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The way of Peace?  [message #37783] Sat, 28 October 2006 03:12 Go to previous message
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Recently in another thread we or I should say I have been trying to press a, at least personal point that we and I mean all of us need to make a concerted effort to find alternatives to dealing with problems that seem to be pervasive around the world today. I know that many my see what I have been saying somewhat alarmist, but past history has shown that when people sit back and say “this doesn’t affect me so why should I worry” attitude has resulted in devastating consequences. I am not saying that the majority do not care. What I am doing is asking, at what point do we come together and stand for what we know is right.

A case in point, which I have seen very little discussion about, is GWB having just a couple weeks ago signed a bill which basically circumvents habeas corpus, not that, that hasn’t already been happening in this country. Our rights at least the rights of the many are slowly being eroded. I for one feel as if I were a lobster that has been put into a pot of cold water but the flame has been turned on, and slowly almost imperceptibly I’ll soon be boiled ready for the serving.

I ask you all, at what point do we come together in a concerted effort and say, Ummm wait a minute, time out, we need to discern just what and where this course is leading. Because what I see is getting a little beyond worrisome. History even relatively recent for those of us that have been around for a half century or more hehe cossie have shown what happens when we wait till what is happening effects us directly. Again I may sound alarmist but hey our fathers and grandfathers as the case may be ushered in a new age, the age of nukes. The stakes are now much higher than they were during WWII and before. I truly believe we stand on the edge of a precipice; we can either step of into oblivion or a world we have only dreamed of. This age, I think can be the true golden age of mankind or our darkest hour, but it up to us. Can we find the tolerance and common ground? I don’t know, but I do try to think beyond the bounds. I am a dreamer. I am a humanitarian I may not like everyone but I care equally for other’s as I care for myself. I do know change has to start some where no matter how daunting the task may seem, but the birth of all things start with a small seed.

Peace


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