Gordon:
> >Well, what about all these people who think that labor --
> >hard, difficult labor -- is spiritually meaningful, even
> >ennobling, that it connects them with humankind in some profound
> >way?
Yoshie Furuhashi:
> Well, if they insist on "hard, difficult labor," I suppose a
> socialist society can oblige them: create a special "temple of labor"
> -- modelled upon Zen temples in Japan, perhaps, but without any
> modern conveniences -- where they can spend their free time
> spiritualizing themselves through such tasks as cleaning, sweeping,
> carrying water, rearranging stone gardens, etc.
That's play. The work has to be _needed_. Remember Boxer, and take me semi-seriously.