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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: abuelita who wrote (51977)	7/25/2004 10:41:53 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

its all about being a HUMAN BEING. we are all of us, first and foremost, and only ... just human beings. Yes, very much so. I don't think any "group" (nationality, religion, race, etc..) has the market cornered on being nice, mean, polite, cruel, etc... I've met enough people from all over and every walk of life to know that there is nothing "typical". The only thing I do wish is that everyone would get the hell out and about to meet people from other countries, and get to know people from all walks of life. IMO, one of the greatest causes of intolerance and misconceptions about people of other countries, etc... is lack of knowledge about others. I've travelled quite a bit and am often shocked at how little people know of anything beyond their own small area. One of the thoughts that has stuck with me through the whole Iraq fiasco, is an article which I read before the war started. A journalist spoke with some women who ran a book store in Baghdad, and they said they hoped there wasn't going to be a war.. and that they didn't believe it would come to that. They could all speak and read english and liked to read older British novels like Wuthering Heights. I often wonder what happened to these women. Are they okay? Did they die during the shelling and other violence in Baghdad? Does anyone else feel bad that people like this ended up in the center of flying bombs, bullets and shrapnel? And for what? To prove what? It's those kinds of thoughts that just make me really angry about the events of the last year. Events brought about by gross ignorance of politicians and generals who were utterly clueless about Iraq. How could such a thing have happened? I don't believe the "little people" of any country were responsible. I believe it was the responsibility of those "in control" who should have know better -- but didn't know even half as much as my dog. It's a very sorry time we are living in when my dog knows more about foreign affairs than the leaders of some nations. croc