"A Turning Tide in Europe as Islam Gains Ground" by Dwight Garner reviewing "Reflections On the Revolution in Europe- Immigration, Islam and the West" By Christopher Caldwell
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/books/30garner.html 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
