(12-09-2009, 01:04 PM)3D Sunset Wrote: In my humble opinion, the strike was a reasonable reaction to take to correct the conditions,
Can you see how parents, whose children became autistic within hours of getting vaccinated, forming organizations to educate the public about the potential dangers of vaccines, might be a reasonable reaction to take to correct the conditions?
(12-09-2009, 01:04 PM)3D Sunset Wrote: By taking the action of choosing not to subject themselves to the negative conditions they were taking responsibility for their lives rather than continuing to assume the role of chattel that was "forced to work in unsafe conditions".
Likewise, I chose to not subject myself or my child to what I considered negative conditions (having toxins injected into the blood), which I consider taking responsibility for myself and my child. Likewise, a person who believes in vaccines might have the same intention - to avoid a negative condition - but just go about it in the opposite way that I do. I see these as the same, even though the decisions and outcomes are opposite.
A person avoiding vaccines not because they looked at the research and deemed them unsafe, but because they're terrified of reptile aliens wiping out the humans, is making his/her decision on a different set of criteria. Likewise, the person who gets vaccinated because the doc says to, without ever questioning it at all, might be avoiding responsibility. I see these as the same, even though the decisions and outcomes are opposite.
Although, in all fairness to those who believe that the reptile aliens are trying to wipe out the humans, who am I to judge their assessment? I personally disagree with them...but, to take the analogy further, how is calmly assessing the situation, noting that there are (fill in the blank: poisonous snakes, toxic fumes, evil aliens, whatever) in the environment, and then choosing to avoid that particular situation, any different from what the mine workers did when they went on strike?
I think the key here is not whether we conclude that there are evil beings out there who are out to get us, because, in the final analysis, how are evil beings any different from a force of nature that could be harmful? Both are to be avoided if possible! ...the key is not what we conclude about what we wish to avoid, but whether we do so with a calm assessment and personal guidance, or with fear and panic. Are we making a conscious choice? Or are we on automatic, blindly doing as we're told...or, worse, reacting out of fear?
(12-09-2009, 01:04 PM)3D Sunset Wrote: The key is to look at situations in your life as part of your own doing, not to view yourself as a passive participant in life....Whenever I see people playing the blame game, I know they've missed the point that their higher self, through life, was trying to teach them.
Agreed! As long as a distinction is made based on the process of making that decision, rather than the outcome itself. I wouldn't assume that everyone who chooses to not vaccinate or believe in some other conspiracy is necessarily acting out of fear and panic. They might have just assessed the situation, and taken responsibility to avoid what appears to them to be a negative situation.