I was talking to The Good yesterday about ideals and
beliefs. She is extremely passionate in her political views, but realized this
weekend that she never takes any action beyond discussion and anger. I would
put myself in that category as well. It’s so easy to let ourselves believe that
we’re just little people in this great big world, and how much difference can
our personal actions make?
My favorite quote was spoken by Gandhi. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” But is that enough?
Something to ponder.
The other night we watched OutFoxed, a documentary about Fox News and Rupert Murdoch. Scary stuff. Very scary stuff. However, should be inspiring to those folks who think, "how much difference can one person make?" Rupert Murdoch is just one person. His skewed, conservative "journalistic" media holdings reach billions of people all over the globe. And his influences with the Fox News network basically gave Bush the 2000 election, which in turn changed the course of American history forever. Not exactly what I would consider to be a good change in any sense of the word, but others would disagree with me.....
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