tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post8743890587988875684..comments2023-04-17T02:14:40.718-07:00Comments on COMPASSIONATE CLIMATE ACTION: Durban, Meet Copenhagen - You Might Have Some Lessons to LearnGreenHeartedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-65365588505092326852011-12-06T23:41:20.907-08:002011-12-06T23:41:20.907-08:00well, when I say 'non-doctrinaire' I am th...well, when I say 'non-doctrinaire' I am thinking of the opposite of prescribed, ordained, compelled (in one way and another) - the opposite, or, say, the literal origin of, a 'commandment' - I guess you didn't read Illich's take on it (as related by Charles Taylor at the link I posted) that might make it clearer<br /><br />in a nutshell it is a reaction from the gut rather than the superego, or a reaction honestly (heart)felt as opposed to originating in some kind of guilt-trip<br /><br />if that is any better (?) - really, Illich & Taylor lay it out plain for me<br /><br />what I am 'picturing' is that perverse & pervasive hypocrisy, the hand-wringing, the smug pretence that human life is sacred - when five minutes in any newspaper shows it up for false<br /><br />can't sleep tonight thinking of what that sleveen Peter Kent is doing in Durban - so, trying to re-write Little Jack Horner to fit this photograph ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecclimate/6468800531/ )<br /><br />be well.David Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-86995306020971410892011-12-05T13:54:31.392-08:002011-12-05T13:54:31.392-08:00Hi David,
Thanks for writing! Your blog rocks ......Hi David, <br />Thanks for writing! Your blog rocks ... it's so everywhere all at once, like a collage, and yet so focussed! <br /><br />Alas, I can't imagine a "doctrinaire" compassion. "To suffer with" - how can that become or be made doctrinaire? Just wondering ... I don't get out much. What are you picturing?<br /><br />All I know is that when an image of African children, already shouldering so many tragedies, abuses, catastrophes, comes to mind, I cry. Sometimes I weep. And sometimes I sob. That's what makes me do this hard work. It's for them. So that I don't go insane with the knowing and not doing. (As you so rightly point out, "Who could be thinking seriously about what is going on with the environment and be sane?")<br /><br />Take care, and I'd love to hear from you again!<br />JulieGreenHeartedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920831217530325071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406037264704298997.post-57142682268854641692011-12-05T12:42:30.990-08:002011-12-05T12:42:30.990-08:00I came upon your statement, "I still believe ...I came upon your statement, "I still believe that compassion will be what saves us," ... (in this case the ellipsis goes on for some time for fear of breaking the spell)<br /><br />not only compassion I would say, but a non-doctrinaire compassion<br /><br />I put up this excerpt from Charles Taylor ( http://whoami-whoareyou.blogspot.com/2011/02/blue-tail-fly.html#Btf02 ) and even sent copies of the book to Mardi Tindal & Herb Gale after I heard them speak in a panel discussion here in Toronto in May but so far I have not succeeded in beginning a single conversation on the subject, too crazy I guess (who could be thinking seriously about what is going on with the environment and be sane?)<br /><br />so, I will have a closer look at your blog and maybe have more to say<br /><br />be well.David Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070124514465628654noreply@blogger.com