Responding to the message of Thu, 13 Mar 1997 16:20:48 EST
Hi seb dehay
I have two question to ask for Yohannes
1
from "Dr. Tesfay Yohannes" <yohannes@caspr5.npt.nuwc.navy.mil>:
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> Selamat dehaiers,
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> The last few days, I have been reading this '2%' discussions and have to
> admit that some people from both sides made a lot of sense to me.
> Disagreements are healthy; closely watching your government and making
> constructive comments are always vital to a nation's development; it
> should
> not alarm anyone. The one thing that I personally have difficulty with
> and
> forced me to write, is the 'boycott in Australia'. I don't feel we
> should go
> that far, my personal opinion.
>
> Sometimes solutions seem to be illusively simple but in most cases
> they're
> not as easy as they seem to be. While reading the discussions, I was
> thinking out loud and saying, "ya!, you're right" to one argument;
> again when I read the counter-argument, I was saying, "yeap! that makes
> sense too". This is not because I am indecisive or uninformed person,
> but
> because the solution to the issue is not as easy as it seems to be,
> hence
> quite a few arguments from both sides made some sense; which reminded me
> of
> a story about a wise old man.
>
> Two very close friends got into a heated argument which got off hand.
> Soon
> these friends stopped talking to each other. Finally, a very well
> respected
> elderly man heard the sad story and decided to resolve the problem. He
> went
> and asked the first person what seemed to be the cause of the problem.
> The
> man told his story in a very convincing way. After listening silently
> with
> his head slightly bowed, the old-timer raised his head in a slow motion,
> paused for a moment and said, "kemu inteKoynus HaqKa zwedei" (If that's
> the
> case, I guess you are right, son). He then proceeded to talk to his
> adversary; the second man was even more convincing that the first. The
> old
> man, more convinced by the second man, shook his head and said, "kemu
> inteKoynus HaqKa zwedei" and left confused. While all this was
> happening, the
> old-timer's son was with him and was frustrated by his old man's answers
> and
> with anger said, "Pa! how could you say that? you told the first guy he
> was
> right; the second guy told you exactly the opposite of the first, but
> you
> told him he was right too, how could that be? One of them has to be
> wrong,
> c'mon man! this ain't right." The old man listened to his son patiently
> and
> said, "nsKawn HaqKa zwedei" (you're also right, son).
>
> Moral of the story: It does not necessarily mean that only one side can
> be
> right, sometimes two views could be diametrically opposite but both
> could
> make sense or even be right at the same time, depending on how you look
> at
> them; like, the glass is half-full or half-empty.
>
> Final word: Sometimes there might be multiple solutions to a seemingly
> simple
> but in reality complex problem. It is human nature to go with a solution
> that
> seems to be obvious, quenches our desire, and is not against our
> principles.
> Nevertheless, prior to arriving a final solution, the problem should be
> revisited and the solution reviewed and analyzed if it serves its
> intended
> purpose. This might not be as simple in some cases also, which forces us
> to
> go with our gut reaction. There were times were I doubted the
> government's
> decisions; however, the results were positive. The government has earned
>
> most of our respect in the past as most would agree with me, even those
> who disagree with the government's decision in this particular case,
> have supported it in the past and I have no doubt they will continue in
> the
> future. Though, the rationale behind it is not that obvious for me to
> see,
> this time as in the past, I have confidence that there is a good reason
> for
> doing what they're doing and hopefully it turns out to be for the best
> interest of our people.
>
> Tesfay
>
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