tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023558.post113394894676640790..comments2023-08-13T18:00:29.364+10:00Comments on arch-peace editorials: Religious values and the peace and security we all craveBeatriz Maturanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476527926692961102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023558.post-1134086959947166702005-12-09T11:09:00.000+11:002005-12-09T11:09:00.000+11:00I think that what you are saying is that we are lo...I think that what you are saying is that we are loosing our capacity for discerning and for acting upon it. Something to do with confidence in our values perhaps?<BR/>I found this quote in The Age, by the 2005 winner of the Noble Prize for Literature, Harold Pinter. This is one of the most accurate articles I have read in a while.<BR/><BR/>"It's a scintillating stratagem. Language is actually employed to keep thought at bay. The words "the American people" provide a truly voluptuous cushion of reassurance. You don't need to think. (...)<BR/>What has happened to our moral sensibility? Did we ever have any? What do these words mean? Do they refer to a term very rarely employed these days — conscience? A conscience to do not only with our own acts but to do with our shared responsibility in the acts of others? Is all this dead?"<BR/> <BR/><A HREF="http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/the-great-american-hypnosis/2005/12/08/1133829719914.html?page=fullpage#" REL="nofollow">The great American hypnosis</A>Beatriz Maturanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476527926692961102noreply@blogger.com