violence
January 3, 2009
- We must stop the violence. Our leaders refuse so let's look to the young for new ideas, but workable ideas instead of doing the same thing over and over. The old reasons for violence in Palestine are just weak excuses now. It's been 61 years since England had the idea of squeezing the Palestinians out of Palestine. Except for profiteers from violence no one in the Middle East, none of ...
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December 29, 2008
- What does it mean to be modern? This question came to my mind as I listened to NPR this morning and heard a French commentator stating that people in Europe viewed themselves as more modern, less violent and more solutions oriented than the US population that elected G. Bush twice. The commentator goes on to say that views of the US have changed since the election...But what caught my attention ...
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December 3, 2008
- The present world looks for common factors to the Humanity. It stretches out towards mankind's unity. It is creating the universal man. Writers, scientists, artists, languages are henceforth considered a common heritage. They belong to humanity. The UNO rely on national competencies for the resolution of international issues. Such personalities no longer belong solely to their country of ...
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November 30, 2008
- In his interesting blog discussing the relationship of violence and language, Hammoudi Abdelwahab proposes a multi-lingual philosophy as a bridge to peace - and he has spoken elsewhere about how cultures are enriched when people are prepared to engage with 'foreigners' in their native tongue. No defender of our common humanity could take issue with this. No one who has an educated, liberal and ...
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November 29, 2008
- TV screens have become monochrome. Just one color: Red. The color of blood. Too much violence is plunging the world into mourning. Violence is shrouding the world in gloom.Free violence is becoming a way of life for many, and on the screen, a new form of entertainment. The audience's rate increases as the rate of hemoglobin increases on the screen. The phenomenon of violence has reached an ...
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November 27, 2008
- Neurosis, as far as it could strike an isolated individual, can as well affect a whole group or a whole nation.At this moment, the clinical symptoms of individual neurosis become those of a whole group of persons. So during History, there are cyclic periods during which entire nations might sink into a collective madness. In these nations, psychologically disturbed people become the rule, while ...
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November 26, 2008
- Today, there was a violent attack at Mumbai. I believe this is one of those moments we should ask ourselves: When will enough be enough?People wanting to control others, use violence if it is requiered. People wanting money, using violence to obtain power. Violence does not need to be mortal to the body. Psychological agression can slowly cause a mental degeneration, that will eventually lead ...
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November 26, 2008
- The Magic Theatre presents… EVIE’S WALTZ By Carter W. Lewis Starring Darren Bridgett, Julia Brothers, Marielle Heller A San Francisco comedian said, “These days kids KILL their parents. When I was a kid, I didn’t know I had that option.” That remark is uncomfortably true. Today, teen agers not only have that choice, but the internet has made it easy for them to act on ...
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November 24, 2008
- i have been married for about four years now and my husband and i got married at 18 we have 3kids all under the age of four and it gets stressful sometimes for both of us... he is in the army hes been a soldier for almost 3 years now he was deployed in Iraq last year and ever since he came back he came back a different person i sometimes don't know who he is anymore... i try to do everything that ...
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November 17, 2008
- It's been 19 years since six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were murdered by soldiers at their university residence in El Salvador.Just the day before, I'd done a long interview with one of those priests, Ignacio Martin-Baro, about the major guerrilla offensive then raging all around the neighborhoods of San Salvador. That big impressive brain was splattered all over the grass ...
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