[kj] And new Jaz interview:

[bongo]

just read that there'll be an interview with jaz on NZ tv news later
tonight, hopefully should be online not long after...   =)






"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
postponed indefinitely..."


On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Leigh Newton <angrytomhanks at yahoo.com>wrote:


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> Leigh

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> *From:* folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com>

> *To:* gathering at misera.net

> *Sent:* Mon, August 16, 2010 11:54:45 AM

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> *Subject:* Re: [kj] And new Jaz interview:

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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HzCwwyk2HE

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> From: folk.devil at hotmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:24:53 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] And new Jaz interview:

>

> Everyone is still absorbing the Jaz interview :)

>

> I do like the Gandhi reference on 'the village'

>

> "Within local governance, Gandhi laid great emphasis on village governance

> since being at the grassroots level it constitutes direct democracy whereas

> all others are representative democracy. According to Indian scriptures, the

> village parliament consisting of all adult men and women control all village

> resources, officials and decision-making. Women have thus been franchised in

> India for 4000 years whereas they got enfranchised in the West only in this

> century. The village parliament elects the village head and councillors for

> day to day work usually for a year, and can remove them any time for

> misconduct. Counsellors are held in high esteem but if the community finds

> that any one of them has abused authority, he can be summarily removed

> through simple majority.

>

> The village government gives land and other environmental resources on

> village lease for specific use. The community thus prevents misuse of land

> and protects the interests of the weak. Such grassroots empowerment

> regenerates the spiritual energies of the people for self-development as

> they are involved in day to day decisions about the community and the

> environment.

> In contemporary times, industrial proposals will need the approval of

> village governments. This will nurture an environment in which industry

> functions in trusteeship of society, producing goods and services useful for

> society, investing the surplus for common good, and avoid ostentatious

> consumption. Such industry can also support social services such as

> education and health-care to supplement the programme of the village and

> district governments." http://www.peoplefirstindia.org/9village.htm

>

> I was recently reminded of Gandhi's Seven Social Sins, also

>

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>    -

>

>    Politics without Principle

>    -

>

>    Wealth Without Work

>    -

>

>    Pleasure Without Conscience

>    -

>

>    Knowledge without Character

>    -

>

>    Commerce without Morality

>    -

>

>    Science without Humanity

>    -

>

>    Worship without Sacrifice

>

> http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/main/q7.htm

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>

>

> And one of my favourite quotes:

>

>

>

> Interviewer -

> 'What do you think of western civilisation?'

> Ghandi -

> 'I think it would be a very good idea!

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