Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00360)

Drpsionic@aol.com wrote:
> Go ahead and publicize all you want.  Responsibility is a word the neo-
> fascists use, devised to control people they cannot control in any other way.
>

	Actually, "responsibility" is a term the right wing has been using to
evade responsibility.

	They say that people should be responsible for their own actions, but
also say that people should not be held responsible for the effects
their actions have on others. In other words, responsibility gets
translated into selfishness.

	As Theosophists, the best we can do politically is to try to ensure
that everybody is free to learn the lessons of their karma; to some
extent, this may mean temporarily aiding others with their karmic
burden, if the burden becomes so great as to make learning limited or
impossible. The fun part is figuring out where to draw the line.

	Bart Lidofsky