In the search for reasons behind the behaviour of the wild rioters in the UK, I’m missing the issue of the vast environmental destruction of our planet, even in articles that contain a deeper social analysis (for more, a Swedish article here, an Austrian article here). Talk about kids feeling that they have no future. Why should they care about the laws of “the grown ups” – about anything – when they are being told that they, or at least their future children, might not have a future at all – not even a shitty one.
Year: 2011
love is the strongest power i know
I just wrote down my first “personal commandment” =)
All I know is that I know nothing, but True Love is the strongest power that I know.
My deepest compassion for all touched by the Norway massacre
In every moment since last Friday my heart goes out to the victims – survivors and deceased – of the Norway massacre and bomb attack, and I lack the words to express how deep my compassion with them, their families and their friends are.
My compassion with the perpetrator Anders also runs deep – such a lost person, so full of fear and hate, so alone.
To those who like Anders believe that people of other creeds and ideologies are hateful and dangerous, particularly to those who consider using violence to make their point or achieve their goals, I would like to say – I hope that this event has become a reason for you to think again.
Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers?
Making peace between one another: enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots.
Mohammed
http://www.twf.org/Sayings/Sayings4.html#Peacemaking
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.
Jesus
Matt 5:5-9, http://www.christiansforpeace.org/theo/quotes.html
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