I come from a culture that decimated the indigenous population of North and South America, that in the last century produced 2 world wars that resulted in millions of deaths and murdered on an industrial scale. In this century we've dropped bombs and ignited sectarian conflict in the Iraq and...
People moving from place to place in search of a better life is the way and it has always been so. Ever since our distant ancestors left Africa.
Letting religion entirely aside - in my opinion anyone who would begrudge a better life to people fleeing war and misery is lacking in the most...
First, it's not helpful to believe in bogeymen. Before you know it the 'Islamization of Europe' will turn out to be a fiendishly clever Zionist plot.
Second, the proper attitude to people fleeing war, death and hardship is generosity and compassion.
I heard on the radio yesterday that many people in my corner of the world are afraid that the refugees seeking asylum in Europe included some who would do 'us' harm. ISIS sleepers and so on.
It seems to me that being in a state of fear hands power to those who would manipulate.
Is fear the...
Since the write off of corporate debt is commonplace, even by EU governments, it seems odd to me that the write off of unsustainable national debt is an issue.
The Greeks have sucked up more austerity than any other country for the last 5 years. It hasn't worked. It will not work. Even the...
At the core of my religion is a philosophy of live and let live. I can find it hard not to categorize people who criticize, condemn, or reject this philosophy of live and let live as bad, immoral, or evil.
I believe in the material basis of mind but I also believe that our thought begins in the cultures that we are born into rather than within our brains.
Even when I shift perspective I cannot separate my 'self' from that perspective. Furthermore, what constitutes 'logic' or 'evidence' depends upon my (shifting?) perspectives.
Heck, even the idea of 'stupid' depends on perspective.
Signed: Bewildered :D
If Farage says it it is likely to be wrong..
On the specific point. I do not agree that people have an automatic right to offend.
Moreover, other than inciting conflict, I don't think that causing offence is useful.
I think that in a similar way to how support for Palestine is often a thin...
I've learnt that religion can be the most delicate instrument imaginable, that through it we have the potential to fine tune our being to resonate with the universe. Sadly, the vulgar and the unimaginative amongst us would pick up this thing of beauty and beat us about the head with it.
I...