tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4205689002479579525..comments2024-03-28T01:35:19.028-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Learning pacifism at the master's feetNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-34999311315848324192014-11-14T13:38:24.241-06:002014-11-14T13:38:24.241-06:00Mr. Evans:
I basically agree with what you have p...Mr. Evans:<br /><br />I basically agree with what you have posted above.<br /><br />Note – however – that I am dogmatic (but not absolutely so) about the following:<br /><br />1) Democracy is the way to go;<br />2) The rule of law is the way to go;<br />3) Homosexuality should not be criminalized;<br />4) Bigotry should be condemned.<br /><br />I firmly believe that most “gripes” have some merit and that most issues are more complicated than appear to the simple minded at first blush.<br /><br />That is why I am a long-form guy whose lengthy posts are not appreciated by many.<br /><br /> Pacifism was certainly the way to go for Mohandas Gandhi in India and for Martin Luther King to go in the United States. It succeeded because the British and the Americans were basically decent and moral people. It would not have been the way to go if dealing with Hitler, Stalin, Mao or OBL.<br />JerryBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53128367026402338752014-11-14T08:45:01.948-06:002014-11-14T08:45:01.948-06:00http://riseuptimes.org/2014/11/13/%E2%96%B6-debunk...http://riseuptimes.org/2014/11/13/%E2%96%B6-debunking-the-gandhi-myth-arundhati-roy-and-diversity-and-the-intercept-greenwald/ is an excellent presentation by the Indian novelist and political activist Arundhati Roy (author of The God of Small Things) on Debunking the Gandhi MythAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42124033897153626082014-11-14T08:39:50.217-06:002014-11-14T08:39:50.217-06:00Thomas, you beat me to it. Marxists have certainl...Thomas, you beat me to it. Marxists have certainly displayed religious zeal resembling nothing less than the so-called Spanish Inquisition and even Humanism has its heretics.<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14675033280806440272014-11-14T03:03:34.595-06:002014-11-14T03:03:34.595-06:00I read the full Steinberg article several times bu...I read the full Steinberg article several times but am still not sure of Mr. Steinberg’s attitude towards Arun Ghandi. As far as I can tell – and this may be putting words into Mr. Steinberg’s mouth –Mr. Steinberg believes Arun Ghandi to be a well meaning fool.<br /><br />I agree with Mr. Steinberg when he asserts :<br /><br />“””Actually, the Palestinian situation is because of what has been happening in the Middle East, and anyone who believes otherwise, who dreams that should it by some miracle be settled, then the Middle East will become as placid as the Midwest, is still pointing fingers at Jews, though more slyly. Not to dwell on that. I like the idea that the Israel/Palestinian knot is so twisted that even a hereditary advocate of pacifism can find himself spouting disguised bigotries.’’’’<br /><br />But then Mr. Steinberg asserts his own simple minded bigotry towards religion when Mr. Steinberg asserts:<br /><br />“””Religion, to me, is not the solution to violence but an expression of the hostility people feel toward one another — conjuring a deity to put His divine thumbprint on your biases. Sure, you can pry religion away from that, just as you can use handguns as paperweights. But it’s using an elaborate device to attempt something very simple.”””<br /><br />Marxism – put into practice in the 20th century -- was the avowedly godless experiment that failed miserably. And miserably in almost all – if not all – instances.<br /><br />If Israel magically disappeared the Middle East would be as screwed up as it presently is. Israel is merely a scapegoat. If religion magically disappeared the world would not be better but probably far worst as shown by the 20th Century Marxist experiment.<br /><br />Throughout the history of mankind the Jews of done immense amounts of “good” and very little bad in the name of religion. <br /><br />Let’s not use the Jews as a scapegoat. Let’s not use religion as a scapegoat.<br /><br /><br />JerryBnoreply@blogger.com