-----Original Message-----
From: Vince Montgomery [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 4:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Our Future (WAS:democratic pregnancy)


Hey,

>I agree, Kyle. It has nothing to do with one's theology. If our >society
>ever goes into  a hyper "survival of the fittest" mode, we could be in
>trouble.

So much for enlightenment.  Are we all to be doomed by some outdated
Darwinian notion?

        Yep!

I sure as heck hope not!   I have a documentary on tape
about a group of disabled folk gathering to go to an "Ability Expo" type
thing.  It's probably about 12 years old now.  However, I recall "Survival
Of The Fittest"  interpreted to mean 'ability to adapt.' This I like, if
only to help us recognize one of our own values as a people.

        Vince, Vince, Vince!  Don't you get it?  Western society does not
value people.  It values tangibles such as youth, beauty, strength.  Sure,
it (society) likes to think of itself as inclusive, ecumenical and
post-modern, but culture is driving society, not the other way.  As long as
westerners (who comprise 5% of the globe) control the world's executive
ideologies, gimps like you and I will be persona non grata (a tacit
understanding, of course).  :>O

Inclusion is BS when the rubber meets the road.  As far as 'ability to
adapt', well, look at it this way:  A chair-bound quad is dependent on that
able-bodied carpenter to build his ramp.  Without that ramp, there is no
adaptation for our disabled friend.

Ah...post-modernism.  Ain't it great?  Wish our friend Logan (from Canada,
remember?) were still here.  "PM"...now THAT'S the opiate of the masses!

-Kyle

>Bobby

Happy Belated B-Day!

Vince
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