[MD] Missing the Point

[ian glendinning]

Gav & SA, Rebecca mentioned ...

Hear hear again ....

Gav said
> if people are
> still arguing over left/right politics; religion v
> mysticism... in short if people are still arguing
> from a *SOM perspective*, then discuss is going to
> get bogged down, unnecessarily in my opinion.

SA Responded
I believe Jos and
others have said, this and that discussion gets no
where fast.  People dig their trenches and battles
begin.  They don't see people are living and breathing
on the other side of the boundary line - surviving
even with their seemingly preposterous beliefs.  Also,
both sides seem to be missing the point that our
philosophies, our ways of thinking are expressed in
our behavior.

Either / or arguments are SOMist almost by defintion.
Rebecca pointed out the Yin & Yang perspective, where what we really
need is a balance, in both words and action .... in order to make
progress ... "the point" in Gav's original post.

Ian