Re: Tap-dancing

[H2O Man]

6. Thank you.

I believe that a lot of people my age fail to connect the dots on this one. It has been a process that has built momentum over the years. And unless one really considers events in a larger context -- which can be difficult, especially with cable news being 24/7, and the rapid increase in the speed of communications by the internet and cell phones -- it is impossible to really grasp what happens, and why it happens.

We are, obviously, in a struggle. Safe to say that most DUers, for example, are sincere in wanting to revive our constitutional democracy. But it isn't possible without grasping the "why?" I'm reminded of my participation in the great sport of boxing. My mentor, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, used to say that he who knows "why" will always master he who knows "how."

Thus, we all see what is happening, and even how it is coming to be the way that it is. But too few really understand the "why," and so our opposition is able to exploit that area of ignorance.

At that moment when we really understand the "why," the pathways -- or "how" -- to respond become self-evident.