Security

 So lumping a bunch of words together:


peace, justice, compassion, security, honesty, hope, liberty and democracy.


Somehow, it should seem clear that all of these things are connected.  In

fact there is not a lot of difference between these words.  They are

often very easy to say, but often very difficult to understand, what 

they are all about.


Security, on some hand, has certainly (somewhat?) different implications.


We often say that, we must invest in our security.  I would say simply

that investing in that single attribute or potentiality is somewhat short

sighted, as these attributes/potentialities  (how you want to think of them)

are intimately connected.   


We often say that we " lack " security because we feel threatened, or

we have " evidence " in fact that we are threatened.  What about

the lack of democracy or the lack of compassion or the lack of justice.

We make " sizable " investments  to prevent feeling that particular threat,

the threat to security.


So this big question is, when have we NOT felt threatened?

And when have we NOT felt the lack of democracy?

And when have we NOT felt the lack of honesty?

And when have we NOT felt the lack of justice?

And when have we NOT felt the lack of compassion?

And when have we NOT felt the lack of liberty?

And when have we NOT felt the lack of hope?


????


And why is it not as "valuable" to invest in these kinds of thing?


I guess to some extent I am writing in the memory of an example

of someone who could ask questions of this type:


Bishop Desmond Tutu


obviously somebody noticed ..


https://people.com/human-interest/desmond-tutu-dead-dies-barack-obama-queen-elizabeth-tributes-death/


So I remain hopefully optimistic that we can consider,  in what ways

we can find to fit this puzzle together in a somewhat more effective

way.


Finally, does the " suffering " of someone else in some way decrease or in

a manor change the perceptions of threat ?




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