My solution...send in DISNEY!
If only it were that easy. I cannot help but think that if the Iraqi people had just a little happiness, some joy, and a simple experience with the possibilities that life may offer, then maybe, middle eastern grandmothers would be less likely to strap on explosive vests. Can any American even fathom how empty and bleak a life must be, inorder to even contemplate the senseless self-destruction of a bit of flesh with the intent to destroy a few other bits? Many will say yes...but I truly doubt that they even have one clue.
In a medieval mindset, the philosophical and cultural divides are so great, that our western sensibilities and cultural expectations just do not meld. Remember, oh my idealistic readers, we are talking about a people that saw off heads before the camera.
If only it were that easy. I cannot help but think that if the Iraqi people had just a little happiness, some joy, and a simple experience with the possibilities that life may offer, then maybe, middle eastern grandmothers would be less likely to strap on explosive vests. Can any American even fathom how empty and bleak a life must be, inorder to even contemplate the senseless self-destruction of a bit of flesh with the intent to destroy a few other bits? Many will say yes...but I truly doubt that they even have one clue.
In a medieval mindset, the philosophical and cultural divides are so great, that our western sensibilities and cultural expectations just do not meld. Remember, oh my idealistic readers, we are talking about a people that saw off heads before the camera.
Sadly, the nature of mankind does retain this barbaric level of hatred and disregard. And yet, one need only read the newspaper in our own country to witness it everyday in America. We have simply upgraded from machetes and saws to raunchy TV programs, violent electronic games, and "labeling" for the sake of diversity. (see post below) Our children live from processed "food" boxes and supersized junk food. They are, too often, mentally fed by fast-cam, puke-cam, advertisements for sexually disfunctional men or PC cartoons that attempt to make them feel guilty for being human beings. I guess we all have differing ideas of what is good, what is normal, what is ideal.
WAKE up AMERICA...wake up.
