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donsnow
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Let me introduce the title of the thread to this philosophy forum.
Robert Heinlein was an early Twentieth Century home grown philosopher who wrote his views in Science Fiction novels. He’s a homegrown philosopher.
There’s hundreds of such people whose home grown philosophies have influenced and enlightened civilizations since the beginning of time.
So, I am introducing the philosophical precept in the title of this thread to this philosophy forum.
Let me give some examples of how this down home precept accurately describes the principle of one person endangering many to this forum.
I’ve played trumpet and sang in marching band, concert orchestra, A Capella Choir and church choirs. Anybody who loses step or hits a sour note can spoil the efforts of the entire band, orchestra or choir, to present an acceptable performance.
Like wise, I’ve been in a competition drill team and uniform precision can be ruined by one misstep. The entire team’s efforts for points can be ruined by one member’s misstep.
Speaking of teams, any sports team depends upon the performance of each of its members. Again, the whole team can suffer because of the poor performance of one member.
Likewise, a military unit is a team, regardless of its size. One soldier out of line in combat can bring death and destruction on his squad. That squad’s loss can bring death and destruction on its platoon. That platoon’s loss can bring death and destruction on its company…and on up the chain of units…Battallion, Regiment, Division, Brigade, Corps and Army.
Contrariwise, one member of any team maintain his/her part/position during a snafu can give the other team members a rallying point, around which to regain proficient performance and bring the whole band, choir, team of any kind, out of that confusion back to a solid performance of music, drill team, sports team or military combat.
Finally, this principle also applies to our civilians.
One unruly student can disrupt an entire class.
One belligerent citizen can start a riot.
One careless assembly line worker can ruin hundreds of what’s being produced in that factory.
And, the underlying statement of this entire post is that one person can bring grief on an entire organization of any size, by going against that choir’s, team’s, military unit’s, class or civilization’s common ground.
I’ve worded that poorly, but I hope you see my point.
Which is, yes, the entire group suffers from one member’s behavior.
I’m not saying this is good, bad, fair nor unfair. I’m saying, that’s the way it actually is and that’s not likely to change.
That’s what I want to discuss: that one person can endanger a whole organization is true.
Robert Heinlein was an early Twentieth Century home grown philosopher who wrote his views in Science Fiction novels. He’s a homegrown philosopher.
There’s hundreds of such people whose home grown philosophies have influenced and enlightened civilizations since the beginning of time.
So, I am introducing the philosophical precept in the title of this thread to this philosophy forum.
Let me give some examples of how this down home precept accurately describes the principle of one person endangering many to this forum.
I’ve played trumpet and sang in marching band, concert orchestra, A Capella Choir and church choirs. Anybody who loses step or hits a sour note can spoil the efforts of the entire band, orchestra or choir, to present an acceptable performance.
Like wise, I’ve been in a competition drill team and uniform precision can be ruined by one misstep. The entire team’s efforts for points can be ruined by one member’s misstep.
Speaking of teams, any sports team depends upon the performance of each of its members. Again, the whole team can suffer because of the poor performance of one member.
Likewise, a military unit is a team, regardless of its size. One soldier out of line in combat can bring death and destruction on his squad. That squad’s loss can bring death and destruction on its platoon. That platoon’s loss can bring death and destruction on its company…and on up the chain of units…Battallion, Regiment, Division, Brigade, Corps and Army.
Contrariwise, one member of any team maintain his/her part/position during a snafu can give the other team members a rallying point, around which to regain proficient performance and bring the whole band, choir, team of any kind, out of that confusion back to a solid performance of music, drill team, sports team or military combat.
Finally, this principle also applies to our civilians.
One unruly student can disrupt an entire class.
One belligerent citizen can start a riot.
One careless assembly line worker can ruin hundreds of what’s being produced in that factory.
And, the underlying statement of this entire post is that one person can bring grief on an entire organization of any size, by going against that choir’s, team’s, military unit’s, class or civilization’s common ground.
I’ve worded that poorly, but I hope you see my point.
Which is, yes, the entire group suffers from one member’s behavior.
I’m not saying this is good, bad, fair nor unfair. I’m saying, that’s the way it actually is and that’s not likely to change.
That’s what I want to discuss: that one person can endanger a whole organization is true.
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