Comment I Feel Sadness (Score 0, Offtopic) 753
This exchange has saddened me (as is often the case when I read "political" analyses on /.).
With few exceptions the talk is ugly and uncaring. Drones, smart bombs, and propaganda about "casualties". Where did we learn to return hate for hate? Has this ever appeased hatred? No, only kindness has ever appeased hatred. It takes a courageous people (with courageous leadership) to return kindness in the face of hatred. Evil, greedy, and careless people wage war on the weak -- and then call it justice when it is really revenge (or worse self-righteousness).
I implore thinking and caring people to turn off the media for one week. It is extremely difficult, and many of you will not be able to do it - but it is a worthwhile exercise. The media is like a drug, it dulls your sense of compassion, it damages your psyche, it renders you incapable of reasoned thought. It makes you only capable of thinking in terms defined by it - drones, smart bombs, casualties.
During that week think deeply and compassionately about what is right and wrong. Think about cause and effect. You might be surprised by what you find.
With few exceptions the talk is ugly and uncaring. Drones, smart bombs, and propaganda about "casualties". Where did we learn to return hate for hate? Has this ever appeased hatred? No, only kindness has ever appeased hatred. It takes a courageous people (with courageous leadership) to return kindness in the face of hatred. Evil, greedy, and careless people wage war on the weak -- and then call it justice when it is really revenge (or worse self-righteousness).
I implore thinking and caring people to turn off the media for one week. It is extremely difficult, and many of you will not be able to do it - but it is a worthwhile exercise. The media is like a drug, it dulls your sense of compassion, it damages your psyche, it renders you incapable of reasoned thought. It makes you only capable of thinking in terms defined by it - drones, smart bombs, casualties.
During that week think deeply and compassionately about what is right and wrong. Think about cause and effect. You might be surprised by what you find.
