I know, I know. Talking about war is depressing and redundant. There are enough talkers and enough wars to last eternity. Yet I watch the progress made by terrorists, which judging by the massive destruction of everything in their wake, is a progressive mass suicide of sorts.
Would you, usually a reasonable person living in peace, risk your children's lives by lobbing hand grenades into your neighbor's yard because he scowled at your dog? Then afterward, during a picnic in your own back yard, would you be surprised to find that it is raining dog manure and pieces of your dog? Would you complain to the police?
Islam and Pravda. What do these two words have in common? One supposedly means "Peace". The other supposedly means "Truth." The share the common trait of hypocrisy. Islam justifies "holy war" and Pravda was merely a mouthpiece of propaganda.
In this country the people I fear the most are the fundamentalist Christians. They literally think they are holier than thou. Now how are those people any different from Islam or the Soviets? Are they any more peaceful? Are they any more truthful?
Being an American and being a scientist, I am hated by some large fraction of the population of Earth. Americans are hated by most of the world for some good reason. And scientists are hated by fundamentalists, but for the wrong reasons. So, if everyone hates me, then it doesn't matter what I say or what I do. So I'll just remain the same. I am never going to be Islamic. I am never going to be Christian. I will always be a scientist and always live in America.
But most of all, I will not be lobbing hand grenades over the fence into my neighbor's property.
Would you, usually a reasonable person living in peace, risk your children's lives by lobbing hand grenades into your neighbor's yard because he scowled at your dog? Then afterward, during a picnic in your own back yard, would you be surprised to find that it is raining dog manure and pieces of your dog? Would you complain to the police?
Islam and Pravda. What do these two words have in common? One supposedly means "Peace". The other supposedly means "Truth." The share the common trait of hypocrisy. Islam justifies "holy war" and Pravda was merely a mouthpiece of propaganda.
In this country the people I fear the most are the fundamentalist Christians. They literally think they are holier than thou. Now how are those people any different from Islam or the Soviets? Are they any more peaceful? Are they any more truthful?
Being an American and being a scientist, I am hated by some large fraction of the population of Earth. Americans are hated by most of the world for some good reason. And scientists are hated by fundamentalists, but for the wrong reasons. So, if everyone hates me, then it doesn't matter what I say or what I do. So I'll just remain the same. I am never going to be Islamic. I am never going to be Christian. I will always be a scientist and always live in America.
But most of all, I will not be lobbing hand grenades over the fence into my neighbor's property.
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