it seems that very few of us feel much sense
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OF
SIGNIFICANT LOSS
AT LOCAL TRADITIONS DISAPPEARING,
AT OLD SHULS CLOSING DOWN,
ETHNIC RESTAURANTS BECOMING CHAIN STORES,
AND SCHOLARLY TRADITIONS
BEING FORGOTTEN!?
WHEN WE FEEL THAT LOSS,
WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY AND CONTINUITY,
EVEN WHEN A COMMUNITY OF SHARED VALUES REFERS TO SIX PEOPLE
SPREAD OVER THREE CONTINENTS BUILDING A LOCALITY ON THE INTERNET.
HOMOGENEITY SEEMS TO BE QUITE WELCOME IN MUCH OF THE WORLD, AND UNTIL IT BECOMES XENOPHOBIA,
WE SELDOM HEAR CRITICISM OF GLOBALIZATION FROM THE TRADITIONAL ISOLATIONIST VIEWPOINT THAT FEARS FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENT. IT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN AN ENCOURAGING SIGN IF PROMINENT AMERICANS HAD ARGUED IN 2002 THAT BY INVADING IRAQ, THE USA WAS GETTING IN OVER ITS HEAD, AND PICKING A FIGHT WITH FORCES
THAT ARE TOO FOREIGN TO UNDERSTAND
AND TOO POWERFUL
TO OVERCOME.
ALL IN ALL, IT SEEMS
THAT PLACE IS
IN THE PAST
~~~
OF
SIGNIFICANT LOSS
AT LOCAL TRADITIONS DISAPPEARING,
AT OLD SHULS CLOSING DOWN,
ETHNIC RESTAURANTS BECOMING CHAIN STORES,
AND SCHOLARLY TRADITIONS
BEING FORGOTTEN!?
WHEN WE FEEL THAT LOSS,
WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY AND CONTINUITY,
EVEN WHEN A COMMUNITY OF SHARED VALUES REFERS TO SIX PEOPLE
SPREAD OVER THREE CONTINENTS BUILDING A LOCALITY ON THE INTERNET.
HOMOGENEITY SEEMS TO BE QUITE WELCOME IN MUCH OF THE WORLD, AND UNTIL IT BECOMES XENOPHOBIA,
WE SELDOM HEAR CRITICISM OF GLOBALIZATION FROM THE TRADITIONAL ISOLATIONIST VIEWPOINT THAT FEARS FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENT. IT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN AN ENCOURAGING SIGN IF PROMINENT AMERICANS HAD ARGUED IN 2002 THAT BY INVADING IRAQ, THE USA WAS GETTING IN OVER ITS HEAD, AND PICKING A FIGHT WITH FORCES
THAT ARE TOO FOREIGN TO UNDERSTAND
AND TOO POWERFUL
TO OVERCOME.
ALL IN ALL, IT SEEMS
THAT PLACE IS
IN THE PAST
~~~
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