I'm tired of liberals saying George Bush is a complete dope because he's willing to commit to fighting a war on foreign turf. O, yes. And he has a Southern accent. Can't be too bright with a twang or a drawl.
Have lost some friends since 9/11. O, we still stay in touch and interact at major events, but when the subject turns to politics, war, education and really anything cultural, the knives come out. Because we do have genuine affection for each other, they go away again pretty quickly, but memory lingers.
If it were a marriage, I would say irreconcilable differences.
ow Arun Gandhi, a grandson of Mohadas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi, claims that the large part of the world's violence is the fault of the Jews.
The more things change, the more they stay the same... Blaming "the Jew" is one of those old time discriminations that just never seems to go out of style with bigots.
The reason why this naturally follows is that general pacifism is irrational.
AMEN to that. You know, I assumed this was the sort of thing you did not need to explain to anyone. Kinda like... gravity. It's there. You experience it every day. You don't think about it. It's simply common knowledge that if you jump off a building you will fall.
But wow, was I wrong. People really and truly believe that all war (or force of any kind) is always wrong. The question that follows from that is what world do such people live in? They really think there are no people/groups who would (and HAVE!) done harm to other people/groups?
Again, what world is this?
But the people who believe in pacifism of course are deeply, emotionally wedded to their belief. That is the only conclusion I can come to as well. (Not really a conclusion, but I'm rushing for words right now.) It's... an emotional reaction, and THAT'S ALL. It's a fantasy that I never imagined anyone over the age of 12 could live in, and yet these people do
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I'm tired of liberals saying George Bush is a complete dope because he's willing to commit to fighting a war on foreign turf. O, yes. And he has a Southern accent. Can't be too bright with a twang or a drawl.
Have lost some friends since 9/11. O, we still stay in touch and interact at major events, but when the subject turns to politics, war, education and really anything cultural, the knives come out.
Because we do have genuine affection for each other, they go away again pretty quickly, but memory lingers.
If it were a marriage, I would say irreconcilable differences.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same... Blaming "the Jew" is one of those old time discriminations that just never seems to go out of style with bigots.
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AMEN to that. You know, I assumed this was the sort of thing you did not need to explain to anyone. Kinda like... gravity. It's there. You experience it every day. You don't think about it. It's simply common knowledge that if you jump off a building you will fall.
But wow, was I wrong. People really and truly believe that all war (or force of any kind) is always wrong. The question that follows from that is what world do such people live in? They really think there are no people/groups who would (and HAVE!) done harm to other people/groups?
Again, what world is this?
But the people who believe in pacifism of course are deeply, emotionally wedded to their belief. That is the only conclusion I can come to as well. (Not really a conclusion, but I'm rushing for words right now.) It's... an emotional reaction, and THAT'S ALL. It's a fantasy that I never imagined anyone over the age of 12 could live in, and yet these people do ( ... )
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