Replying to LO29170 --
Dear Organlearners,
Rick Parkany <rparkany@borg.com> writes:
>Thank you, Alan <sniff>, for this rememberance... it's
>part of what was sidestepped by an appeal to ROL in
>the discourse, albeit w/such dire immediate concern by
>our dear correspondent from SAfrica, rather than to
>these other, deeper issues of the human condition... ;-} rap.
Greetings dear Rick,
ROL (Rule of Law) is the respect for uphelding laws and changing them in
an orderly manner. Anarchy is lawless and disorderly behaviour in a
society. Anarchy is the result of not keeping ROL dear to the heart. Words
cannot describe enough the suffering of people in an anarchy.
One of the signs that a nation is close to anarchy is when ROL still
functions within that country, but in its dealing with other nations that
nation steps ROL aside. One such a dealing is war. Egypt was such a
country until Anwar Sadat put it back on track. South Africa was such a
country until Nelson Mandela put it back on track. The sensitivity of
Sadat and Mandela to ROL and their many references to it are on record.
Likewise their abhorrence of war is on record, unlike the leaders of two
countries with whom it is war talk almost every day.
It is the same with any business organisation, even a multinational or
global corporation. In this case the anarchy erupts soon before it gets
bancrupt. Afterwards it becomes clear that its praised leaders had no
feeling at all for ROL.
Oh, well, since war and bancruptacy are not related to the "deeper issues
of the human condition", perhaps it is better to discuss these issues
while going into war and bancruptacy ;-)
With care and best wishes
--At de Lange <amdelange@postino.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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