Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A Different World
Not only do I make a point to read Issac J. Bailey's column in the Sun-News, but I also often read his blog. Of course, I don't always agree with him, but I find his writing perceptive and thought-provoking. Like many bloggers, he passes along other writer's efforts that represent his viewpoint. Today, his post, The High Cost of Low Price , is a good example of this practice. This author states very well what I, too, have been thinking during the past few weeks.
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According to Bailey..........
The solution, ultimately, is for Americans to vote with their credit cards against a production system that trolls the earth for the most downtrodden labor force and lowest environmental standards. Rather than zero in on one country or company, let's zero in on ourselves. American consumers must understand that low prices come with a price.
Posted by ibailey on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Puhleeeeeze,are we to be duped yet repeatedly by another simplistic, doltified solution proposed by yet another "I-did-not-really-think-that-my-ignorant-ill-conceived-proposal-was-yet-another-campaign-for-rampant-consumerism" proponent of a guiltless adult population that is too proud, too materialistic and too spineless to tell the truth to children who so urgently need limits applied to their lives and light shone on their paths. When did adults get so "consumed" with status that they lost sight of the key phrase that would right much of corporate America's wrongs? Can we no longer say to our children, "I am sorry, darling, you can not have it. Not only have you not earned it, but even if you had, you do NOT NEED it. Responsible people have enough wisdom to know that one can not possess more than their 'Daily Bread'."
When our nearly civilized societies turn their ability to think of profit into the ability to profit from thinking, they will begin to fulfill their covenant obligation of planetary stewardship. At that point in our faith journey, men will understand that it is not just low prices that come with a price, but lowness itself always exacts a high price. "I want." "I need." and "I gotta have." must cease to be our top-of-mind pursuits. How nearly Holy must be the freedom and richness of the Experience of needing just enough.
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