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[Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com]

Merelice & everyone-
I'd like to suggest again that we use justice.   Regardless of the 
race-connection, I went and checked: "justice" appears a number of times in our 10-key 
values, "fairness" not at all as far as I could tell.

So that would be another reason to stick with justice.   

I think that justice is not as widely felt a concept as fairness - 
unfortunately that's not surprising is it in our unjust society?   I would love us to 
play a role in popularizing it and maybe I'll start using "that's simply not 
just" and see if it catches on.

Love, grace
In a message dated 12/8/05 10:24:41 PM, MereliceGRP at aol.com writes:


> But mostly - can we use "justice" as opposed to "fairness" - since we have
> > a
> > commitment to justice?   (Just for explanation, some prefer justice since 
> it
> > is not derived from what some of us consider a race-based value system 
> that
> > associates lighter color with being better.)
> >
> [I will return the courtesy of also offering an explanation. I personally
> like the word justice. I like the fact that peace is often coupled with 
> justice.
> I like the biblical association of justice with mercy. But I chose fairness
> because it is more of an everyday term and it hasn't become the political
> buzzword that justice has unfortunately become. One of the first values you 
> hear
> children voice is, "That's not fair!" And people are inclined to say, "Let's 
> be
> fair about this." (I've never heard anyone say, "Let's be just.") In these
> cases, being fair is a valid ideal and does not imply or have anything to do 
> with
> the shade of someone's complexion. Would it be clearer to switch the order 
> to
> "Equality and fairness"?]
> Merelice
>