Face it, globalization is forcing us to create a new paradigm

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Friday, May 09, 2003 By: Dawn Gable

Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 18:31:48 +0000 From: Dawn Gable morning_ucsc@hotmail.com To: Editor@VHeadline.com Subject: return to the dark ages?

Dear Mr. Rivero: If your kind of thinking <a href=www.vheadline.com>had prevailed throughout history, we would still be living in the stone ages. Progress of humanity does not happen through stagnation and dogmatism. The founding fathers of our great nation (USA) killed and died in their revolution to put in motion an experimental new social structure which has created a lifestyle far better than any ever seen before on this planet.

But it was considered heretical, and dangerous to our European ancestral nations in those days of Kings and Queens and Priests.

What about the abolition of slavery? Should we have shied away from that controversial social restructuring? How about the giant leap into the scientific age that has allowed humans to enjoy a more comfortable and longer life? Maybe we should still be using electro-shock therapy, leeches and exorcisms to cure the ill.

Face it, globalization is forcing us to create a new paradigm. And yes, experimentation and change are dangerous and sometimes costly. But, would we really rather resign to wallow in the mess that we are in today?

For those of us in the so called First World, it is easy to be satisfied with not rocking the boat.  But for those billions that are living in squalor, with nothing to lose, taking risks is the only option.

Those of us living in comfort should be brave enough to seize our role in history and join our fellow men/women on this journey forward.

History has shown that civilizations unwilling to evolve have crumbled into dust.

Dawn Gable morning_ucsc@hotmail.com