Are we quite certain The Prophet wanted to be invisible?
Did he say that, or did some ordinary mortals come up with that?
And why again would he want us to exchange ink for blood?
Is this what he was?
He'd need people to kill for him?
Does Christianity have a Holy person of this sort?
Do Buddhists?
What about the Shinto religion? Does it value murder?
Do Hindi Deities want people to kill for them?
Maybe we simply don't understand why jihadists are committing
such horrors; but leaving The Prophet all the blame.
Surely they douse him with slaughter he truly has not asked for, and
does not want.
I think they might want to accept their own weaknesses as blame for what
they feel compelled to do.
Or the rest of us have to broadcast their weaknesses loudly enough that
their screaming their motivations as those of their Prophet will be
drowned out.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Harvard
I get so amazed when I realize people who behave like dolts went to Harvard.
I can understand most people who have gone there are wondrous thinkers.
Others, well, perhaps they were accepted as legacies- like Geaorge W. Bush at Yale. Those sorts
of pedigrees hurt the country way more than Affirmative Action ever could.
Case in point- George W. Bush.
How many women and children did get killed in his bloody war, the war he based on so many lies?
One of the Charlie Hebdo killers invoked the horror of Iraq in his killing spree- though he himself
was killing civilians too. Did he learn from ISIL or from Bush and Chaney? Is a killer just a killer,
and the one who kills more efficiently has ideals which last and spread more easily?
I hope not. I want to believe American ideals are plentiful enough in the "humanity and humanities"
column to be worthy of lasting and sharing.
But Harvard really ought to look more diligently for people who don't just know a lot about the world, and have access to a lot about the world; but have a gifted and sacred way of interpreting
the world.
Knowledge is the lowest level of the intellectual spectrum.
Interpretation is key to mastering life and liberty in a various world.
I know perfectly well what Einstein's formula is for his theory of relativity. It is E=mc(squared).
Can I interpret it? Barely?
Mathematically interpret it?
Not at all.
If I could interpret it, would I want to do so, be able to do so, in a way which would enhance
humanity? I can only hope so. One doesn't have to be a saint in order to avoid massive evils.
If Harvard continues unleash Mitt Romneys and Ted Cruzes on our population, where are the
truly brilliant people the 'premier' institution leaves behind?
Who is having more influence in the world's human history right now? George Bush, or
Saddam Hussein?
I believe it's more and more a toss-up each day.
And sadly, we have dolts from Harvard wanting to continue in a "Yalie" legacy.
I give Harvard a bit of a pass for giving us Presidents Carter and Obama.
The world is a much better place because of the leadership we've gotten from these two men.
But now take Lawrence O'Donnell and Alan Dershowitz? O'Donnell is a genius.
The latter may have deserved a look when he applied to get in; however, why would thinking
people admit him, knowing he'd also want to leave in their names? All I can figure is that Dershowitz must also believe 'blood diamonds' were perfectly fine to begin and to continue in our lives if he
thinks France "deserves" terrorism.
Harvard! Get it together. Your slip is showing. These DOLTS are contemporaries.
I can understand most people who have gone there are wondrous thinkers.
Others, well, perhaps they were accepted as legacies- like Geaorge W. Bush at Yale. Those sorts
of pedigrees hurt the country way more than Affirmative Action ever could.
Case in point- George W. Bush.
How many women and children did get killed in his bloody war, the war he based on so many lies?
One of the Charlie Hebdo killers invoked the horror of Iraq in his killing spree- though he himself
was killing civilians too. Did he learn from ISIL or from Bush and Chaney? Is a killer just a killer,
and the one who kills more efficiently has ideals which last and spread more easily?
I hope not. I want to believe American ideals are plentiful enough in the "humanity and humanities"
column to be worthy of lasting and sharing.
But Harvard really ought to look more diligently for people who don't just know a lot about the world, and have access to a lot about the world; but have a gifted and sacred way of interpreting
the world.
Knowledge is the lowest level of the intellectual spectrum.
Interpretation is key to mastering life and liberty in a various world.
I know perfectly well what Einstein's formula is for his theory of relativity. It is E=mc(squared).
Can I interpret it? Barely?
Mathematically interpret it?
Not at all.
If I could interpret it, would I want to do so, be able to do so, in a way which would enhance
humanity? I can only hope so. One doesn't have to be a saint in order to avoid massive evils.
If Harvard continues unleash Mitt Romneys and Ted Cruzes on our population, where are the
truly brilliant people the 'premier' institution leaves behind?
Who is having more influence in the world's human history right now? George Bush, or
Saddam Hussein?
I believe it's more and more a toss-up each day.
And sadly, we have dolts from Harvard wanting to continue in a "Yalie" legacy.
I give Harvard a bit of a pass for giving us Presidents Carter and Obama.
The world is a much better place because of the leadership we've gotten from these two men.
But now take Lawrence O'Donnell and Alan Dershowitz? O'Donnell is a genius.
The latter may have deserved a look when he applied to get in; however, why would thinking
people admit him, knowing he'd also want to leave in their names? All I can figure is that Dershowitz must also believe 'blood diamonds' were perfectly fine to begin and to continue in our lives if he
thinks France "deserves" terrorism.
Harvard! Get it together. Your slip is showing. These DOLTS are contemporaries.
I Don't Understand...Do I Want To?
At least one of the Charlie Hebdo terrorists had a wife.
He had had a job at Coca-Cola.
He was young.
He was a pretty good-looking guy.
Was there never a thought of having a home or apartment to care about?
Never a thought of keeping the companionship of his wife alive and well?
Was there never any consideration of raising babies to play and learn and make
grandchildren?
Ever?
Some things can make one feel that if they understood, it would mar them forever.
One of the Mid-Eastern killers killed a Mid-Eastern policeman.
The killer of African descent killed a policewoman of African descent.
I don't think of New York policemen as more than henchmen at times. but today I am very
proud of some of them.
Some NYPD officers, nine of them I've heard, are going to travel half way around the world
to attend the French funerals of the two officers killed in the aftermath of the Hebdo massacre.
That is a gesture of personal respect and sacrifice which would be difficult for anyone to top
whether they believe in the cause set forth from it or not.
For those officers to be in attendance from so far away, from a major U.S. enforcement group
will mean so very much to the families of those officers lost in the line of duty, especially if
there are children in the families.
Sometimes, even in the midst of terrible, terrible tragedy, one comes upon a thing one is proud
and happy to have learned, to proud to be able to remember.
He had had a job at Coca-Cola.
He was young.
He was a pretty good-looking guy.
Was there never a thought of having a home or apartment to care about?
Never a thought of keeping the companionship of his wife alive and well?
Was there never any consideration of raising babies to play and learn and make
grandchildren?
Ever?
Some things can make one feel that if they understood, it would mar them forever.
One of the Mid-Eastern killers killed a Mid-Eastern policeman.
The killer of African descent killed a policewoman of African descent.
I don't think of New York policemen as more than henchmen at times. but today I am very
proud of some of them.
Some NYPD officers, nine of them I've heard, are going to travel half way around the world
to attend the French funerals of the two officers killed in the aftermath of the Hebdo massacre.
That is a gesture of personal respect and sacrifice which would be difficult for anyone to top
whether they believe in the cause set forth from it or not.
For those officers to be in attendance from so far away, from a major U.S. enforcement group
will mean so very much to the families of those officers lost in the line of duty, especially if
there are children in the families.
Sometimes, even in the midst of terrible, terrible tragedy, one comes upon a thing one is proud
and happy to have learned, to proud to be able to remember.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Is This The Decade Of The Three Monkeys?
See no evil; even when you have every right to do so.
One nation censures what another nation can see, even if a leader is only fictionally threatened
.
Hear no evil.
Journalists and civil libertarians forbid their own government from listening to anything that leadership has the power to hear, unless it can be proven to threaten our safety before it is heard. Huh?
Speak no evil, though you maybe able to prove you do no harm which threatens life, limb,liberty, temporary or permanent health.
Do we really have to go that far back in time to avoid being blind-sided by various slaughters?
How can that be the human condition inthis, our 21st century since the bloody crucifixion?
One nation censures what another nation can see, even if a leader is only fictionally threatened
.
Hear no evil.
Journalists and civil libertarians forbid their own government from listening to anything that leadership has the power to hear, unless it can be proven to threaten our safety before it is heard. Huh?
Speak no evil, though you maybe able to prove you do no harm which threatens life, limb,liberty, temporary or permanent health.
Do we really have to go that far back in time to avoid being blind-sided by various slaughters?
How can that be the human condition inthis, our 21st century since the bloody crucifixion?
United States District Court/ Southern District Of New York/ December 6, 1933
Ulysses, written by Mr. James Joyce, was considered an obscenity in this country until this day in history.
The church didn't appreciate this book one bit; and yet no one, as I understand it, was killed over it.
The real difference between then and now is that cultures underwritten by mysticisms have to be motivated to compartmentalize their religious faith against their faith in one another, and in how much faith they have that their religious foundations cannot be assailed in their hearts.
Catholics, for instance, have no reason to believe Charlie Hebdo revered them or their beliefs.
Still, they'd see no need for that to be a requirement for Hebdo's existence.
Devout Catholics may not have ever considered reading the magazine. However, they feel their devotion is unable to be lessened in their hearts, unless they do it personally. They are also quite certain their fellow citizens have no reason to care much what they say when they get on their knees.
Equally impactful- Catholics sense their faith is unassailable in this world. The Catholic imagination
is unable to believe Jesus might need, or want mortals to let blood for him.
If living is healthier than killing; then perhaps fundamentalists everywhere can learn to concentrate
on the former. And perhaps there are ways, through implanting precepts of the evolution of Christian martyrdoms in the pluralistic societies of our human conscience to convince people their
holy ones don't need people killing and torturing, and leaving the blame for the holy ones who never
did do any of that.
What to do?
Should we publish more stories of St. Stephen?
The church didn't appreciate this book one bit; and yet no one, as I understand it, was killed over it.
The real difference between then and now is that cultures underwritten by mysticisms have to be motivated to compartmentalize their religious faith against their faith in one another, and in how much faith they have that their religious foundations cannot be assailed in their hearts.
Catholics, for instance, have no reason to believe Charlie Hebdo revered them or their beliefs.
Still, they'd see no need for that to be a requirement for Hebdo's existence.
Devout Catholics may not have ever considered reading the magazine. However, they feel their devotion is unable to be lessened in their hearts, unless they do it personally. They are also quite certain their fellow citizens have no reason to care much what they say when they get on their knees.
Equally impactful- Catholics sense their faith is unassailable in this world. The Catholic imagination
is unable to believe Jesus might need, or want mortals to let blood for him.
If living is healthier than killing; then perhaps fundamentalists everywhere can learn to concentrate
on the former. And perhaps there are ways, through implanting precepts of the evolution of Christian martyrdoms in the pluralistic societies of our human conscience to convince people their
holy ones don't need people killing and torturing, and leaving the blame for the holy ones who never
did do any of that.
What to do?
Should we publish more stories of St. Stephen?
Friday, January 9, 2015
The U.S. Endured A Massive Terror Attack
We lost thousands of lives.
We lost many lives in many locations.
We lost scores of businesses.
We lost a great deal of our financial center.
We suffered an attack on our premiere military location.
No one should compare that horror to any other.
As terrorism goes, we have come back from fires of hell-
even though Muslim citizens here are NOT marginalized in any great way.
We lost many lives in many locations.
We lost scores of businesses.
We lost a great deal of our financial center.
We suffered an attack on our premiere military location.
No one should compare that horror to any other.
As terrorism goes, we have come back from fires of hell-
even though Muslim citizens here are NOT marginalized in any great way.
MSNBC Unravels A Lot
French Muslims feel marginalized in French society, and are kept largely segregated from opportunities even in their own enclaves.
Apparently, political progressives in Europe and America are worried the Charlie Hebdo attack will
encourage right-wing politics; thereby encouraging Muslims to further radicalize because they would then have no one to turn to but already radical extremists.
Is France a big enough country to continue to harbor so many violent, disenfranchised radicals?
Even a large country should not, of course; but the square mileage in France shouldbe one thing to make the country stop to think about housing 5 million people who may lack full citizenship.
If Marine Le Pen should be elected in France to succeed Francois Hollande, where would she suggest
as a place for French Muslims to go?
Britain has minority problems.
Germany has an increasingly vocal right-wing ... again.
Eastern Europe is not tolerant.
Perhaps the time has come to assimilate people with French citizenship, or at least begin the process.
If it's true that only 1% of France's Muslims are in sympathy with extremists, or jihadists, then 500,000 French citizens are dissatisfied enough with the country to fight it or agree with fighting it.
France, you don't have enough citizens to stay on the kill or be killed track with a half million of them.
You just spent tens of thousands of men and man hours of dangerously engaged work to find the Charlie killers. With the Euro in a nine year free fall, and Greece still on another baiil-out brink.
Is "manhunt" an effective way to plan to protect your citizens?
As long as President Obama keeps American dollars from making increasing oil purchases, and as long as he keeps those same dollars from having to compete with currencies of countries under sanction- a great many entities around this world with undiversified economies are going to use young, compromised citizens to express their own panic by offering mystical rewards where none seem available in this life.
Your countrymen and women could be more secure than to await the expressed bitterness of thousands, even in the persons of a few. Your citizens deserve better use of their resources, and of their pursuit of happiness.
As a country enjoyiing an advanced civilization, you need much better policy better ideas, going forward. You need more encouraging prevention.
Apparently, political progressives in Europe and America are worried the Charlie Hebdo attack will
encourage right-wing politics; thereby encouraging Muslims to further radicalize because they would then have no one to turn to but already radical extremists.
Is France a big enough country to continue to harbor so many violent, disenfranchised radicals?
Even a large country should not, of course; but the square mileage in France shouldbe one thing to make the country stop to think about housing 5 million people who may lack full citizenship.
If Marine Le Pen should be elected in France to succeed Francois Hollande, where would she suggest
as a place for French Muslims to go?
Britain has minority problems.
Germany has an increasingly vocal right-wing ... again.
Eastern Europe is not tolerant.
Perhaps the time has come to assimilate people with French citizenship, or at least begin the process.
If it's true that only 1% of France's Muslims are in sympathy with extremists, or jihadists, then 500,000 French citizens are dissatisfied enough with the country to fight it or agree with fighting it.
France, you don't have enough citizens to stay on the kill or be killed track with a half million of them.
You just spent tens of thousands of men and man hours of dangerously engaged work to find the Charlie killers. With the Euro in a nine year free fall, and Greece still on another baiil-out brink.
Is "manhunt" an effective way to plan to protect your citizens?
As long as President Obama keeps American dollars from making increasing oil purchases, and as long as he keeps those same dollars from having to compete with currencies of countries under sanction- a great many entities around this world with undiversified economies are going to use young, compromised citizens to express their own panic by offering mystical rewards where none seem available in this life.
Your countrymen and women could be more secure than to await the expressed bitterness of thousands, even in the persons of a few. Your citizens deserve better use of their resources, and of their pursuit of happiness.
As a country enjoyiing an advanced civilization, you need much better policy better ideas, going forward. You need more encouraging prevention.
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