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To: TobagoJack who wrote (64040)	5/21/2005 8:50:17 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<...all those gadgets and wires, buttons and switches ... all crying out for a hard reset or soft upset Soon, it will happen, inevitably TeoTwawKi defined Renewal, it is beautiful> TJ, Not necessarily beautiful, but inevitable. There have been some hideously catastrophic resets of the hard sort and even the soft upsets are dislocating at best. Right now, our very own Coconut has been walking on two legs for decades, seeking power for a few decades and attained the most powerful position in the political realm of NZ a few years ago and is twisting dials, pulling plugs, flicking switches, moving levers and generally having a LOT of fun playing at Prime Minister, along with a bunch of acolytes who are allowed turns at different machinery as part of their Gang of 42, which is unfortunately NOT the answer to life, the universe and everything in Kiwiland. There's something about power and life's process which takes the beauty out of the wonderful beings of a year old. Darth Vader went awry too. MacBeth pondered the process - "...full of sound and fury, signifying nothing". NZ has undergone a decades-long soft upset, which in totality has been a hard reset. I suppose you are right and those silly young things are going to upset the applecart as they strive to fully their manifest destiny. But there are also a LOT of people trying to keep things steady. <She has already explored the electrical outlet and fiddled with the night light that is plugged into the neighboring outlet> 27 years ago, Tarken-san, then 12 months old, learned the word "hot" and learned about forbidden fruit, sour grapes, wisdom of the elderly, self-determination and practical reality. He knew up, down, banana and other words about normal sort of stuff. Being very exploratory and determined and heuristically self-learning he decided he wanted to touch the tea pot on the table. I guess he was sitting on my lap. He knew language and that words have meaning and that Daddy says stuff and moves stuff and does things and so on, but Daddy didn't overcome curiosity. So, after pulling his hand away, telling him "hot" and so on for a while, I figured he might as well learn for himself a few realities of life, like meanings of words, other people's ideas, physics, self-control and so on as he wouldn't end up dead or maimed or with post-traumatic stress syndrome. He touched the teapot very briefly, cried and was comforted and more explanation given and he said "hot", very clearly. From then on, he knew the in-depth meaning of the word "hot". But not before the pain was inflicted. So, I can imagine that the novices will insist on a financial hard reset or at best a soft upset as they try things out, despite wise advice from all around. Mqurice PS: On power and control. Wife soon started devaluing the word hot, using and abusing the currency despite my protestations that words should have meaning and value. The currency was soon devalued to "I don't want you to do that". Which of course is not as valuable but explains why human nature slides back to control and power. I maintained truth in language. "No, don't touch those flowers in the vase, they are HOT", is dishonest and teaches nothing except to mistrust what people say [some people anyway - Daddy says hot and it is hot and will hurt]. Which is another valuable lesson, best learned early. Life is complex and there are many, many, many lessons to learn, especially in the way people work. Learning who to trust and who really does have the right idea is an eternal problem [I'm still in training - Globalstar was a harsh lesson].