Let them grow wheat? Good one. Actually, I've read she was far too savvy to have uttered such. "Let them eat cake." Used by her detractors to smear her. It worked pretty well.
dj On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:52 PM, rigsy03<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
