Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
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Susan Boyle
Spector with unknown rock musician
Two news items today. Phil Spector, guity of second degree murder, a man who, according to testimony offered in court, previously in rages, put guns into the mouths of six other women. And Susan Boyle, unemployed, aged 47, from a village in Scotland, sang on a British talent contest and has since been watched by 2.7 million people on youtube.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
What a difference.
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North Americans do not have a developed sense of irony. (The Australian writer and humorist, Kathy Lette, noted that“Americans are suffer from an‘irony deficiency”’.)
Yesterday, in my dog-run in Seton Park, Bronx, Liz, a wise psychologist and owner of a wonderful dog called Charlie, said when asked about this that a sense of the double meaning in words doesn’t arise in children until the age of 8 or later and that, in her view, this non-undertanding of irony in many Americans might be seen as a sign of arrested development.
I posited that it might be more to do with an absence of cynicism and a much greater openness to possibilites – which is one measure of innocence.
When I came to work here, there was a noticeable willingness to try new things which is not present in much of Europe. When presented with a new idea, Europeans would either categorically say “that would never work” or ” we tried that X years ago and it didn’t work.” Americans would be more likely to scratch their heads and say, “Gee, I don’t know – but let’s give it a try and see.”
My online dictionary defines ‘innocence’ as: the absebce if guilt, or lack of guile or corruption, or purity.
Many Europeans I have spoken to regard ‘innocence’ as a bad or negative thing, something to be gotten rid of as soon as possible, but it isn’t, it’s a very powerful, positive quality.
Look at how innocent young babies are, human or animal, and how the vast majority of people relate positively to them.
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