Subject: Climate Change

Posted by Sharon Villines on 12/5/2009
In Reply To:Climate Change Posted by Sharon Villines on 12/5/2009

Message:

> On Dec 4, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Jay Forrester wrote:
>
>> However, the symptoms are more visible; it is easier to rally people
>> behind fighting symptoms; and, in this situation, calling attention
>> to the real underlying causes is politically incorrect.
>
> symptoms: emotional release. When addressing the real problem is
> perceived as self-destructive. Ranting, holding hearings, carrying
> banners, passing legislation, etc., brings immediate satisfaction.

Should read: "... self-destructive, ranting, holding hearings, carrying banners, passing legislation, etc., brings immediate satisfaction.

In attempting to edit the message to make it shorter, I also left out a crucial bit of information. The Assistant to the Dean who slapped up the signs for 12 years that resulted in no change in behavior also knew who the one perpetrator was -- her boss. So the real cause was known but she believed it was not addressable.

Sharon