[Ailist] Positive Core of America

[Lionel Boxer]

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France in response to the behaviour of the United States of America in their pursuit of Liberty.  As such that icon has a great deal of meaning.  For a corresponding Statue of Responsibility to have similar iconic significance it would need to be gifted in a similar way from outside.

I wonder.  Would a a Statue of Responsiblity paid for by public subscription from within the United States of America be taken seriously/  Would it even be noticed?

The foundation on which the behaviour of the United States of America that resulted in the gift of the Statue of Liberty was based on principles such as "IN GOD WE TRUST".  That positive core may be gone; The Ten Commandments have been outlawed in parts of the United States of America.  Based on that alone I wonder if there is any sense of responsibility anywhere in the United States of America and I would suggest that any self-errected Statue of Responsiblity would be at best wishful thinking.

However, Victor Frankl was another great gift to the people of the United States of America - and the world.  I suppose since it was his idea there is some merit in such a symbolic gesture.

Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256
Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au
Graduate School of Business
my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory" 
now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net
>>> Rosemary Reilly <rreilly at alcor.concordia.ca> 07/03/09 6:08 AM >>>

That is why I have recommended in America that in addition to the  
Statue of Liberty on the East Coast, there should be the Statue of  
Responsibility on the West Coast. As for the pursuit of happiness: The  
more we make it a target, the more widely we miss. Happiness is, and  
will always remain, the unintended effect of meaningful activity.

Victor Frankl (1905 - 1997)

Very appropriate for AI work. And, by the way, there is a foundation  
working to build the Statue of Responsibility on the US West coast by  
2010.