Is transparency opaque?
Recent press & political events have led me to believe,or at least wonder, if the dictionary(s) used at Harvard and some of our other leading learning institutions,contain the same definition for these two terms ( transparency / opaque )?
This concept, given more than a fleeting thought can also make some of us wonder if there have been some more revisions or mistakes included in the respective learning manuscripts and / or documents at these top schools,with regards to the afore mentioned public forums and events;
For instance, lets ponder the next two terms that come to mind Meaningful and Rhetorical ; Or perhaps change / same ?
The cast of players has changed and there has been very little time elapse since this change has been affected, and the roles of these new faces have been redefined,administered and employed, to help set everything in motion; One has to hope that time needed to reveal to all whether or not the new tactics are going to provide us with positive results or not, only serves to make me rely on one of modern day life’s most important self preservation techniques; Hope!
I’m only hoping that those employed by us to
affect these needed changes, as important as they really are, weren’t taught that Obivious and Oblivious, even though they are two very closely assimilated terms, have nowhere near the same meaning, let alone the same place in American life; … For Now ….
~ S.L.Henley~
SHenley10: Antiquated Glass Houses
November 21, 2008” People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”
Is this popular old cliche also located somewhere in our Constitution or within the mandates in the legislative lists compiled over the years by the lawmakers of our country? Look the other way has been adopted as a wise philosophy to adopt by some who don’t want to get involved any further than they already have, for various different reasons, in a diverse realm of controversial aspects of American life, as we know it today.
Should this cliche be allowed to consume a people with fear to the point of allowing it to prevent them from participating in affecting the neccessary changes needed to grow and flourish as a country, or block them from the perception needed to effectively accept the fact that changes to obsolete laws, belief systems, and maybe even society’s accepted standards, or our very culture itself might need to change from time to time in order to survive, let alone prevail in the world we live in?
Change in itself, embraced as an entity, instead of just a word or term used to desribe something different than now, is slow to catch on, gain momentum and actually happen, is customarily not received well by independants, conservatives, liberals, indifferents or any other groups you may care to mention, because the very mention of it insinuates that some other way, something else or another plan is needed, and that what currently is being implemented doesn’t measure up, is innaffective, or just plain isn’t working or not good a enough solution for the problem that exists; And this might step on somebody’s toes, open up a can of worms or create a little bit more work for someone to have to do.
If we’re on top, the only way left to go from there is down; If we’re on the bottom, the only way out of that dilehma is up; Sideways might be an option, or accepting the middle of the road, a place to languish for awhile; Nevertheless, change is gonna happen to us as Americans despite all of our combined efforts to prevent it; So why don’t we all just decide to embrace CHANGE, and get behind the steering wheel instead of going along for the ride?
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