As Citizens

Most of us are concerned about our wars. Most agree that our involvement in war causes individuals and peoples to suffer, fear, and die. All of us can see that our wars cost us blood and tax dollars.

Can we come to some agreement about when, where, and under what conditions it is worthwhile for us to begin new killing or not? Could we talk it over? Can we come to a democratic agreement on a national war policy as part of a national foreign policy? We can maintain the necessary dialog? When shall we begin?

Greater Good

We have covenants, contracts, agreements, understandings.

What is to be learned from the experience of organized labor and collective bargaining?

What is the process of agreement?

How does a group come to an understanding?

How does one group come to an understanding with another group?

I know war and force have been useful, but neither tend to lead to win/win situations.

What is a process that tends to a peaceful prouctive understanding among people?

My Innocence my Guilt

My ancestors have said that I am innocent. They have said that I am innocent until proven guilty. How am I to be proven guilty? I do not, according to my ancestors, need to be proven innocent. According to them, I am innocent
So then, the question seems to be, "How is my guilt to be proven?"

To attempt to answer this question I need to establish what I mean by "guilt" and what I mean by "proof." And/or to establish what my ancestors have meant by "guilt" and "proof."
I see that proof and guilt, according to the ways of humanity, have to do with law. So I need also to be clear about the meaning of "law."

To preserve my innocence, I must be clear about what I mean by:
"law,"
"guilt,"
"proof."

I must find others who agree how we are to do: proof, guilt, law.
How is such clarity to be gained?
How is such agreement to be accomplished?
For what am I responsible?
Who are these others on whom I am to depend?
Help.