Two groups have formed definitively:
1. Forgiveness and judgment--can we make public who we have wronged, and so doing, create a more honest and just society?
The fourth step in 12-step programs like AA is to make an inventory of ourselves; the fifth is to admit the wrongs to ourselves and to another person. What do we need to do to understand how we have injured--and been injured by--other people? When have we lied, or cheated, or used harsh words...or, especially, acted out of misplaced judgment or prejudice?
2. Choice and not-choice--what is a choice, and is abstaining from a decision possible?
In some kinds of voting, you have three choices: you can vote in favor (yea) you can vote against (nay) or you can abstain. Some people argue that choosing to abstain is a type of vote, just like voting for or against something. Similarly, you can choose to speak up or be silent; some people argue that staying silent in the face of injustice is as good as collaborating in the injustice itself. What does it mean to choose? What does it mean to choose not to choose?
Both these groups are hard at work coming up with projects!
Something unusual happened, as well. A third group earned enough votes, but when it came time to divide, this group only had one adherent on Monday. This group aimed to explore questions of the sacred and the secular--of the separation (or not) of church and state. We decided to reserve decision on whether this would be a group until Wednesday.
The game is afoot!
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