Imagine That -- I’m Still Anti-War

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  • dancinacrossthewater
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  • backseatLover12
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,811
    edited August 2014
    Byrnzie said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Byrnzie said:

    backseatLover12 keeps pretending there's a war between Israel and the people of Gaza. She does this because it allows her to delude herself into adopting a state of apathy, by believing that 'both sides are as bad as each other', and that they share an equal responsibility for the conflict.
    This willful delusion also allows her to take a moral high-ground from which she can patronize and condescend those people being oppressed, terrorized and slaughtered, while pretending that she possesses some superior wisdom.

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
    Apathy doesn't constitute love. You're simply flattering your own ego.

    Apathy? Really, Byrnzie, that was uncalled for. Apathetic people do not take an interest in these subjects. The same with "flattering your own ego". Look in the mirror before you say that. Why must you persist on posting your personal attacks? Not to characterize you but because I'm really curious, is that because you are anti-peace?

    And don't bother to slight me. I'm aware that I'm 8% full of shit.


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    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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  • dankind
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    edited August 2014
    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
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    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,974
    edited August 2014
    Byrnzie said:

    backseatLover12 said:

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    What are you doing for the people being slaughtered in Gaza?

    Nothing.

    What are YOU doing for the people being slaughtered in Gaza?????? As far as I can tell, all you're doing is making people disengage from the topic on a rock band's message board.
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,811
    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    We're really getting off topic here but this reminds my of something a psych prof once told us- that people run the gamut from the most extreme sociopath to Mother Teressa. And then he went on to say, "But was Mother Teressa perfect? Did she not do some of the things she did to satisfy her ego?" Of course she wasn't perfect. No one is. But the lasting positive impressions a person has or had on others should be held in higher account than their foibles. You could make an argument against anyone who left a lasting positive impression on the world that they had shortcomings as well but to seek out and do so is the characteristic of a crank and a cynic and that kind of disparagement lends little if anything of value.

    Now, back to PJ_Souls last question...

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • backseatLover12
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    So, how many people made it to Washington for the National March on the White House: End the Massacre in Gaza yesterday?
  • backseatLover12
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    edited August 2014
    Jerusalem Hug
    http://jerusalemhug.org

    On Monday June 23th 2014 many hundreds of people will embrace the Old City of Jerusalem. Israelis and Palestinians as well as peace activists from all over the world will walk hand in hand around the city walls. They will stand shoulder to shoulder, sharing their wish for peace and their love for Jerusalem. The Old City as a whole is a sanctuary. It should remain a freely accessible area within an undivided Jerusalem, a city for Palestinians and Israelis and a center for the entire world.

    The aim of the “Jerusalem Hug” is to promote a peaceful experience, a life of freedom and joy to all people. The “Jerusalem Hug” focuses on love, respect and unity between all people. With this attitude the participants will spread out around the walls of the Old City, holding hands, singing and praying for peace and respect for all humankind.

    Worldwide hope to reach a political solution for the Middle East conflict has been lost. The “Jerusalem Hug” symbolizes a different way to achieve peace. We need to head in a new way: the way of the heart. We believe that when we find peace in ourselves and when we are able to forgive, world peace will come closer. Change begins at the basis.

    When the inhabitants of Jerusalem open their hearts to one another and consider their fellow residents as equals, they will not deem the disparities between them desirable anymore. And when there is the intention to live together in an undivided Jerusalem, it will also be possible to make it happen throughout the Holy Land! Palestinians and Israelis: two peoples, two nations, living side by side in one country without borders as a federation with Jerusalem as its capital.

    The “Jerusalem Hug” gives expression to this wish for change as a concrete statement. Jerusalem stands as a symbol for peace and forgiveness. Let Jerusalem be a city of connection, the heart of the world, where unity and peace will be a fact.

    The “Jerusalem Hug” took place in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 2012 and 2013. The events were joined by more than 5000 participants: residents of Jerusalem, Palestinians and Israelis, as well as peace activists from all over the world.

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  • backseatLover12
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    edited August 2014
    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    I'm sure she wasn't perfect. For every person who is selfless and does good deeds though, is another ready to crack that other person down. Why anyone would read a book wrapped up in bad karma is beyond me.
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  • mickeyrat
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    Byrnzie said:

    mickeyrat said:

    Byrnzie said:

    backseatLover12 said:

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    Unfortunately, no war has ever been stopped by ignorance, apathy and inaction.

    but this isnt war is it?
    What do you think?
    about what?
    I have lots of thoughts about lots of things. Some I may be wrong on others not so much.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited August 2014
    backseatLover12 said:

    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    I'm sure she wasn't perfect. For every person who is selfless and does good deeds though, is another ready to crack that other person down. Why anyone would read a book wrapped up in bad karma is beyond me.
    Never your mind, which I see is already made up and narrow, if not closed.

    Carry on.

    I'll again urge anyone who has not done so to petition the President, State Department or if applicable your foreign representatives to stop anything they are doing that puts blood on your hands.
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited August 2014
    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    I'm sure she wasn't perfect. For every person who is selfless and does good deeds though, is another ready to crack that other person down. Why anyone would read a book wrapped up in bad karma is beyond me.
    Never your mind, which I see is already made up and narrow, if not closed.

    Carry on.

    I'll again urge anyone who has not done so to petition the President, State Department or if applicable your foreign representatives to stop anything they are doing that puts blood on your hands.
    I should open up my mind as to Mother Theresa being less than saintly? And then read a book about her flaws? Come on. No offense to you at all, don't get me wrong, I'm simply not interested.
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    backseatLover12 said:

    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    I'm sure she wasn't perfect. For every person who is selfless and does good deeds though, is another ready to crack that other person down. Why anyone would read a book wrapped up in bad karma is beyond me.
    How about in the search for the truth?

  • backseatLover12
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    How about working or giving what you can for the greater good of humanitarianism?

    http://www.unrwa.org
    United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

    http://www.anera.org
    Aid and Humanitarian Relief for Palestinian Refugees
    ANERA helps Palestinian families and poor communities in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon.

    http://secure.savethechildren.org
    Gaza Children in Crisis
  • backseatLover12
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    dignin said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    I'm sure she wasn't perfect. For every person who is selfless and does good deeds though, is another ready to crack that other person down. Why anyone would read a book wrapped up in bad karma is beyond me.
    How about in the search for the truth?

    And what makes that author have the utmost truth? Are you questioning what you read at all?
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    backseatLover12 said:

    dignin said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    I'm sure she wasn't perfect. For every person who is selfless and does good deeds though, is another ready to crack that other person down. Why anyone would read a book wrapped up in bad karma is beyond me.
    How about in the search for the truth?

    And what makes that author have the utmost truth? Are you questioning what you read at all?
    Facts and research. Or do you just take what the media and the church say as gospel?

  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    dignin said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    dignin said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    dankind said:

    backseatLover12 said:

    Only someone full of hatred would have a problem with Mother Theresa. And although she served Jesus, she was more about love, peace and community than she was about religion. She was purely servicing the poor and giving of herself like no one else can. And you put her down.

    I highly recommend that you read The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens before you attempt to advance that argument.

    Sorry, off topic, but the book is an eye opener.

    Seriously, if you don't want to buy it, I'll gift it to you. Just PM me your address.

    Hitch pissed me off to no end throughout his career as an asinine albeit knowledgeable contrarian, but his research was always thorough and his opposing viewpoints (to mine, at least) were always worth considering.

    Edit: Here's a link to the Amazon listing, although I would urge anyone to support their local bookshop.
    I'm sure she wasn't perfect. For every person who is selfless and does good deeds though, is another ready to crack that other person down. Why anyone would read a book wrapped up in bad karma is beyond me.
    How about in the search for the truth?

    And what makes that author have the utmost truth? Are you questioning what you read at all?
    Facts and research. Or do you just take what the media and the church say as gospel?

    Getting this thread back on track, I see that a few of you have it out for Mother Theresa. :roll eyes:
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