EXERCISE: My little town

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Original posting: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:53:00 -0400

At 06:53 AM 6/28/2001 -0700, TheWonderfullRabb wrote:

I have tried to instill in her the values I was brought up with. Respect your elders, do not interrupt, thou shalt not steal, lie or cheat, stay out of trouble, walk away from a fight, think for yourself and respect yourself and body.

Okay...

So, here's the thought.  Take a set of values (such as those above).  Take another set (wildly different or just a little tweak here and there).

Consider these as characters.  Put them into a situation, and rub well.  See if the friction causes flames, smoke, or just noise.

I.e., suppose one person holds "Respect your elders" as a core value, while another believes that the elders should be quickly disabused of any expectation of respect for aging (or perhaps simply believes that only the young really deserve respect, old folks just waited longer :-)  Now put them in the situation of taking care of their invalid mothers in a hospital, perhaps with the old moms in side-by-side beds?

Something to play with, eh?