Well, some of us have the capacity and willingness to understand that society is organized around a social contract conditioned on not only interdependency, but also mutual responsibility.

Some of us, while readily acknowledging that each of us is responsible for the effect of the choices we make in our own lives, understand and are just as willing to acknowledge that we are responsible for the effect of the choices we make on the lives of others. Those of us who choose to accept this, also understand that opportunity is not equal, that the playing field is not level, and that those of us who have more and better options, are only able to have that nice, big menu at the expense of others.

Some of us believe that those who have power are morally responsible for the effects of the ways we exercise that power on other people.

Some of us are willing to deal with complexity. Some of us are willing to acknowlege the whole is much greater than the sum of the parts.

Some of us are willing to strive to base our opinions and beliefs on all available information. Some of us form our opinions and beliefs, lock on to any information that supports them, and then willfully and wantonly ignore or discount any information to the contrary.

Some of us not only understand that resources are finite, we can also do basic math. We therefore understand that if the vast majority of resources are concentrated on one side of the equation, there will be vastly fewer resources on the other side. The side with the most resources has the most power. Has the most choices. Has the most responsibility to insure the terms of the social contract are kept.

Janie