Which is more violent?
Crucifying Jesus or indebtedness in quantities that are this excessive?
"Stages" for understanding Conflict
The following five stages for discerning conflict are explained in detail here: Conflict, in general, builds through five stages - Discomfort , Incident , Misunderstanding , Tension and Crisis , although it can begin at any one of the first three stages. The earlier a conflict is identified and deal t with, the easier it is to resolve This is the html version of the file http://www.amfanational.org/images/pdf_docs/ps_training2_understanding_conflict.ppt. ( Google automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web. ) Conflict Resolution & Understanding Conflict Understanding Conflict Conflict is all around us. It is not something that we can choose to have or not have. It just is. It may center on something as seemingly trivial as who leaves their dirty cups in the sink, where to go eat lunch, or whether or not to buy that new piece of stereo equipment. Or it may be more complex, such as whether we should invest in stock or bonds, or w
I find that using tools like this really help me to grasp large numbers like this. I just rounded the stimulus package to 700 billion but That’s 700 billion double cheeseburgers from McDonald’s. Which is enough cheeseburgers to feed me for 213 million years if I ate 3 cheeseburgers per meal, three meals a day! I do not understand how we feel that we are justified spending money that is going to come out of future generation's pockets, when we don't even know if this plan is going to work. It would take me about 200 million years to pay off the stimulus plan on my current income. Or if every US citizen (300 million) gave the government $4,000 dollars, but that would nullify the point of the stimulus plan.
ReplyDeleteIt is just crazy to me to think in large numbers like this.