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To: jbe who wrote (86387)	8/25/2000 3:09:22 PM
From: Frederick Smart	Respond to of 108807

jbe..... >>Fred, 'twas you, methinks, who was "assigning blame" for not stopping Hitler. I quote: All it would have taken is the energy and power of ONE individual to stop Hitler. But the world winked/blinked and said "let's not go there" until too much time had lapsed and we were forced to accept the responsibility to stand up for the rights of individuals to live in freedom. Reads to me like this: the gutless world "winked and blinked" (blame!) until it was too late to do anything except go to war. Now if ONE individual had only stood up before. it might have been a different story. Meaning, there was NO such individual (blanket blame). By pointing out that quite a few individuals HAD stood up and tried to stop Hitler before the war broke out, without success, I was not blaming them for failing, but implicitly praising them for trying.>> I'm not inverting this to the negative. Just because no ONE person was able to stop Hilter doesn't given me or anyone else the right to assign blame. Bottom line, judgment and blame is not the answer. The horror of death and destruction provides it's own reality with it's own implied judgment - problems which we didn't have to live through had there been another dynamic at work. The central point is not the past or the future but the energy, light and love in the present moment. What are we doing to realize, leverage and share this massive energy and power to create and ensure positive outcomes. I agree with your point that praise and appreciation for heroic efforts of people standing up for truth and freedom is what we need to focus on. Peace. .