Why The World Is In Turmoil
Over the past few months I have come to realize that the world will never be at peace. Why? Because there isn’t enough patience. Actually I knew this long ago, it’s just that I was forever an optimist. But I am no longer holding out for an Obi-Wan Kenobi because it’s just a pipe dream. Maybe I’ll feel more hopeful tomorrow or next week after meeting the Queen, but I doubt it.
Look at the Middle East. Palestinian children are brought up to hate the people of Israel and vice versa. Even if they don’t live there or weren’t even born there they are brought up with hatred. Oh yes, I know it’s easy to say that “I don’t understand” cause I haven’t lived in an area that has been at war for hundreds and hundreds of years. Blah blah blah. That’s a cop out. It boils down to a pure lack of patience and an unwillingness to forgive, forget and move on.
But, in a way, I understand a little why everyone is skeptical of letting go of the past. I think Jack Handey said it best with ” “I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.”
Thu, 19 May 2005 00:49 Posted in General
