Delete "You know". So did some farmers in Lebanon (2001?). I was reacting to the destruction of poppy fields in Afghanistan and loss of income vs. the anti-drug laws of the West- their prime customers. Let them grow wheat?
On Jul 30, 12:35�pm, puppy <[email protected]> wrote: > You know, some people are just hungry and live in filth." �Is this > true or is it conjecture or is this a unnecessary bias comment. "You > know" is a presumption. > > �"Afghanistan provides drugs to the West. " The of farmers of > Afghanistan. consider the opium poppy as just another cash crop and do > not consider it a crime to grow it. > > On Jul 27, 4:07�am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You know, some people are just hungry and live in filth. Afghanistan > > provides drugs to the West. Conjure that. Memory of a PBS film- think > > it was called "Trafficing" about the loop. > > > On Jul 26, 5:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Are we losing the ability to reconcile in the world? Have we slipped > > > so far from the understanding of brotherhood, of forgiveness that we > > > have simply become a world of hatred and revenge. We are literally > > > mortified by the specter of terrorism that is plaguing the world. The > > > mindset of terrorism is anchored in the inability to allow forgiveness > > > to override anger and instead caters to hatred, anger and violence > > > towards those deemed the wrongdoers without regard for the harm > > > imposed upon the innocent bystanders. > > > Aside from that our culture seems entrenched in the business of > > > revenge, we rather employ legal means to inflict suffering upon those > > > who we think have done us wrong before we would sit down directly and > > > discuss the problems. Politics seems to be leaning more toward > > > instilling anger and fears among us which leads to a polarization of > > > society while most media seem devoted to divisive and anger driven > > > reporting with a general attitude of who is to blame. > > > Can we ever stop sending messages attached to missiles, bombs and > > > bullets? Our attempts to establish peaceful means of resolution have > > > failed miserably because there is never a general consensus on any > > > issue. We sanction and punish to no end in order to force change but > > > to no avail. People are at war in every quadrant of the planet while > > > new agitations are festering in the background waiting to emerge as > > > full scale skirmishes.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
