Our feelings of disgust can sometimes provide us with a valuable warning that we are going too far, even when we are morally dumbfounded and can't justify those feelings by pointing to victims:
"...in this age in which everything is held to be permissible so long as it is freely done, in which our given human nature no longer commands respect, in which our bodies are regarded as mere instruments of our autonomous rational wills, repugnance may be the only voice left that speaks up to defend the central core of our humanity. Shallow are the souls that have forgotten how to shudder."
Leon Kass, The Wisdom of Repugnance. As cited by Jonathan Haidt in his book, The Righteous Mind
2012 is our 55th!
May 31 - June 3, 2012
Now is the time to signup for the reunion. First complete this application. Second, call the lodging of your choice from this list. Third, check this list of those registered
to see that all is well. Total is now 332. It will be updated monthly.
Also, go to the Directory and access your personal data. Check it for
accuracy and completeness. Note that the essay you wrote for the 50th
has been archived and a blank slate has been furnished for the 55th. Go
to it and revise when the spirit moves you. A final call will be issued
in the spring. Here is a schedule of reunion activities.
George White does it Again
After some 3 ˝ years of trying, SOS (Skydivers Over Sixty)
was successful in completing a 60-way formation ( 55 men and 5 women). I was
the 3rd oldest participant at 76. Two photos attached: one of the
completed formation (I’m in all black at 12:00 o’clock in the base – the inner
ring of 8), and a second of the base exiting the lead aircraft. Exit altitude
was 16,500 AGL, from 3 planes – a lead Sky-Van and two trail
Otters. George White '57
