Two recent P-I articles celebrate some activists who seek to change the world -- by doing nothing.
Yesterday: "Washington state joins a silence that shouts for a better world" But it's not the state, it's a handful of individuals standing briefly without speaking:
Sunday morning, groups in Seattle planned meetings at Green Lake and Woodland Park Zoo, in addition to Denny Park ... .An Everett resident expected to participate in a parking lot across from the Everett Mall.How will this change the world?A woman in rural Brush Prairie said she'd stand in her yard.
"Standing in a park is much better than sitting in front of the TV at home,"True enough.
Today we learn of a church that teaches its congregants to never complain. But one psychologist is unpersuaded:
there is nothing inherently wrong with complaining. That's usually a first step in a plan to take appropriate action."Indeed. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 15, 2007 10:15 AM | Email This
That REALLY depends on what park you are talking about, and whether it's football season.
Posted by: Palouse on May 15, 2007 01:12 PMIt makes a person feel better, like they are "doing something". The fact that the goal is as grandiose as "changing the world" is simply another way of making people feel like they are involved with something bigger than their own small, insignificant lives.
Posted by: ALP on May 15, 2007 01:35 PMTalking
Writing Books
Making Poorly Selling CDs
Flying Planes
Making 300 million dollar movies
The CO2 level would fall tenfold.
In fact, since 3% of the world owns 84% of the wealth, the people who do all these concerts and benefits and "Foundations" should just stop and let the Earth cool for a few years.
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Posted by: John Bailo on May 15, 2007 04:56 PMSlacker! At least I sat and blankly stared at the screen for 5 minutes.
Posted by: EmmaPeel on May 16, 2007 11:31 AM