Tag Archives: war

Optimism To Abate Terrorism

Posted on October 9, 2010 by deadondres

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 | 2 Comments

Listen, Little Man

Posted on September 1, 2009 by deadondres

From a book of the same name by Wilhelm Reich, the “hero” of Century of the Self Part III; the psychoanalyst who showed us a way out of the Freudian embrace of the unconscious consuming mind, inspiration to millions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Philosophy, Quotes | Tagged animal, Century of the Self, creating, Freud, genius, giving, jesus, knowledge, life function, Lincoln, nature, New Left, patriotism, psychoanalyst, psychology, religion, revolution, war, Wilhelm Reich | 3 Comments

Why Obama Matters

Posted on August 12, 2009 by deadondres

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 | 1 Comment

North Korea

Posted on July 4, 2009 by deadondres

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 | 7 Comments

Indifference To Race (In A Negative Sense)

Posted on May 15, 2009 by deadondres

“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 | 2 Comments

Actually, let’s not start from scratch.

Posted on March 21, 2009 by activephilosophy

This is a follow up to the post, “We are of one essence.” In this post I put the sentence, “In our previous debate, we essentially posit that in order for humanity to improve its condition we need to reduce … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | Tagged america, american, beginning, borders, capitalism, change, complex, drones, essence, foreign, forward, humanity, increment, industrial, international, Iran, killing, law, military, murder, new, obama, policy, prayer, progress, scratch, serenity, spirit, start, steps, war, way, we | 2 Comments

We are of one Essence

Posted on March 20, 2009 by activephilosophy

“It’s a future where the old divisions are overcome. Where you and all of your neighbors and the wider world can live in greater security and greater peace. I know that this won’t be reached easily. There are those that … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | Tagged address, america, american, arms, art, barriers, breaking, bridging, christain, common, contributions, culture, diplomacy, divisions, dreams, essence, foreign policy, gap, ground, history, institution, Iran, Iranian, Islam, leaders, muslim, obama, people, poet, poetry, president, reaching, Sa'di, separation, togehter, war, working | 2 Comments

On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II

Posted on March 18, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post is in response to On Science, Religion, and Nationalism On the topic of (supernatural) religion and defending a society opposed to religion, I think that we are starting to have a disagreement on a fundamental issue, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged america, angels, border, britney spears, catholic, change, Christianity, church, construct, evil, existence, familarity, fundamental, future, God, gods, good, history, humanism, Mexico, mythology, myths, nationalism, nations, nature, past, poor, present, reality, religions, rich, school, science, serenity, supernatural, USA, vs., war, worldview, WWII | 8 Comments

On Science, Religion, and Nationalism

Posted on March 18, 2009 by activephilosophy

This post is in response to Three Ideas in Development, specifically the third idea. As for the third…I love your last paragraph…and have a lot to say about this. I know that you are of course not advocating the side … Continue reading →

Posted in General Philosophies | Tagged america, cap, capitalism, christian, chruch, culture, education, faith, God, gods, heathen, imperial, inferior, justification, knowledge, muslim, nationalism, nations, organized, Osama Bin Laden, poor, rational, religion, rich, school, science, secular, society, superior, supernatural, superstitions, technology, third world, trust, war, western | 8 Comments

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