[MD] sideways drifting

[ian glendinning]

Hi Marsha,

This is what I usually think of as "constituencies",

Anytime we use "we, us, or our" we are mentally identifying ourselves
with constituencies which are anything (and everything) from "the
royal we" to "a citizen of the world".

It's interesting as a Cosmos / Mankind / European / Brit (but rarely
English) style of person to observe the archteypical US perspective as
being "US" by first instinct.

I have often wondered the rather fatuous thought that perhaps it's because
"US spells us"  - memes do work in raher wonderful ways, and certainly
people would use such arguments for people identifying with religious
groups :-)

Certainly the need for well defined "borders" is a pragmatic
consideration, where an idealism tends to suggest there would be less
trouble (higher quality) without them.

Ian



On 6/2/06, MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I have lately been trying on different world-view images (or targets).
>
> I've also been thinking about a phrase I hear often from the
> Administration and Congress: this or that is 'in our best
> interest'.  Or, this or that country is not acting 'in our best
> interest'.  (Who is this 'our' they are referring to? - don't
> answer.)  And then there is the 'protect our borders'
> campaign.  Although I lean towards the liberal point-of-view, I admit
> I have written my Senators and Representative asking that they uphold
> our laws and protect our borders.
>
> But, something new has been gestating.  What if I reconsider our
> 'borders' and 'our best interest'.  I do this all the time when
> painting.  The edges (borders) of something can be sharp, blurred or
> obliterated into the background.  As the painter, it's my choice.  So
> what if I define 'our best interest' and 'protect our borders' from a
> line around the U.S., to the image of the planet taken from the
> space.  Then there are no borders and 'our best interest' becomes the
> Earth (and all upon it) and it's atmosphere.
>
>
> Marsha
>
>
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