This is part conspiracy theory, part existentialist..... but I think we are in a critical point in time in which I do not consider it completely incoceivable that world events will lead to a huge clash between Christianity and Islam via America vs Middle East. It could even conceivably end in holocaust.
Now that's the worst possible measure. But what I do know is this. The media is increasingly painting arabs in negative lights, the political cartoon outrage, the beheadings, the Christian being sentenced to death for practicing his religion.
If all arabs were how the media showed us, a holocaust is a certainty.
I implore you. Do not side with America. Do not side with the middle east. Do not side with Christianity. Do not side with Islam.
Side with humanity. Realize that there are violent extremists not only in the middle east oppressing women and killing "infidels" but there are many in our own armies, in our own churches and on the televisions and a few in the governments.
Do NOT play this game. If you play this game, if you cave in to hatred and therefore FEAR, YOU ARE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING to the escalation of this "holy war"
Think about it.... the more Americans get pissed off at the extremists Muslims, the more they say "oh ALL muslims are barbian evil people" the more even RATIONAL Muslims get angry and think "Okay you know what if you Christian assholes think we're like that, maybe we should be"
the war is not fought by the extremists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Understand this now. the extremists are a minority
I CANNOT INSTILL THIS POINT ENOUGH
The war is fought by making people on the fence, normal people like you and me, paranoid hateful and violent and upset! The war is fought by turning US into extremists by playing on our fear and hatred of other human beings.
As long as we as humans stand united and refuse to take part in labeling people as brown, christian, muslim, conservative, liberal, evil, righteous.... as long as we refuse to be programmed. Others will see us as becaons of peace in an uncertain and artifically (yes, artificially) frightening world.
All this... all this is distraction. The terrorists are not the problem, it is the FUTURE terrorists that are the problem. We CANNOT create more of them. The more we hate Islam and arabs in general, the more they hate us in general, the more Americans become more extreme in their hatred against Islam the more Islam becomes more extreme in its hatred of Christianity and Americans.
Take the middle path before it is too late. Do not watch the news. If you do watch it with a critical eye. I see it as a possibility that the media will continue painting Islam in a more and more negative and "evil" way, furthering hatred and decreasing rationality.
I don't see it as Muslims are killing innocent people. I see it as extremists are killing innocent people. I don't care if those extremists bare a confederate flag and drive pickup trucks or ride camels [that's a joke] and tote suicide bombs.
This war is turning US the NORMAL people into extremists..... that is the only true threat to our safety.
Do not tolerate it.
Do not hate.
Do not participate in being scared. Do not be coerced into giving up your freedoms and caving into fear and hatred. And if you are afraid, realize that no one whose main purpose is to instill fear in you is your friend.
Stop suckling off the television, it will only make you more fearful, more uncertain. More ready to truely believe that your life is in immediate danger, that the world is a bout to end. And .... yes... if the world were about to end that's the natural reaction, nuke those [arabic slurs]. We have to kill them all.
If you adopt that mentality this world will crumble you are being manipulated and are not fundamentally different from the people being indoctrinated overseas.
If you understand what I am saying, spread the truth to everyone you know. Our future lies in our hands..... yes there are extremists, yes there is a huge mess in the middle east, but it doesn't get better through xenophobic hatred of an entire ethnicity and a willingness to bomb without care or discretion.
Is regime change a good idea, is democracy in the middle east a good idea? most probably so. Is a doctrine of fear, hate, and eradication of freedoms a good idea? NO. The world will not become a freer place unless America becomes a freer place. We must remain rational and peaceful and urge people to think critically.
Extreme anarchism and hatred of the government does not work either and will only create further persecution of Americans. The way out is with peace, rationality. Speak out, criticize, lambast, but do not hate. Whether it be the people running this show, the people in the middle east, the flag waving "patriots" that think you should be in jail for having shamanistic tendencies.
Don't hate.
Hate, fear.
That is this world. But we are right here in the middle with the opportunity to keep it from falling apart. We CANNOT hate. Ever. We cannot FEAR, ever. As long as these two things do not happen there will be more balance than there will be dissonance. If the average American, once rational comfortable and peaceful, caves into apathy and becomes hateful of boogeymen, we will become a tyrannical police state and the world will be fucked. If the average American stays average and doesn't take things seriously, everything will be fine.
Get involved on a local level, be political, donate to charities. Make your decisions out of love, or if you can't... and it is a c hallenging thing to do. Make them rationally. Never act out of hate. If you want to reform drug laws you don't go to the chief of police and call him a piece of shit, you engage him in rational discussion. You will find common ground with him no matter what his views are. You never hate.
Don't be afraid to speak. I am. I am worried simply writing this will bring unwanted attention my way. We should not fear our government, if we stop speaking and censor ourselves then hope is already lost.
-------------------- I am the MacDaddy of Heimlich County, I play it Straight Up Yo!
....I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human......
Om Namah Shivaya, I tell you What!
Edited by leery11 (03/24/06 09:54 AM)
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