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Show ACROSS J5 I jiP the DESK D',H"S I From the Desert Journal, Joshua Josh-ua Tree, California: Much attention atten-tion is being given to the danger of spectator living in our modern society. We put too much stock on the entertainment value of seeing see-ing ethers play out the game. Too ' few want to mix In problems of the public Interest as participants. We are in peril of becoming a nation na-tion of kibitzers. Favorite conversation topic is them alibis. Probably the same secret alibis that are being used by others. So if we are completely honest with ourselves, we are more likely to be fair in our Judgment Judg-ment of others. Then In all Justice we should try to avoid the causes for this self-excusing. They art weaknesses In our armor, the same as they are in that of others we may be judging. The role of kibitzer In the affairs passing judgment on the shortcomings short-comings of others. Little of this critical viewpoint reaches the ears of the parties concerned. Well-intentioned Well-intentioned criticism Is really a matter of holding t better sense of perspective on others than we may ever gain on ourselves. What should give us pause is that equally equal-ly we are meat for similar conversational con-versational dissection by other people. A true perspective on ourselves is important, though hard to come by. We might put it this way. We know our motives for doing, or not doing, certain things. Call of the world is much the same. It Is easy enough to sit by and pass judgment on the way things should be done. Parallel to the contention conten-tion that fairness to others starts with knowledge of ourselves, w must join the team to get the real know-how of the game. To earn the right to criticize others or even to kibitz in the game of both local and national endeavor, we must be willing to change places with the other fellow fel-low and do the job better If we can. This means discarding the spectator role and joining In the true sport of living. |