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Once a friend of mine, when I was trying to explain to her why Marquette University should not be hosting military training, said: “I just do not want to know.” I can understand that honest answer. I enjoyed drinking Diet Coke and did not want to know about the injustices committed by the Coca Cola Company in Africa. I was told anyway and had to change my soda of choice. Patriot Dr. Bob Bowman, in last night’s talk, said a lot that many do not want to know. This probably explains why, although he is an outstanding speaker, he draws audiences of only 50–200 on his tour. Often people, like the administration at Marquette University, ignore a moral issue, like military training for the war in Iraq on campus, because if they would dialog about it they would have to confront immoral acts they do not want to face. However, in this world of mass communications and the Internet it is hard not to know. The reason some of us do not want to know is that if we know we feel compelled to act. We feel compelled to bring truth to power and that can mean trouble.
Here are a few things I am trying unsuccessfully to avoid knowing about: The Truth about 9/11, and who was responsible for killing Robert and Jack Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Knowing something like the role Wal-Mart plays in exploiting persons is not too hard to know and act on. I just avoid shopping at Wal-Mart and try not to be judgmental about those who do. However, other information, like the anti-Christian values taught in the Departments of Military Science at Marquette University, are harder to deal with.
One area of knowing and acting, however, that is not too difficult to handle is a home garden. Knowing what is happening in the garden, even if it is not great news, is easy to handle. Green Power seems to trump knowing in this area. I doubt if there are many persons who read these postings that “just do not want to know.”
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Back Garden Today
Once a friend of mine, when I was trying to explain to her why Marquette University should not be hosting military training said: “I just do not want to know.” I can understand that honest answer. I enjoyed drinking Diet Coke and did not want to know about the injustices committed by the Coke Cola Company in Africa. I was told anyway and had to change my soda of choice. The patriot, Dr. Bob Bowman, in last night’s talk, said a lot that many do not want to know. This probably explains why, although he is an outstanding speaker, he draws audiences only of 50–200 on his tour. Often people, like the administration at Marquette University ignore a moral issue, like military training for the war in Iraq on campus, because if they would dialog about it they would have to confront an immoral act they do not want to face. However, in this world of mass communications and the Internet it is hard not to know. The reason some of us do not want to know is that if we know we feel compelled to act. We feel compelled to bring truth to power and that can mean trouble. Here are a few things I am trying unsuccesfuly to avoid knowing about: The Truth about 9/11, who was responsible for killing Robert and Jack Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Knowing something like the role of Wal-Mart plays in exploiting persons is not too hard to know and act. I just avoid shopping at Wal-Mart and try not to be judgmental about those who do. However, other informationlike the anti-Christian values taught in the Departments of Military Science at Marquette University are harder to deal with. One area of knowing and acting, however, which is not too difficult to handle is a home garden. Knowing what is happening in the garden, even if it is not great news, is easy to handle. Green Power seems to trump knowing in this area. I doubt if there is many persons who read these postings that “just do not want to know.”
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