Posted by Dinah on December 1, 2010, at 9:11:39
In reply to Re: some kind of Elders Council, posted by Solstice on December 1, 2010, at 8:45:10
I appreciate your understanding the reluctance of many to compete. That does play a part in my objections to running myself. I'd feel very hurt to be rejected by my peers. Or not selected. It amounts to the same thing. In some ways it would seem like a popularity contest, and those can always feel hurtful, no matter what the outcome.
But my reluctance to be a politician is more than that. A politician is always worried about reelection. Posting the votes for or against puts an elder in the role of politician, who must consider how their vote will impact on their popularity. I find myself unwilling to even have the temptation to have the exercise of my values influenced by a concern for popularity.
If I'm not someone who does what they think is right and d*mn the consequences, then I do not know myself at all. "I yam what I yam and tha's all what I yam." Yet no one really likes to put themselves in the way for rejection.
I am far more suited to be an appointee than a politician. To serve by Dr. Bob's grace and approval, but to not serve Dr. Bob but rather the posters.
To be a politician would be to deny every fundamental thing I know about myself.
In addition to not being all that willing to be hurt.
Dr. Bob seems to be wishing to shift the focus and responsibility to the group itself. That's fine. This is just not a part I am willing to play. It's a fundamental shift in philosophy and ought to be carried out by those who are comfortable doing so.
poster:Dinah
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