September, 2009, Posts of the Month

Hope things are well with everyone. The link you provided leads to a short post of your own brutha hyro; Message 431.I would guess that you were aiming to link to this post of brutha Legend's; Message 430.As an aside, I 'd like to second the batch of post's written by brutha truthlover that brutha minne suggested in Message 5. Good stuff.One Love

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I'm not here to mock or condemn what you believe, tho my intentions are no less than to tickle your thinker.
If those in first century CE had known what these words mean ... 'I want and desire mercy, not sacrifice'
They surely would not have murdered the innocent; why trust what I say, when you can learn for yourself?
Think for yourself.Mercy Trumps Judgement,
Love Weary

Hope things are well with you all.Author: RAZD
Forum: Coffee House
Thread: Two wrongs don't make a right (the (ir)rationality of revenge) - also gun control
Message #: 403 (Re: another reality check?)Brutha RAZD, in his usual succint, salient and well formatted delivery style - which I contend all should strive towards and, even, dare envy, effectively raises some interesting questions regarding the ongoing Israeli—Palestinian conflict and eventually goes on to mention one of the all time greats, the 'Great Soul'.Below are a few of my favorite samples from this dynamic post ...

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Has Israel's policy ensured the rights and liberties of the arabs?

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Do you think a solution that recognizes the rights and liberties of ALL the people involved would work better than continued warring and blasting away at each other?

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No, armed deterrence does NOT ensure that one's rights and liberties are not trampled by others, it ensures that the arms race will escalate until a different solution is tried.

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Consider instead the liberation of India from the English oppressors. There was a lot of fighting and bloodshed, but one man won the battle to have the rights and liberties of the Indian people, without using a single gun.

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Does this show that guns solve problems?

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Nope.

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Does this show that guns force people to recognize the rights and liberties of others?

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Nope.

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It shows that people solve problems when they put away the guns and confront the problem.

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[some emphasis mine]I'd also suggest that ...While effectively displaying how passive resistance seems to force people into recognizing the liberties and/or rights of others, brutha RAZD also made quite a leap at showing that armed deterrence is not necessary in order to ensure that the liberties and/or rights of a nation are not eradicated by others. Kudo.Not so curiously, his direct opponent - though they be, perhaps, everyone advocating gun violence in any capacity, forewent a direct response to the post.One LoveEdited by Bailey, : sp.

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I'm not here to mock or condemn what you believe, tho my intentions are no less than to tickle your thinker.
If those in first century CE had known what these words mean ... 'I want and desire mercy, not sacrifice'
They surely would not have murdered the innocent; why trust what I say, when you can learn for yourself?
Think for yourself.Mercy Trumps Judgement,
Love Weary