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3.09.2003
Ahhh.. this is the kernal of truth that I feel, many say it but its doesn't sit well with those that see ACTION as the response that we must take. As if not doing anything is the greatest of all crimes. We simply have to lash out at those we hate. Create more to hate, and lash out again and again. That will fill out deep need to be whole. This same need to do anything, besides just doing nothing is the same gut response we see from all politicians and people. And to what extent does this grow out of our society that has no value for things with no productive value, things like tree and grass and sky and air? I don't know. Just read below: MOYERS: How do we protect ourselves, defend our security, do the right thing and yet not be taken by surprise again? HEDGES: By having the courage to be vulnerable. By not folding in on ourselves. By not becoming like those who are arrayed against us. By not using their rhetoric and not adopting their worldview. What we did after 9/11 was glorify ourselves, denigrate the others. We're certainly, now at this moment, denigrating the French and the Germans who, after all, are our allies. And we created this global troika with Vladimir Putin and Ariel Sharon. One fifth of the world's population, most of whom are not Arabs, look at us through the prism of Chechnya and Palestine. And yes, we certainly have to hunt down Osama bin Laden. I would like to see those who carried out 9/11, in so far as it is possible, go on trial for the crimes against humanity that they committed. But we must also begin to address the roots of that legitimate rage and anger that is against us. It has to be a twofold battle. We are not going to stop terrorism through violence. You see that in Israel. In some ways, the best friend Hamas has is Ariel Sharon, because every time the Israelis send warplanes to bomb a refugee camp or tanks into Ramallah, it weakens and destroys that moderate center within the Palestinian community. And essentially creates two apocalyptic visions. One on the extreme right wing of Israeli politics. And certainly one on the ex | |
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