I caught Peter's thoughts and this is how I reacted.
I am reading The Diamond Cutter right now. A remarkable book that offers a Buddhist perspective on business and life. A review follows.
Central to the philosophy is that we create not only our own reality but the universe. Our little thoughts, like acorns, grow into Oak trees. Nothing happens to us - we draw it to us. How we feel about ourselves and life is our life. Everything and every person is neutral. We invest in them and in things and events our meaning.
So
If no CBC - no public thoughts about Canada - do we have a country?
It's been repeated many times that without the unifying voice of the CBC Canada would be much more regionalized than it already is.
Although perhaps by networked nature of the CMG web-based media efforts we will get to hear voices from around the country in a more authentic way than the packaged 'hey let's put on some celtic music and call it a maritimes show' attempts at regional programming that the CBC comes up with.
Posted by: alexander o'neill | August 29, 2005 at 01:58 PM