Our problem is
not to solve our problems
But to avoid them.
Our problem is
not awareness
But selective awareness.
Our problem is
not to learn
But to specialize.
Our problem is
not to see
But to adjust our blinders.
Our problem is
not to hear
But to turn it off.
Our problem is
to maintain our comfort
In a world of suffering.
Edison S. "Pinky" Fisk
© Edison S. Fisk, 2009. All rights reserved.
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- Edison "Pinky" Fisk was Bremerton's most famous anti-war activist in the 1960s and 1970s, once getting himself arrested for carrying a sign downtown that read "The Grateful Society, Bombs, Bullets, Battleships and B--- ----." (Adele Ferguson. "Pinky Fisk recalls King's old idea," Kitsap Sun, 1/18/93)
A friend recently wrote a letter to the editor of a local newspaper criticizing the performance of his boss, the mayor. Some felt he was reckless in exposing himself to possible retaliation and maybe even the loss of his job. Others thought he didn't go far enough. It balanced out and no one was harmed. Some were enlightened while others still have their heads in the sand.
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