--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (snip)
> Measures to address global warming would > involve reducing our dependence on fossil > fuels, which would in turn reduce our > increasingly disastrous involvement in the > Middle East; and measures to address > poverty would reduce the appeal of terrorism. > > That isn't the whole story by any means, of > course, but it does suggest that what the > London bombers have accomplished is to lead > the G8 to confront terrorism in a way that > will perpetuate and aggravate it rather than > take action to remedy the reasons for it. > > The big mistake, in other words, is to think > it's a choice between fighting terrorism, on > one hand, and fighting poverty and global > warming, on the other. Rather, it's a choice > between fighting terrorism effectively and > fighting it in a way that will only advance > its cause. This is a safe and sane view. Humanity seems to be ever stuck in a war for peace. As soon as this or that enemy is vanquished, well, then we can settle down and live the peaceful life that we aspire to. What do the rishi's say?, you do not remove the darkness but bring in the light. Fighting poverty and global warming definitely seems like a more "light" oriented direction. Rick Carlstrom To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
