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Conflict and Conciliation: Faith and Politics in an Age of Global Dissonance
Despite the peaceful foundations of global monotheistic religions, the broad diversity of interpretations can lead to a sharp paradox regarding the use of force. Inevitably, we must ask ourselves: How can those who ascribe to peaceful beliefs suspend their own moral foundation to beat the drums of war? ... read more
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I really wanted to post a couple of those on my blog at ms, but I didn't know how.  Did you email them to yourself and then upload? Sorry-I'm a techno dweeb, but some of these are really good and I want this all to end, too.
For those who want to look for broad meaning in the shootings I again refer them to this article at this website, http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/pinker07/pinker07_index.html. Its point is that violence in on a steep decline overall these days.
"he decided to externalize it by brutally murdering anyone he set his rabid eyes upon"
 Just one point Jay. Psy-Cho was described as deliberately picking certain victims that day, not killing "anyone" he saw. I don't doubt his psychological problems either, but there is something strange about the way witnesses say he killed some, but not others.
Good point. This from my blog The lessons of war from last November.
Had we not felt compelled to exercise our military might and invade ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Iraq in response to 9/11 -- an action one commentator said was the equivalent of America attacking Thailand instead of Japan after Pearl Harbor -- we would not be in the quagmire we now find ourselves. Indeed, it seems that we have played into bin Laden's hands ... . Documents captured since 9/11 showed that bin Laden hoped that his acts of terrorism would provoke the United States into an invasion and costly occupation. His only error was that he thought that the place where Americans would get stuck would be Afghanistan, like the Soviets had done decades earlier. Afghanistan did not really go the way bin Laden hoped, but we have more than made up for that failure in al-Qaeda's strategy by now giving it Iraq.
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..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />In Ron Suskind's The One Percent Doctrine, he quotes Jami Miscik, CIA deputy associate director for intelligence, stating that bin Laden recognized that Bush's Iraq policy served al-Qaeda's strategic goals for recruiting a new generation of jihadists. "Certainly," Miscik said, "he [bin Laden] would want Bush to keep doing what he's doing for a few more years." It seems that, in the immortal words of the old comic strip character, Pogo, we have met the enemy and he is us.
When we were in school the walls were all coming down and we were celebrating with fireworks and loud parties!
Now my kids are just starting school and the walls seem to be going back up...
What happened to the celebrating? The light shows and noise have sure changed.
haha...that is pretty funny stuff!
I like the bin laden email that is 260 megs that says "i dare you to open this attachment" LOL!Â
Does the sun rise in the east and set in the west? Is grass green? Are Bushies liars? The answer to all those questions is a resounding YES!!
So is the answer to your question. A resounding YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Although I would refrain from using your rhetoric, I am in complete agreement with you. Anyone who takes situations such as this one and turns it into a political issue has not respect for or concept of human emotion. This was a tragedy that should have never been used in such a way.
This reminds me of the anti-war/pro-peace protest I went to about a month or so ago. This was an event that was meant to memorialize those who have been killed or suffered great tragedy because of the war in Iraq. It was also a call to end the war and bring the troops home. There were countless people holding signs for peace and the like. But then there were people carrying around Ron Paul signs and passing out fliers for him. I was pissed that an event that was supposed to be about ending the war and the sad realities of those who have parished was used by those people to push their political candidates. I just wonder sometimes if any of these people have a conscience or a heart.
-Christopher
You absolutely amaze me! Thank you~ 4 caring and sharing~
Blessings 2 U & Urs & Theirs~
It's not as if he gave a press conference! He was asked his opinion in an interview!
Proponents of gun control are not exactly keeping quiet, are they? In fact the blame game has already been played by most of the media.
You had to know that eventually the politicians were going to seize the opportunity. I was just hoping that perhaps once, our elected officials could find it within themselves to stop playing politics for one day, and to mourn the loss of these people appropriately. I see that even that is impossible. Not even two days out, and people are already making political statements.
Gun control laws aren't going to stop this. Neither will Big Brother-type surveillance. When will Americans realize that we're never going to be completely safe?  Â
Thanks for asking, Ken. I haven't seen the complete list yet, but as far as I know I don't personally know any of the victims. It would have been much, much worse if he had locked himself inside the English department instead.
For the record, you're right. I'm only picking on Paul because I happened to see his statement at a moment when I'm feeling particularly upset. I really should have balanced the post with a few others (on all sides) who are showing remarkably poor timing by politicizing this event. Truth is, while I think the world would be a better place if nobody had guns, I actually vacillate a bit when it comes to the specific debate over gun control in the US.  I just wish we could all talk about it in a few weeks instead of within hours of a major national tragedy.
When I was getting my masters at Boston University I watch a university that was on the "cutting edge" of whoring itself for cash. I can only imagine others are better or worse now.
I was on a project that was with Barnes and Noble and BU. The Project manager lied to the dean and the Dean fired me without any "investigation" whatsoever-- entirely on this guys word. More "cut throat" than the private sector was this bastion of higher learning.
Later that guy had to skip town-- Boston, as he was on the verge of being sued big time for other shady/criminal stuff he was doing against an Internet company.
"See the cat? See the cradle?"
Hi ho, Mr. Vonnegut.
This would be funnier if it wasn't so real. I believe I heard that the Bush administration did similar things during the last election. Those already working for them and the campaign workers had to sign a confidentiality and loyalty agreement to be hired and/or keep their jobs.
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