Robert, you are a gifted master with words! And such great insights, too. I think this quote really sums things up for me: "I refuse to take part in it. I will not sacrifice my principles to protect cynical geopolitical and financial interests that could not care less about who lives or dies, or what country or environment is destroyed in the process."
We cannot take part in our world's destruction. We cannot justify in any form a genocide of our fellow human beings--in Gaza, Congo, Sudan... We cannot risk losing our own souls/consciences/better natures just to become like those currently in power who exist merely to make profits for themselves and their corporations. We must fight back against these evils with every ounce of energy that we have. We must use our words and actions to convince others to do the same.
If we remain silent, we will have condemned our world and its peoples to death. Maybe not the kind of "death" others think about when I use that term, but the death of our inner spiritual beings. We will become even less than dogs who fight for the crumbs falling from their masters' tables. At least dogs are loyal companions. What will humanity be without a conscience, without a soul? We will not even recognize each others as equals. We will see each other as objects to be simply used and exploited.
May it never come to that point! You give me great hope that there are many of us who are seeing a grand awakening of consciences across the globe. Together, we can speak out and make a difference. Keep making that difference in everything you do and may 2024 be a better year for us all. (With lots of chocolate to celebrate--haha!) Bless you!
The West has been at war with Islam since 650. Today, the frontline of that war is Gaza. Israel is surrounded on all sides by Iran-funded terrorists, including Hizbollah which has hundreds of guided and unguided missiles. Israel cannot survive in a state of constant war. It has called top 300,000 reservists bringing its economy to a halt. This is unsustainable. Both Hamas and Hizbollah must be destroyed now.
You wait till Trump gets re-elected, which is very much on the cards. Watch the world's greatest democracy become an even bigger hotbed of misogyny, racism, xenophobia and internecine warfare, leaving Russia, China, and North Korea rubbing their hands with glee. Italy already has Meloni, Hungary has Orban, Argentina now has Milei. God help us all.
Robert, you are a gifted master with words! And such great insights, too. I think this quote really sums things up for me: "I refuse to take part in it. I will not sacrifice my principles to protect cynical geopolitical and financial interests that could not care less about who lives or dies, or what country or environment is destroyed in the process."
We cannot take part in our world's destruction. We cannot justify in any form a genocide of our fellow human beings--in Gaza, Congo, Sudan... We cannot risk losing our own souls/consciences/better natures just to become like those currently in power who exist merely to make profits for themselves and their corporations. We must fight back against these evils with every ounce of energy that we have. We must use our words and actions to convince others to do the same.
If we remain silent, we will have condemned our world and its peoples to death. Maybe not the kind of "death" others think about when I use that term, but the death of our inner spiritual beings. We will become even less than dogs who fight for the crumbs falling from their masters' tables. At least dogs are loyal companions. What will humanity be without a conscience, without a soul? We will not even recognize each others as equals. We will see each other as objects to be simply used and exploited.
May it never come to that point! You give me great hope that there are many of us who are seeing a grand awakening of consciences across the globe. Together, we can speak out and make a difference. Keep making that difference in everything you do and may 2024 be a better year for us all. (With lots of chocolate to celebrate--haha!) Bless you!
The West has been at war with Islam since 650. Today, the frontline of that war is Gaza. Israel is surrounded on all sides by Iran-funded terrorists, including Hizbollah which has hundreds of guided and unguided missiles. Israel cannot survive in a state of constant war. It has called top 300,000 reservists bringing its economy to a halt. This is unsustainable. Both Hamas and Hizbollah must be destroyed now.
You wait till Trump gets re-elected, which is very much on the cards. Watch the world's greatest democracy become an even bigger hotbed of misogyny, racism, xenophobia and internecine warfare, leaving Russia, China, and North Korea rubbing their hands with glee. Italy already has Meloni, Hungary has Orban, Argentina now has Milei. God help us all.