[MD] thought on terrorism

[MarshaV]

Greetings again,

I'd like to bring into this conversation a personal dilemma.  What do 
you do when a person, people, or a country you care about seem to be 
behaving badly?  What do you do?

My mother, who is 84, is a coal-miner's daughter, and was brought up 
in Detroit.  She and my stepfather are now reasonably comfortable and 
retired in Florida.  They recently came into a little money.  My 
mother insisted on getting herself a Cadillac (gas guzzler).  I am 
beside myself because I think that she is clueless.  I can see this 
purchase as adding to our environmental problems, and contributing to 
George Bush, Bin Laden and the endless killing of innocent people in 
the MiddleEast.  She sees this as a little bit of happiness.  I think 
if everybody is clueless we are doomed.

So what do you do when a person, people, or a country you care about 
seem to be behaving badly?  What do you do when reason doesn't seem 
to be working.  I think a Buddhist might say to act responsibly 
yourself, and chop wood & carry water.  But I'm not a Buddhist, so I 
could be wrong.  And of course there are the actions I am blindly 
performing myself that also add to the problems.  I mentioned the 
MIddleEast and the environment, but there are other ways of defining 
the problem.  And when I start looking at them, the problems change 
and grow exponentially.  HELP!

BTW, to care about a person, people or a country is attachment.

I bring up this particular situation because it offers a way to see 
many different perspectives.  Can it be untangled.


Marsha