What you are missing is that there are some bad people on your planet. No matter how much you want to dodge it, it's true.
I am not missing this fact but am well aware of it. As I said before, ignorance is the root cause of evil. These terrorists were not born hating the US; they acquired this along the way.
Otherwise, he's on notice that it's me or him, and I am now playing by his rules.
This is where you and I part ways. This is only bringing you down to the level of the terrorists. My argument is that Good will always win out, even if there is no battle. I just finished an excellent book by Aung San Suu Kyi, elected leader of Burma who was placed under house arrest for 6 years after she won 82% of the vote. The Burmese regime is a military one, and is attempting to squash anyone who disagrees with them. Aung San Suu Kyi is leading a peaceful movement which will prevail, not because of arms or fighting, but because it is just. In the book her car is fired upon after going through a checkpoint where her papers checked out okay. Her driver stepped on the gas and did what came natural; fled as fast and as far as he could. In what is a true act of bravery, Aung San Suu Kyi told him to turn around and head back to the checkpoint, since as she says "we never run from people firing at us." That is the definition of courage and bravery; not the act of picking up a weapon to do harm. In the end Right will always prevail.
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and, for a time, they seem invincible, but in the end they always fail. Think of it - ALWAYS."
-Mahatma Gandhi
Regards,
Brian |
