“Justice should become cheap and expeditious. Today it is the luxury of the rich and the joy of the gambler.” ~ Gandhi, Mahatma, v. 4., p. 182 Sigh. It has been a long “today.” Here the lawyer, Gandhi, is citing an important example of a general rule that Socrates adduced nearly 2500 years ago (it’s… read more
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“Economics of Justice”–Daily Metta
January 15 “True economics is the economics of justice.” –Gandhi (Gandhi paraphrasing Unto this last, pp. 50-53, from Sarvodaya, p. 33) (After reading John Ruskin’s Unto this Last Gandhi established Phoenix Settlement in South Africa.) A woman steps out of her limousine in front of a five star hotel. Money is falling out of her pockets… read more
January 8, 2012: Conversation Cafe
Aqus Community and the Metta Center Present a Conversation Cafe: Nonviolence and Nonviolent Conflict Resolution in our Community Sunday Jan 8, 2012 from 5-6pm at Aqus Cafe Foundry Wharf 189 H Street Petaluma 707.778.6060 … read more