I agree almost entirely with At's presentation of "hurting begetting
hurting," but I do question an early part of his "proof."
At said, "Soon afterwards calls went out for justice and retribution --
setting an example which will end further incidents like these. But will
it all end with setting such an example? I fear not. Why? The mere reward
of $2 million which has been offered. A reward of rather $2 billion
(peanuts to the US) would have signalled more convincingly. "
Frankly, I was hurt and saddened by the fact that there was any reward at
all, as I think that diminishes the true value of the reward that comes
from doing (in my judgment) good.
We witness a bombing...rather than run to the police to say, "there he
goes, that's the guy who did it," we should wait and see what "reward"
will be offered first.
Sad to pose this question also..."would the US have had more impact by
simply saying "please" tell us what you know so that we can stop this sort
of thing happening again?"
I think that the monetary reward bespeaks a more fundamental problem with
the values of humans...and the fact that At's suggestion that the reward
should have been $2 Billion seems to contradict the spirit of the rest of
his presentation. (nothing personal At...just trying to understand)
All of this is "off subject" of Learning Organizations technically, but my
rationale would be that the world is the biggest Learning Organization
there is. Sold?
Cordially,
Douglas Max
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