--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Gimbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 7/31/06 1:11:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > jflanegi@ writes: > > > > > > I just got done reading a condensed version of the Mahabharata > > which > > > > contains a short version of all the stories from the full > > version. > > > > What's striking about every story is how aggressive Krishna is > > in > > > > demanding that that the five Pandava brothers including Arjuna > > kill > > > > their relatives even though they all protested. Krishna never > > even > > > > hinted at negotiations, reconciliations or truces. He insisted > > that > > > > they be killed. Many of the stories describe Krishna killing, > > > > beheading bad guys, demons, rakshasas. > > > > > > > The last remark I recall that Maharishi made about the killing > in > > the > > > BG is that it is all internal, meant to be seen as an internal > war > > vs > > > a literal one. It was during the past year or so during a press > > > conference. > > > > > > Yet M used to say that the battle took place right where Noidia > > > is, a physical site. > > > > That's the history, the external battle. The teaching > > is the internal battle (that's how I understand it, at > > any rate). > > One thing that has been striking to me; > Which has been stirred up, by this conversation; > Is that, my father fought in WWII, mostly in the Czech Republic area. > Anyway, he was over there for about 3-4 years, in the war; > He carried a bazooka, or a rocket launcher, and won some medals. > He is Jewish. > I think at the end of the war, although he's never talked about it > much; > All of the soldiers, as well as the German people, were taken to view > the concentration camps, by General Eisenhower. > I think my father never really got over what he saw there. > And I think he wondered, having fought tooth and nail; > To defeat the Nazi's; > Why oh why, had these people not fought back?? > > >
Actually, those that had guns did fight back. But gun control laws confiscated almost all of them before the war. 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/
