09-30-2011, 12:22 PM
The problems of Waukegan are deeply rooted. Those roots lead to a faulty system. In other words Waukegans problems are systemic and unless you address the root causes you are merely addressing only the symptoms and very little if anything at all will ever change for the better.
We are all in this together... everyone on the planet. The interconnectedness of us all is an inevitable process and a consequence of the nature of it. Like it or not it, either we will deal with it or we will leave that task to our children or grandchildren. We HAVE to come together in some kind of collaborative more sane way on this planet or the future is non-existent. We tend to have our thinking locked in old ways that are no longer viable and valid. It is the unfortunate human trait that we tend to be "self appointed defenders of the status quo".
At this point we, as a human species, have to make a decision. We are at a crossroads in human social evolution. Either we learn to collaborate with one another in some way or we destroy ourselves and/or the planet. Like Curly from the Three Stooges used to say, we are "victims of circumstance". We now have a much better understanding of the true potential of what humans can be and what we truly are. We have been led astray from that reality by circumstance. To not follow that knowledge would be irresponsible and negligent to the whole human species.
We are all in this together... everyone on the planet. The interconnectedness of us all is an inevitable process and a consequence of the nature of it. Like it or not it, either we will deal with it or we will leave that task to our children or grandchildren. We HAVE to come together in some kind of collaborative more sane way on this planet or the future is non-existent. We tend to have our thinking locked in old ways that are no longer viable and valid. It is the unfortunate human trait that we tend to be "self appointed defenders of the status quo".
At this point we, as a human species, have to make a decision. We are at a crossroads in human social evolution. Either we learn to collaborate with one another in some way or we destroy ourselves and/or the planet. Like Curly from the Three Stooges used to say, we are "victims of circumstance". We now have a much better understanding of the true potential of what humans can be and what we truly are. We have been led astray from that reality by circumstance. To not follow that knowledge would be irresponsible and negligent to the whole human species.