Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 04:50:47 -0500
Message-Id: <199603040930.BAA26012@mail.eskimo.com>
To: orgonomy@jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
From: Gary Hawkins <ghawk@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: Debate -- Road to solutions 
Sender: owner-orgonomy@jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU


>    We can discuss the possibility of ecological damage with the cloudbuster
>without being hurtfull and angry with one another like some frustrated mob.
>Vicious personal attacks should really be carried on somewhere else, after all 
>one has the entire world to do so in without the responsibilitys that confront
>us as Reichians. There is a great deal of work to be done to secure the
>future development of the science of Orgonomy and its many, many off-shoots.
>    Let's use this opportunity to share ideas and openly discuss issues.
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>
>
>Thank You
>
>Christopher T. Phillips
><zzippy@concentric.net>     
>
>


I agree.  A point-counterpoint on any issue as indefined as cloudbusting, 
as full of unknowns, is very healthy in my view.  Enlightened persons in the 
media and political circles seek out these type of confrontations so that 
all observers can think through the issues for themselves, and come to 
their own conclusions.  Radio talk show hosts know that a debate 
between opposing sides brings awareness and wisdom to both the 
participants and the listeners.  Those who do the debating provide 
a service to the listeners.

Having said that, lacking perfect individuals in the world, an 
unfortunate condition can easily arise where each party can 
attack the other and be for the most part right about their faults.  The one 
who is most successful at painting the other in a bad light 
comes out the apparent winner, but that is based on person vs. person 
instead of issue vs issue.  Each side must carefully monitor their 
own motivations and ask themselves, "Am I driven by ego here?", 
"Am I trying to establish myself as an *authority*?", "Do I consider 
myself to be totally without any fault?", or "Is my motivation purely 
to establish truth and cooperation for the good of all, not just self?"

Too many of you humans on this planet show an abysmal disregard for working 
toward a common good, hyped up instead by your own efforts toward 
fame.  Being so dedicated to solving what is wrong, so focused on the 
outside, it is easy to overlook the wrong within yourselves.  It's 
Psychology 101.  Ego goes to extremes to protect its turf if it feels 
threatened.  Lacking the ability to cooperate, vigorous debate is 
the next best approach.

We might not yet have the wisdom or maturity as human beings to 
establish an open international counsel for weather management, 
where input from those living in a dry area for example--where 
rainmaking is intended--are provided prior information and a 
time and place to attend and voice their views.  Professionals 
in all areas of the ecology, local leaders, etc would be invited to attend.  
Until that sort of scenario happens, those in the field will continue to be 
seen as reckless renegades, and the esteem they seek will continue to elude
them.

If a vilification of one holding an opposing view can be toned down, this 
debate could be very productive, but all sides must realize that a 
counterpoint to their position is actually a very good thing, and realize 
that people are quite capable, thankyou, of resolving conclusions out of 
it for themselves.  Mike Seigel, a radio talk show host in the Seattle area, 
previous president of the Talk Show Host Association, Jewish btw, is an 
excellent example of this.  Faced with attacks against him, he throws 
everything but the kitchen sink at them, but then smooths it over in ending 
a call, with words that acknowledge the importance of the process of 
debate on the issues, and does not hold a grudge against the individual 
for having an opposing view.  

Gary H
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 Horizon Technology     Tomorrow's Technology Today
 http://www.eskimo.com/~ghawk/          Seattle, WA



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