On 21 Aug, 12:05, Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> On the way to work this moring I was pondering over a thing with the
> intent of bringing it up here. Then of course I got into work and
> promptly forgot all about it.
>
> However when Pat said this:
>
> 'The history of our world is littered with good 'bad examples', yet we
> never see them as such and, so, are doomed to repeat them until we
> sort out our perspectives.'
>
> In the 'What is fair?' thread, it brought it all back to me, so first
> off, cheers for that Pat.
>
No worries. Synchronicity is a speciality of mine. ;-)
> Our history is rich with examples of one culture or one religoin
> invadeing the terriotory of another country in order to bring their
> own form of 'order' to that place. Think British Empire, think
> crusades, think Tibet.
>
> So is this ethicaly sound, and is there then any differance between
> these examples and our troops in Afganistan?
The main difference is time. The TRUTH is that we're all in this
(world) together and it would behoove us (all!) if we 'grew up' and
realised that. Some people view their desires as more important than
those of others. So, rather than trying to seek out a way for all
parties' desires to be striven for, those with a technological
advantage, step on those without it and force their desires on the
others without consideration (might makes right). This is done by
selfish/self-important, callous individuals who MAY also have a form
of occult low self esteem veiled by an outward projection of arrogance
(usually seen by others as false or baseless arrogance). A good dose
of empathy is the cure, but, unfortunately, it doesn't come in a
tablet, capsule or injectible form. Rather, it requires humility,
which to the individual with an occult low self esteem, appears to be
too big of a price to pay, as it requires themselves to humble
themselves when they would rather be seen as 'on high'. It was to
this way of thinking that Jesus appealed to us by saying, "...those
who would be last will be first and the first last". Thus the true
servant of God is a servant to all humanity, rather than attempting to
be the Lord of all humanity. It is for this reason that Islam
endeavours to instruct its adherents to be 'slaves of Allah', i.e.,
servants of God. The term 'slave of Allah' is intended to be a great
compliment, but many non-Muslims don't understand it and take offense
at the term 'slave', not realising its intention as 'willing servant'.
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