Posted by Magdalene on July 19, 2002, 3:51 pm No worries. We never quite see the whole context of where other people are coming from -- and that can cause us to misunderstand them. It just happened to me yesterday!!! I share your concerns about how my country uses its power. And as for the abuses of capitalism, I spend most of my time in class trying to subtly get my students to question their assumptions about how great it is. (Most economics students think capitalism is GREAT, and they major in economics under the mistaken impression that it will help them be good capitalists.) But because they mostly don't want to be preached at, I've had to become a master at subtlety. My aim is to plant seeds and leave the rest up to the Spirit. I'd say I actually do have an impact on a few of them. But it's hard, we share a culture that worships material gain. The real tragedy of our election was not a question of how to count chads. It was that we had a choice between two louts like Bush and Gore. Bush does not seem to be super-swift, and he has all those close ties to the business community. Gore got into his own troubles over fund-raising issues, plus he never met an abortion he didn't think was great. The whole affair was revolting. And in the Florida fiasco itself, I'd say that all sides were profoundly dirty. Nobody rose to the level of statesmanship. Not even close. In my country there are NO politicians who are good on all Christian issues. I don't know if you find that you have the same problem in Australia. Cheers, Maggie
Hi Father Bates,
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