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Is It Right to Say “Wrong”?
Reflections on Life In the Turn Lane
Beverly Jones - October 24, 2009
What’s wrong with saying “It’s wrong”? More and more I find myself saying, “Hey! That’s
wrong” in the sense that what’s happening shouldn’t be. Or that what might happen shouldn’t
– like building a gambling casino smack in the middle of the business district of my metropolitan
area. Instead of voting on casinos (4 proposed for Ohio) – as the citizens will on Nov. 3 - we
should be debating That’s Wrong vs. It’s O.K. Once again the casino proposition is a substitute
for taxation; as if state lotteries aren’t enough. Would it be wrong to say It’s Wrong to starve
local and state governmental services and then substitute gambling to pay for them?
Any discussion of “right and wrong” gets hung up on the slippery slope of relativism – since
everything relates to everything else, our arm chair philosophers point out that “it just
depends...“ And in the opposing chair sits dogmatism: It’s wrong because I say so, or
somebody, sometime said so.
Surely, there must be some space between these two camps. My bottom line – relative and
dogmatic as it is – is that we are all here, alive within a living environment. That in order to stay
alive it would be best to not kill each other (wrong); to live, it would be best to find enhancement for
that living (right).
While we’re at it, I wish we would acknowledge we’re more than the sum of our organic
chemistry – we have souls, emotions and spirits that need attention too and that, properly
nurtured, lead us to love, compassion and community (right) – which brings us full circle to what we
need to live.
Of course our religious traditions have offered this template for thousands of years. Christianity
offers hope that the Kingdom is on the march and that the forces of Empire which deny and destroy
these aspects of Life will ultimately be defeated. So, for me, the standard of “That’s Wrong” has
a very, very long tail.
Speaking of what’s life giving, Oprah Winfrey visited Copenhagen Denmark recently and aired her
interview with some Danish women, 10-19-09. Oprah asked how the Danes measure success:
Amazingly they answered, success is how happy you are, if you are interested and creative in your
work and have a good family life.
Oprah asked: Aren’t you afraid you’ll lose your job? That
you’ll lose your health insurance? No, was the answer – if we lose our job the government will
help us find another and will help us until then; health care is available to all, all the time.
Oprah: Are you a socialist country? No, we just think we are civilized (!)– that we should help
one another, that we don’t need so many things.*
Now to my mind, that’s Right!!
What got me thinking of “That’s wrong” was an article in the October 19 New Yorker, “The
Defiant Ones”, a look at contemporary parenting and the children they’re raising through a
survey of books parents read to children. In the books
“There are many things they [parents] must never do to their willful young child: spank, scold,
bestow frequent praise, criticize, plead, withhold affection, take away toys, “model” angry
emotions, intimidate, bargain, nag. Increasingly, nearly all forms of discipline appear morally
suspect.”
As for how the kids are depicted: “The default temperament of the children is bratty.”
A picture of our culture seems to be developing that’s not quite yet in focus; but this week’s
Frontline** on PBS drew its outline. Our economic disaster (and probably our financial system) has
elements similar to the descriptions in these books for children. Through penetrating interviews
Frontline showed players in the financial disaster who were afraid to enforce rules, people who
thought they and their needs were the whole enchilada, and showed no regard for people as
people nor for the consequences of their system beyond personal reward.
All the while, like the hapless parents of the children’s books, the Empire said “YES!!”
“Good job!”
The happy ending of the Frontline piece was a really ‘good job’ done by Brooksley Born who was
the impetus for the show’s title: “The Warning.” Ms. Born, a derivatives attorney and head of a
federal commission overseeing commodity trading during the Clinton administration, realized that
the hedge fund/derivative shenanigans on Wall Street would lead to what they’ve led to. And this
was in the late 90’s – pre-Bush!!
Her warnings to Congress earned her derision and exile from the misters Summers, Greenspan
and Rubin and members of the Senate. Not surprising, her conclusions and warnings didn’t stick
in part because she’s a woman.
The descriptions of life in Scandinavia, Brooksley Born’s expertise and integrity seem a
God-send. By their light I can see what’s wrong and renew my faith that the Empire is not the final
answer.
Thanks be to God.
© Beverly Jones 2009. Doing Good. Together.
* Danish note: The women said that fact of marriage is not important – that what’s important is
the relationship and stability for the children. And – that few people are religious.
** Brooksley Born’s Interview: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/themes/born.html
Reflections on Life In the Turn Lane
Beverly Jones - October 24, 2009
What’s wrong with saying “It’s wrong”? More and more I find myself saying, “Hey! That’s
wrong” in the sense that what’s happening shouldn’t be. Or that what might happen shouldn’t
– like building a gambling casino smack in the middle of the business district of my metropolitan
area. Instead of voting on casinos (4 proposed for Ohio) – as the citizens will on Nov. 3 - we
should be debating That’s Wrong vs. It’s O.K. Once again the casino proposition is a substitute
for taxation; as if state lotteries aren’t enough. Would it be wrong to say It’s Wrong to starve
local and state governmental services and then substitute gambling to pay for them?
Any discussion of “right and wrong” gets hung up on the slippery slope of relativism – since
everything relates to everything else, our arm chair philosophers point out that “it just
depends...“ And in the opposing chair sits dogmatism: It’s wrong because I say so, or
somebody, sometime said so.
Surely, there must be some space between these two camps. My bottom line – relative and
dogmatic as it is – is that we are all here, alive within a living environment. That in order to stay
alive it would be best to not kill each other (wrong); to live, it would be best to find enhancement for
that living (right).
While we’re at it, I wish we would acknowledge we’re more than the sum of our organic
chemistry – we have souls, emotions and spirits that need attention too and that, properly
nurtured, lead us to love, compassion and community (right) – which brings us full circle to what we
need to live.
Of course our religious traditions have offered this template for thousands of years. Christianity
offers hope that the Kingdom is on the march and that the forces of Empire which deny and destroy
these aspects of Life will ultimately be defeated. So, for me, the standard of “That’s Wrong” has
a very, very long tail.
Speaking of what’s life giving, Oprah Winfrey visited Copenhagen Denmark recently and aired her
interview with some Danish women, 10-19-09. Oprah asked how the Danes measure success:
Amazingly they answered, success is how happy you are, if you are interested and creative in your
work and have a good family life.
Oprah asked: Aren’t you afraid you’ll lose your job? That
you’ll lose your health insurance? No, was the answer – if we lose our job the government will
help us find another and will help us until then; health care is available to all, all the time.
Oprah: Are you a socialist country? No, we just think we are civilized (!)– that we should help
one another, that we don’t need so many things.*
Now to my mind, that’s Right!!
What got me thinking of “That’s wrong” was an article in the October 19 New Yorker, “The
Defiant Ones”, a look at contemporary parenting and the children they’re raising through a
survey of books parents read to children. In the books
“There are many things they [parents] must never do to their willful young child: spank, scold,
bestow frequent praise, criticize, plead, withhold affection, take away toys, “model” angry
emotions, intimidate, bargain, nag. Increasingly, nearly all forms of discipline appear morally
suspect.”
As for how the kids are depicted: “The default temperament of the children is bratty.”
A picture of our culture seems to be developing that’s not quite yet in focus; but this week’s
Frontline** on PBS drew its outline. Our economic disaster (and probably our financial system) has
elements similar to the descriptions in these books for children. Through penetrating interviews
Frontline showed players in the financial disaster who were afraid to enforce rules, people who
thought they and their needs were the whole enchilada, and showed no regard for people as
people nor for the consequences of their system beyond personal reward.
All the while, like the hapless parents of the children’s books, the Empire said “YES!!”
“Good job!”
The happy ending of the Frontline piece was a really ‘good job’ done by Brooksley Born who was
the impetus for the show’s title: “The Warning.” Ms. Born, a derivatives attorney and head of a
federal commission overseeing commodity trading during the Clinton administration, realized that
the hedge fund/derivative shenanigans on Wall Street would lead to what they’ve led to. And this
was in the late 90’s – pre-Bush!!
Her warnings to Congress earned her derision and exile from the misters Summers, Greenspan
and Rubin and members of the Senate. Not surprising, her conclusions and warnings didn’t stick
in part because she’s a woman.
The descriptions of life in Scandinavia, Brooksley Born’s expertise and integrity seem a
God-send. By their light I can see what’s wrong and renew my faith that the Empire is not the final
answer.
Thanks be to God.
© Beverly Jones 2009. Doing Good. Together.
* Danish note: The women said that fact of marriage is not important – that what’s important is
the relationship and stability for the children. And – that few people are religious.
** Brooksley Born’s Interview: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/warning/themes/born.html
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