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Our new defense minister has been given his marching orders and looks like our new Prime Minister isn't a kiss ass after all but the new Defense Minister is considered a real badass.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trud...date-1.3317692 |
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Trudeau better pray there will not be terrorists among the 25, 000 Syrian refugees he plans to let into
Canada. Don |
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He has to rescue them before that happens! However, since we're unwilling, so far at least, to put boots on the ground, Yazdis, Shia and of course Christians are beheaded and any females or subjugated to rape and slavery. We should have rescued the entire Assyrian community from Syria a year ago. Israel rescued black Jews from Ethiopia so why can't the USA bribe appropriate intermediaries and then rescue the Christians and Yazdis too. But it has never been the policy to rescue fellow christians. I do not know why! Asher
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Yes a legitimate concern Don but I won't loose any sleep over it and will continue to be very vigilant when crossing the street in traffic. I don't set policy but do pay taxes and have to live with the decisions whether I agree with them or not.
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How atrocious this world
how awful tell me anyone if you can what really is- Please I want to know- Charlotte |
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We still are fortunate that in native form, man is kind, friendly to strangers and feels for others even of a different background. It's the commonly shared, built in "triggers for empathy" that allow us to build large communities and celebrate so many life events together and even with total strangers. Human beings have, amongst their gifts, the capacity for collective association on a large scale with symbols or facial markings helping to signify members of one's group. If such a group befriends another like community, that benefit and trust is so assigned to every other person in the group. That's the good side. The bad side is that when one community raids another, even neighbors of the aggressors may fbe labelled by the victims as "bad" company and so, from that time forward avoided like the plague. Tribalism grows like this. On the whole it works, but every once in a while, new ideas get lodged in the minds of new leaders and a community can be turned on its head. There can be many innocent victims. There is often a recognizable external pressure for change, such as poor harvest or lack of prey to hunt or vanishing water supply. Humans are then programmed to compete so that best ideas, hopefully will allow the strongest and most adaptable folk to survive. Today however, given the industrialization of killing mechanisms, these changes in society can lead to enormous loss of life and disacement of millions of people. Then, where they arrive, they are both a valued asset and a potential destabilizing threat. Ultimately, it's all to the good and we gradually learn, by trial and error, to be a little more civilized and that is the challenge today. At least we start off as good children with no hate in our hearts at al. It's our job to see that the children of today are no longer corrupted. I, for one, am optimistic we can do it. Asher
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The attacks are horrible and my thoughts are with the victims and their families.
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Hopefully these attacks will at least wakeup our world leaders to come up with a effective strategic plan to deal with the conflicts in Syria, the problem of ISIS, home grown terrorism,and the millions of fleeing refugees from such places as Syria. They could start by providing the basics of food and water and medical supplies and hopefully something that is more constructive than what is going on now. But they currently don't have a strategic plan so they must start somewhere not now but right now.
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Being French you have a deep understanding of these great men. I look at it all from my close experience as a physician with the multiple ethnic groups in the UK, close observation of Yoruba, Ibo and Fulani people in Nigeria, Mashona in Sindebele in Zimbabwe, Xhosa and Zulus in South Africa, Mexicans and other South Americans, Native Americans and more. In common children and adults share the same welcoming view and even substantial trust of strangers unless taught otherwise by direct experience or effective indoctrination. Quote:
So I understand what it must be to live in zones in Paris that even police resist entering where the constitution of France is not cherished and videos of fanatic preachers are circulated. In that atmosphere, it's quite natural for French youth from such "mini-Caliphates" to be inspired by ISIS. the rest is a natural consequence. A few of the most hurt, angry and ambitious decide to pin their future on the glorious rebirth of Islam as a power to be respected............and importantly, feared with dread and constant apprehension. Quote:
..........and this is not just an Islamic characteristic. The dreaded Crusades were also considered a religious duty and fulfillment of dreams by the Knights. However the Jews and Muslims in their path were raped, pillaged and massacred and Arab trading vessels in the Meditteranean were constantly raided by what were essentially Crusador "pirate ships" based in the castle at the Christian stronghold port at Bodrum in Southern Turkey. That was the Hospitalier Castle of the English King, Richard, "The Lionheart", of Robin Hood fame! Yes, I have done it above!
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So kick the can down the road, but what can we do at home then? Here are my thoughts for immediate action: The Europeans must examine their relationships with Muslim communities that are in their midst, but really in separate unconnected foreign worlds. They must somehow make bridges and elevate the level of self respect and build a loyalty and brotherhood to European society. Muslims can and must be integrated and Have a society that finds faith and solution, as pious Believers in the Koran too. Just that the employment and future opportunity MUST be much greater than their affinity to the DVDs and sermons coming from Radical fire breathing orators who offer self respect and glory as a warrior. We in the USA spend more money on prisons for Blacks and Hispanics and poor whites than we do in integrating them into mainstream prosperous society. I imagine that there are social forces that parallel their experience with that of Muslims in isolated, almost self-governing areas of Paris. We pay a huge price for ignoring a large number of unemployed folk with little hope for the future, be it in a world of street gangs in the USA or Jihadi recruiters in Paris, Brussels or London. Given that I believe that, as children, all these folk are good with warmth to the outside world and wonder about the future, we have to discern how to give their families a path to fulfillment, opportunity and prosperity within our own successful societies. At present, these disadvantaged folk just do not even exist in our usual thoughts, unless there is a race riot in the USA every 25-40 years or an eruption of bloody carnage in Paris, Brussels, Madrid or London. After that we clean up and ignore the poor folk as usual .......... Only to be utterly shocked and surprised when another day of murderous rage scares us to the marrow! We are so foolish! Asher
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Second: only a small number of people fall for the calls of ISIS. They are not necessarily very religious nor do they appear, on average, to have suffered trauma or repression. My feeling, from what is published on the subject, is rather that they come from a background of petty crime but did not manage to make it big. Don't forget that North Africa is the main source of marijuana for Europe and the youth of these zones have right under their eyes the examples of others who drive the latest BMW. Quote:
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Nicolas,
You have the right spirit! Baby Bush announced a "Crusade" against the terrorists, LOL! He had no idea what "Crusade" meant as he is not too educated in history........... or much else, for that matter! Religion does not have to be the enemy. Our real enemy is our foolishness for ignoring festering problems and allowing wonderfully open and hopeful children to grow up marginalized and in despair. Wine .......I will raise another glass of Wine to Paris, the origin of my own emancipation and the people of France! Cherish everyone today. We have no idea about tomorrow, but especially guide and welcome the children! Asher
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It is so different that I would not know where to start and explain it. Maybe with this: the immigration problem from north Africa has a symmetric problem about which nobody ever talks about: emmigration in north Africa. A large proportion of the people who live in France come back to their villages in north Africa regularly. They still have ties with their original villages. But the people who stayed put them under a very high stress: they are expected to be rich, live as princes and bring back numerous presents. You don't have that for the US minorities. |
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The history of middle east has a long list of conflicts, often with involvement (open or covert) of other countries and is full of interesting persons and turning points. Many people in western countries - unfortunately - do not have an attention span that covers the last century, nor the interest to learn what happened in the middle east during the last century in the middle east. Many people there remember more easily as they have to live with the consequences. I hope we all will learn from history instead of repeating it... Best regards, Michael
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But the price of oil is at its lowest even if we are slowly running out of the stuff. |
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To get the general mood, this was 1947 and I was 6 years old, going to school by police escort. This continued for a number of years but then it was always there, mm below the surface. At 15-18 years old, I still had to map my routes and look out for the guys who would attack us. Our home was attacked on a number of occasions and blocks of turf where thrown at my mother when she answered the front door. So I have empathy for the little Catholic girls going under police escort to school though a vicious and mean gauntlet of swearing Ulster "Orange" women activists in Northern Island and the Muslims isolated by their own and the communities fault in Paris. Some of the kindertransport kids rescued from Nazi Germany lived round the corner from me on Willesden Lane. I will try to find more related to the rest of us! Asher
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Yes it was so very informative! I am glad you took the time to read this information. It helps one U.S. citizen to a much better understanding if at all is possible. Charlotte- |
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I must admit I have learned more about the immigrant communities in Paris from the Mahgreb, (West of Egypt) including the plains and the Atlas mountains and French territories in Africa. Some are not poor or worried about unemployment. I am trying to broaden my understanding of the Parisian Immigrant Community from north Africa and West Africa, especially. here are my new findings.
In Europe, for the past 20 years, a highly successful Islamic outreach was directed to immigrants from Islamic communities. Huge numbers were at risk at risk of getting lost in the new undisciplined cultures of their host country. The outreach awakened an identity with Islam that in some was stronger than attachment to their adopted country. In Paris too, the Mahgreb and French West African immigrants, young folk especially, identified with Islamic, not secular values. The Koran was central. This would be a positive influence, providing social values and moral guidance in their lives. Some become truly devout, some just learned the culture and others may merely keep a Koran in their backpack, without understanding its contents. Besides all the good results, lobbyists for political factions and recruiters from Jihadist groups now had a prepared population hungry for connection. So, yes, poverty and unemployment might help radicalize some, but not be needed for others who have jobs or who don't need them having other sources of income. So I may have over-emphasized the role of unemployment in the drift some have had to extremism. Asher
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No matter how we view the perpetrators, the source of the basic tenets of modern civilization, Paris, France 🇫🇷 Is under attack! The ideas, intents, oratory, blood lost and heroism gave us, "Liberte, Egalite and Fraternite" and thus "The Rights of Man" in a Republic, free of the dictatorship of princes and religion, but delivering freedom of, to and against worship, as we ourselves choose.
There is much pain today and no doubt more to come. However France 🇫🇷 is resilient and strong. The community of Parisiens has now grown to cover the globe. We salute Paris and France and mourn the victims. Right now we must pray for the skills of the doctors and nurses and the healing power built into our bodies and souls that they will recover fully. I spoke to my Muslim friend in Pakistan and he said "Daish is not us!" We must remember that distinction. I spoke to my friend in Bulgaria, she was crying all day for the horror brought to the center of wisdom, logic and humanity, the streets of Paris! Asher
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There is no such debate possible, if we start with respect individual freedoms as a given. That attack on France was an attack on principles of freedom of to and from religion. So not differentiating between murderous sects and the vast majority of believers would fundamentally erode out own hard won principles of freedom of thought. Asher
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There is no such debate possible, if we start with respect individual freedoms as a given. That attack on 🇫🇷 was an attack on principles of freedom of, to and from religion. So not differentiating between murderous sects and the vast majority of believers would fundamentally erode out own hard-won principles of freedom of thought that we hold sacred for our civilization. Asher
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Oh, it is very important to realize the Islamic State is Islamic. This is a good article.
Don http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...-wants/384980/ |
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