Sunday, January 25, 2009

As they say... Violence Begets Violence

Trying to change the world and force your will on others by violence leads to more violence. Whether done in the name of State or Religion or personal triumph, the world becomes a more violent place. Our roots as humans are steeped in violence. Our history as humans is steeped in violence. If we survive as a race we will learn to change this behavior. Developing creeds and courts changes the structures and organizations within which we live. Changing our thoughts and ideas and the range of our responses changes humanity. It is a very slow and necessary process to lift us from the world of violence from which we arose.

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Bush basking in the Sun or crimes against humanity?

Bush and his cronies have made the world a much worse place since he arrived. There is more hate and more violence, more economic distress, more environmental distress, and more resources concentrated in the hands of a few.

He is definitely an idiot (witness his legacy of ridiculous statements), but an idiot following an arrogant, selfish and sinister plan that was well designed and well executed by the people around him. They flaunted accepted international agreements and treaties and weakened the power of a unified global community. It is time for international court to begin processing charges of crimes against humanity indicting Bush and his culpable administration. To think of him basking in the sun on his ranch, enjoying the pleasantries of a celebrity, with the blood of hundreds of thousands on his hands at the expense of the public sickens me.

I believe that if he and his culpable administrators received justice in international court, this type of abuse of power would be less likely to occur again. It is now our Global responsibility to illuminate and seek justice for these crimes… our responsibility to those involved, and our legacy to future generations.