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Optimism To Abate Terrorism
I think that Active Philosophy needs optimism. The world needs optimism. We need to believe in decency. At the very least, we ought discount any notions of superiority. I’d like to assume that the majority of people in a stable environment … Continue reading
Posted in Active Philosophy, Current Events
Tagged Afghanistan, al-qaeda, Andy Singer, extremism, finance, Islam, nonviolence, observation, optimism, patriotism, peace, poverty, religion, terror, terrorism, violence, war, xenophobia
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Why Obama Matters
Egypt and global Islam – The battle for a religion’s heart I normally hate The Economist for its condescending, pro-capitalist slant – even this article shows the lengths that this publication is willing to go to present the “other” as … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged animosity, capitalism, diplomacy, economics, egypt, extremism, free speech, freedom, geopolitics, Islam, middle east, obama, politics, president, Qaradawi, strife, terrorism, the other, treason, war
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North Korea
Why are they the enemy? Why is it wrong when they test missiles? The act of developing missiles itself is not wrong, because we ourselves do it. But when a poor nation tests weapons, this is wrong. An example: less … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged crisis, destruction, fireworks, fourth of july, Georgia, gunpowder, invasion, Kim Jong-Il, Medvedev, missiles, north korea, nuclear, obama, peace, politics, president, Putin, russia, state, terrorism, treaty, war
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Indifference To Race (In A Negative Sense)
“Ante todo no creo que lo ocurrido tuviera motivos particularmente racistas. Es sólo que la cuestión no importaba demasiado. Recuerde que él hablaba de lo sucedido en Ruanda en 1994, pero ya estado sucediendo durante años tanto en Ruando como … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged accessory to murder, africa, arms, Aryan, atrocities, black, Burundi, Caucasian, Congo, geopolitics, hypocricy, interests, kurds, kurish, massacre, murder, Noam Chomsky, race, Rwanda, Spanish, terrorism, Turky, USA, war, warfare, white
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