Definition - #301 - #17 - On “avoiding” any conclusions!

Is America just another “ENRON”? …. (Not necessarily “illegal … just immoral!)
Is the American style “Democracy” just a “myth”?

In a search for a “world without any mistakes”, are we turning out to be just simply “hopeless”?

Can we “commute” everything because we may not be perfect in our present and future judgements?
Can we justify killing (war) because someone may be killed by a “mistake”?
Can we render any kind of judgment because someone at sometime can find a possible error?

If we assume there might be an error or a “possible” error in our conclusions at some time; aren’t we better to avoid all conclusions …all judgments?

This logic suggests:
Abandon the “legal system”! There might be a “future” error in judgment!
Abandon our government! They might make an error in policy!
Abandon “family values”! There might be a “reconsideration” of values!

This logic also suggests:
Act only if you find a “smoking gun”!
Act only if your enemy acts first!
Act only if you find yourself already in trouble!

BUT!! ….. The problem persists:

Who is to be the judge if it is, indeed, a “smoking gun”?
Who is to be the judge if the enemy, indeed, “acted first”?
Who is to be the judge if you are, indeed, “in trouble”?
Who will make that “judgment”? After all, you might find, in the future, an error was made!

So, you relied on an “earnings report”! You relied on a “price times earnings” estimate!
Who made the initial report? …What is “earnings”? … How can anyone predict “the future earnings”?
Who will make that “judgment”? After all, you might find, in the future, an error was made!

So you believe in “democracy”!
What exactly is it? … Can you be “free” not to defend your country?… Can you be “free” to run a red light?
Who will make that “judgement”? After all, you might find, in the future, an error was made!

All of a sudden a scientific “DNA” conclusion is not necessarily correct.
All of a sudden an “on the scene”, visual identification cannot necessarily be reliable evidence.
All of a sudden there are seven various degrees of murder.

Is it any wonder that the few “thinking” Americans simply throw up their hands in frustration when confronted by the argument … “After all, you might find, in the future, an error was made!”
Is it any wonder that the few “thinking” Americans have “gone to the sidelines”?
Is it any wonder that the few “thinking” Americans have chosen to “just survive and not get involved”?
What is the answer to… “After all, you might find, in the future, an error was made!”
Have we, at last, found a refuge to “personal responsibility”?
Have we, at last, found a refuge to “making judgements of any kind”?
Have we, at last, found a refuge to “ being involved”?

Really! …. Who decides?

But, is this really a “successful refuge”?
How long can it last?
Is this a “refuge” against what?
Is there a “successful alternative”?

Is all that currently exists in the U.S. of A. a mistake? …. Will we find a “future error”, a “miscalculation in policy?”
Who benefits from a course of “no judgments, no conclusions, no evaluations”?
Is a lack of “personal responsibility” an answer?
Is the fear of “future error” to be the “wave of the future”?

Does the “commutation” of past wrongs improve things?
Is “reasonable doubt” the cry of the future?
Who benefits from “dropping out”?

All generations now believe they have a “future”. This, of course, is a common “illusion”.
Until the “younger generation” (20 to 30) realize they have no future, there will be no change!

Our economy, (which was already created), cannot withstand the supports now being required of it…. i.e. “supports” for “unfettered and illegal immigration” and acts of worldwide terrorism.
Our Government, (which was already created), cannot withstand the pressures now being required of it….i.e. government social welfare programs, and a government medical program and “open” borders.
These policies, (which already exist), cannot withstand the “supports and pressures” now being required of them.
Politics, the Government as a body in business for itself, the current illegal immigration, the “open borders”, the so-called tensions and acts of worldwide “terrorism” can no longer continue to escalate if we wish to have a viable “future”. A “future” as we know it…..

Individual freedom in our society nourishes the current opportunities available to American society.
We now have a land of reasonably, unfettered opportunity. Opportunity to live a more material life, a more prosperous existence, a life more distant from hunger, shelter, and safety. A life of more freedom, more freedom to express oneself, more freedom to practice one’s own religious preference …. just more personal freedom!
It is NOT a matter of being totally “free”, it is a matter of being “more free”!

Can we “afford” a few mistakes in order that the majority can continue; or, are we to seek perfection (whatever that is!) at the cost of destroying what we now have?
Who can condone “mistakes”?
Indeed, why not seek perfection, peace and bliss?
On the other hand, who will be “responsible” for the cost (or souls) while we seek this perfection?
Will social change endanger the current balance between the responsibility of the individual and the responsibilities of society?
Who makes this change, and “why”?

If you won’t be responsible, who should be; while you seek a perfect peace or perfection?

Isn’t this simply a question of “who will be responsible” in the meantime?
We know what we have now; and, its limitations. Who knows what a “future” course will bring?

Are “you” going to be “responsible” for the unknown cost?

Maybe this is the answer to those who are against “war”; those who think our present justice system is unfair and unreliable; those who think our present American lifestyle is immoral and unfairly uses too many of the world’s resources.

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NOTE: …. “Dilemmas and Comments!”

I. -This all goes back to a previous essay entitled “What is American”?
A recent N.Y. Times article noted that more than half the people living in Glendale, California are foreign immigrants. Some subway lines in New York City travel through neighborhoods where more than 40 different languages are commonly spoken.
Does legally living in America, as an American citizen, yield an “identifiable lifestyle”?
The American lifestyle may now be both “ethereal” and “immoral”. It may also be “unidentifiable”!
…..(It certainly is open to question!)

II. – America uses a disproportionate amount of the world’s resources compared with every other nation. The “American Century” addressed this point. Mr. Evans reports that while Americans use more resources per person than any other country; they also produce 25 times more goods and services than the next productive country. Mr. Evans would have us believe that Americans may be entitled to their higher consumption because their productivity more than compensates for it. American consumers make more and better use of resources than any other country. You may take this one step further and say that if Americans didn’t consume and produce as much as they do; the world, as a whole, would have a much lower standard of material living. …..(It certainly is open to question!)

III. – The justice system has many critical opponents. The President appoints the Supreme Court judges. Hence the “justice system” is based on politics. If your politics don’t fit the prevailing political power, you automatically become a critic of the justice system and , according to you, with good reason!…. (It certainly is open to question!)