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Should We Be Anti-War or Pro-Peace?

posted July 14, 2008 - 2:19pm
Should We Be Anti-War or Pro-Peace?

As many of you know, I am a staunch opponent of the illegal war in Iraq in addition to the phony war on terror cum United States citizens. I have spent many hours here and offline debating with keyboard commandos who believe that war is good until you expect them to actually go do the fighting on the front lines and not from the comfort and safety of the chair in front of their computers. No, war for them is fine as long as someone else does the fighting and dying. (For the record, I have ten years military service and I have personally been some of the places in these discussions and have come to the realization that people are people no matter where you go. I also respect the sanctity of human life. I am attacked by those who haven't "been there" or "done that". Go figure.)

But, I digress. From my own understanding of the way the Universe works, I have been going about it the wrong way. Anytime a person is "against" or "anti" something, it gives energy to the very thing that person abhors. The way to operate against it most effectively is to put energy toward the alternative. In this case, Peace.

Therefore, effective immediately, I will no longer participate in any thread that condones the wholesale slaughter of innocents. I will leave that to the keyboard commandos of the Internet. What I will do henceforth is put my time and energy into bringing peace to the world and my articles/comments will reflect that change in my paradigm.

I am working on daily mediations and visualizations, which I will be happy to share with all of you as soon as I develop them.



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If You Say So, Veg

I'm talkin` `bout 'what Hell is before one gets to it." :-) ... signed, Uncle MythMan---Big Fan of stars like Tori Spelling, Fussin`, Vanessa Montagne & Lena Li--Xombie Plan

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Just like life,

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@Veghead: Making It Hell, They Condemn Themselves

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Terrorism again

SK Yes.the ordinary civilians are the worst sufferers in terrorism.Respecting their liberty and freedom,harsh measures also can not be undertaken.Mediators have their own set of ideas,and they like to play their own games.Till date,terrorism does not appear to be at the top agenda of any organisation.As there is unbalanced development in our world,terrorism is bound to raise its ugly head time and again.The developing countries where so many contradictions are there in socio-economic framework,it is a perpetual problem for them.Even in the case of a developed country,a single terrorist attack can create lot of fear.I think the solution lies in people only.A time may come when forced by government inaction,they will come on streets,and create a strong opposition which may rattle the governments.Terrorism may be a uniting force showing the strength of the massses.Let's keep our fingers crossed For my posts visit www.xomba.com/user/sanjay

SK

Know what a sophist is, Ivor?

Hint: Look in the mirror. Jdubhub has done an admirable job of presenting the hard cold facts to you, so I won't repeat them because they seem to be zooming right over your head without sticking. The good news is that neocon fantasists are in the vast minority these days, praise de lawd. But you have yo'self a nice weekend anyway, y'hear? BTW, human fetuses are neither endangered nor a species unto themselves. The last time I checked, there were SIX BILLION PLUS homo sapiens on the planet with no end in sight. (Viva Reproductive Choice-->Adopt, Don't Breed)

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War is an ugly thing and it always brigs tragedy. But war is sometimes unavoidable if survival is at stake. I cannot judge the war on Iraq only as simply, a war in Iraq. I look further and see the need of maintaining a balance of force in a very volatile region of the world. The deposition of Saddam was a worthy goal, but our presence in Iraq is more important for the stability of the world than Saddam alone. In this regard, I believe our President has done a good job and history will prove him right. Needless to say that our presence in Europe has prevented her to become mostly communist. Our presence in South Korea is preventing her to become communist. But too many are so short sighted that they cannot look far enough as to see the dangers that we would face had we not taken a semi permanent position in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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little by little the egg will walk on its legs, imor

That's a loose translation of an old Ethiopian saying. Maybe there's a little hope for you if you really believe George made mistakes. What you don't understand (or just won't admit) is that the Iraq occupation is his biggest mistake. Here's the plain simple truth: Fighting doesn't work. Fighting just leads to more fighting and more bad feelings and more fighting and . . . And surely you jest that we're safer because of Iraq! FYI, before the Iraq invasion, there was no Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups in Iraq. And now--well, you can do the math, if you so choose.

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war is a waste

I think that if the leaders of nations have problems with each other's politics and policies, have some neutral party put them in a boxing ring and let them duke it out until one or both are killed or they agree to sit down with mediators and resolve their differences. Just leave the innocent civilians out of the equation--they're too busy trying to keep their own lives from falling apart. Look what's happening right now with Russia bombing Georgia, with all the so-called "collateral damage" of dead civilians who were so unfortunate as to get in the way of the explosions. What a waste!

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Religions are clubs, mythman

And each one has its rules and regs and funny hats and rituals, and the members are encouraged to look askance at other clubs that have different rules, regs, and rituals. I don't have a problem with religionists who see through that and aren't clubby, i.e., they truly do unto others whether they agree with the others or not. But Rad Right Christians, Zionists, and Extremist Muslims and Hindus are clubby as hell and are making the world a living Hell.

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Indian perspective.

SK Thanks for all of you to make the issue a lively one form where I had left.I gained lot of insights from your thoughts,but coming to the Indian situation,I feel terrorism is a big thereat to the existence of the state.See the rise in the number of terrorist strikes in the recent times.The government is clueless,and the intelligence system has so many shortcomings.Pakistan is bent upon encouraging terrorist activities in the country.You have to pay the price of democracy and freedom For my posts visit www.xomba.com/user/sanjay

SK

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