Learning Stories
by
Mario deSantis
mariodesantis@hotmail.com
“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear,
free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to
oppose what I believe wrong, and free to choose those who shall govern my
country.” - -The Rt. Hon. John Diefenbaker, Canadian Bill of Rights,
1960
“The whole judicial system is at issue, it's
worth more than one person.”--Serge Kujawa, Saskatchewan Crown
Prosecutor, 1991
“The system is not more worth than one person's
rights.”--Mario deSantis, 2002
Ensign Stories © Mario deSantis and Ensign
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Our world view is changing for the worse as pollution, famine,
disease and violence are taking place all over the world and yet
there are reactionary corporatists who want to wage wars to further
pollution, famine, disease and violence.
United States President Bush stands for everything which is wrong
in public policies as he uses reductionist language where war is
peace, tax cutting is money in your pocket, downgrading the
environment is good for the economy, tort reform is good for
lowering corporatist costs, educational tests are good for
education, private health care is good for public health. President
Bush is a master of duplicity and because he uses a reductionist
language he is perceived to be the greatest danger to world peace in
accordance to an unscientific poll of 271,274 respondents conducted
by TIME Magazine.
We have already labeled President Bush as a linear
thinker who sees the world as either "with us or against us."
President Bush cannot think critically in circles and understand
that all of our actions are interrelated and that for any forced
action there would be a reaction. I have just finished to read the
chapter on public policy of the book "Seeing the Forest for the
Trees" and I want to share with you the big picture of cyclical
environmental relationships as designed by author Dennis Sherwood.
References
Pertinent article published in Ensign
The Biggest Threat To Peace. Which country really poses the
greatest danger to world peace in 2003? TIME asks for readers' views
http://www.time.com/time/europe/gdml/peace2003.html?cnn=yes
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: A Manager's Guide to Applying
Systems Thinking by Dennis Sherwood, Nicholas Brealey Publishing,
2002 http://www.nbrealey-books.com/books/788311x.htm |
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