere in NO as described below. To paraphrase Girard from another thread here: we need to define and remove mimetic desire and replace it with something that values human life. As Percry would indicate, we need to stop the repetition and rotate toward grace. There can be no us and them now, only US. P. On Sep 4, 2005, at 1:03 AM, Wade Riddick wrote:
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