As many people in the world take some time to remember the victims of the holocaust, for many the wounds are being cut deeper by the rhetoric of a few. While it certainly troubles me personally , we should take this time to focus on remembering the those who perished and pause for a moment to reflect on the gravity of this horrific event. By elevating those who make outragous claims of revisionist history, we are giving a pulpit to those who do not deserve one. There will be sufficient time to address these dangerous elements but I would like to spend this week reading stories, watching videotaped testimony, and if possible talk with actiual survivors and in our own individual way, remember and never ever forget. We should preserve the dignity of the perished and should have a new respect for the dignity of human life in general. I think that is something that all people should agree on.
I have walked the grounds of Aushwitz and believe me, it is chilling.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Taliban is Correct
about one thing at least.
Taliban insurgents rejected on Wednesday a U.S. offer of "honorable reconciliation" as a "lunatic idea"
what i want to know is why don't we think so as well. have we become so "all or nothing" that we swing wildly from end to end without any regard for where we truly should stand on each individual issue. Anti-war, fine. Pure Pacifism, sure. I understand people have ideals and they should stick to them. Most would agree that even with deposing (and ultimately executing) a tyrant like Saddam Hussein, the Iraq war was a blunder. But to make nice with the Taliban (which unlike Iraq, is very much linked to Osama Bin Laden and al quaida). If we are going to walk away because that suits our national interests and takes troops out of harms way, let's just say it like that and let's just walk away but let's be true to our ideals.
Taliban insurgents rejected on Wednesday a U.S. offer of "honorable reconciliation" as a "lunatic idea"
what i want to know is why don't we think so as well. have we become so "all or nothing" that we swing wildly from end to end without any regard for where we truly should stand on each individual issue. Anti-war, fine. Pure Pacifism, sure. I understand people have ideals and they should stick to them. Most would agree that even with deposing (and ultimately executing) a tyrant like Saddam Hussein, the Iraq war was a blunder. But to make nice with the Taliban (which unlike Iraq, is very much linked to Osama Bin Laden and al quaida). If we are going to walk away because that suits our national interests and takes troops out of harms way, let's just say it like that and let's just walk away but let's be true to our ideals.
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