by AlicetheCurious » Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:08 pm
Thank you, ir, for what you wrote. I live in Egypt, and it's good to be reminded that we share similar feelings of disgust and frustration at the greedy fools and their soulless puppetmasters, who have the power to ruin our lives and those of our children. <br><br>What really hurts me is the waste of so many precious people and irreplaceable treasures as these stunted maniacs set the world on fire, trying vainly to satisfy the emptiness inside themselves. They're ruining everything and killing hope, for generations to come, and for what? <br><br>The problem with evil is not that it's so widespread -- I don't believe it is. The problem is that most people, who are by and large, good, are unwilling to steel themselves and courageously see stomach-churning evil, especially when it's too close for comfort. <br><br>Instead, it's so much easier to demonize this or that group of people and then let "the government" deal with them.<br><br>But evil is not a race-specific gene, nor is it associated with certain classes or races, or languages, or religions. Evil is as evil does, no matter who is doing the doing.<br><br>Or, to paraphrase somebody or other, forget about the sinner and FOR GOD'S SAKE, stop the sin itself. <br><br>Cause if it's bad for Evil Saddam to use chemical weapons (given to him by Good Donald Rumsfeld) against civilians, then how can it be good for US soldiers to be using phosphorous bombs and depleted uranium against civilians? <br><br>And of course, the US is not only the only country that has ever used nuclear weapons against civilian populations, as far as I know, it along with Israel are the only two that have invaded and are currently occupying the territories of others, in violation of international law. <br><br>On the other hand, I am not aware that Iran has ever launched a war of aggression against any other country, nor that it is violating any international laws by pursuing a nuclear enrichment program for peaceful purposes.<br><br>If it is in fact trying to develop The Bomb, it's very likely because its leaders figured out one lesson of America's treatment of Iraq: if you've got huge oil reserves, independent decisionmakers and no nuclear arsenal, you might as well draw a big target over the map of your country. <br><br>Does anybody think they're wrong? <p></p><i></i>