🚀 go-pugleaf

John Martin <martin@fafnir.astr.cwru.edu> wrote:
: Dan Alt <dan@prozac.eeap.cwru.edu> wrote:
: : 	Disagree.  The problems at CWRU are too large and entrenched to
: : be solved by quiet individual action.

: Got an example Dan?  Students can't expect to get what they want
: out of a university or be treated as stake holders if they aren't 
: willing to give it a try.  A group effort often starts with one
: person's effort.  How does inaction help the situation more than
: action when the status quo is unacceptable to you?  

	My point is that inaction is EQUIVALENT to action.  Students
will not be treated as stake holders whether or not they act.
	It is certainly commendable to take up arms against the
slings and arrows.  I resepect people that try.  I've just noticed
in my short time here at CWRU that their efforts don't actually matter
in any meaningful way.

:   You assumption that the problems are too big and entrenched is
: flawed as well.  You might be surprised.  Most of the inertia is
: self propagated by that attitude itself.  If you don't make a run
: at the wall you don't know if it is a mirage or not. 

	But if it IS a wall, then running at it headfirst or giving up
both have the same end result vis a vis getting you to the other side.

-- 
Daniel Alt    Department of Music - Case Western Reserve University

"My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world
   is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require." - Edward Elgar