I call this, "Ripples of Creation/Evolution."  Each instrument in an
orchestra can play the same note with a completely different sound.  Ten
people looking at the same event will give you ten different perspectives
because of where their "head" was.
If you look at the Bible using this model, it is often hard to find a
physical representation for the manner in which it depicts life, i.e.
Reincarnation - Hydrologic cycle v.s. Eternal Damnation - ?

Guy

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From: "Mark Wonsil" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Ohio wants to teach "2001" in 2 002and beyond


> > That's all evolution is. Just one small change after another.
> > Ecology becomes
> > evolution by nothing more mysterious than the passage of
> > time, as one body
> > form replaces another as that change is warranted by current
> > circumstances.
>
> And one can observe the same in other aspects of life.  In other circles
> this process is sometimes called the "Law of Unintended Consequences."
The
> farmers certain didn't expect that a mutant fly would get around the
poison
> on the wall.  One can find excellent examples of this in government
> regulatory policy.  (For the record, I do not subscribe to a Somalia type
> free-for-all society, it's just that those in power often form regulation
> whose purposes are rather self-serving.)  The best current example is the
> folly called Campaign Finance Reform.  The last round of campaign finance
> reform created hard limits on money to candidates - a significant change
in
> the ecology.  This gave rise to soft money, which thrived in the new
> environment.  The current process (which attempts to reform the previously
> reformed process) takes away soft money and suspends the First Amendment
60
> days before an election.  (According to the LA Times,
> http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-000013924feb23.story,
this
> restriction is looser for Indian Tribes.  Here in Michigan, we are having
an
> awful problem with corruption in the tribes already because of Indian
Gaming
> allowed in Detroit.  This will make it worse.  See
> http://detnews.com/specialreports/2001/chippewa/ for details.  There are
> also loopholes for so-called non-partisan groups.
> http://www.thehill.com/022002/circumvent.shtm The NRA and NAACP are both
> considered non-partisan but I suspect everyone here might attach a
partisan
> view to each.)
>
> So what do you think will happen in the new ecology?  That's right, the
> politicians will grow longer toes so they can walk through the poison.
Uh,
> sorry, got carried away.  Since the influence of the politician is still
for
> sale, there will have to be a different route to deliver the money.  One
may
> see a like-minded wealthy group buying up the on-air media and have a more
> active roll in what gets reported on the airwaves since the best way to
> influence an election will be during the 'non-ad period' news broadcasts.
> Also, the aforementioned non-partisan groups will be pushing the envelope
on
> the definition of non-partisan.  They will have to carry the water for the
> candidates which unfortunately will dilute the groups of their primary
> purpose.
>
> Another example of political ecological change, if it ever sees the day of
> light, is the federal funding of charitable organizations.  Today they are
> very efficient with their money because, well, they have to be.  It's a
part
> of the ecology they live in.  When the money starts to flow in, they will
> not be under the same environmental pressures and will certain become more
> like their government counterparts - fat and happy.
>
> It's a process that goes on in all ecosystems and I thank Wirt for his
> excellent and direct explanation.  I am sure others can think of examples
in
> sports, child rearing, business planning and others aspects of life.
>
>
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