Both as someone who's family has been involved in the Middle East for
decades and as a Buddhist, I heartily agree...
in the words of the Buddha:
The worse of the two is he
who, when abused, retaliates.
One who does not retaliate
wins a battle hard to win.
Samyutta Nikaya I, 162
Let's not forget that the funding for these terrorists comes from oil money
and much of the revolutionary fervor that supports this deplorable activity
is the result of US involvement in the Middle East in our insatiable thirst
for oil...
We need to rise above the situation and act (not merely react) coolly and
calmly, it may be that the root causes of this terror lie within us all, in
our endless greed, hate, and anger...
Brett Breitwieser (brettb@rajah.com)
Director of Technical Support, SurfnetUSA (support@surfnetusa.com)
Columnist, Connections Magazine "Computing for the People"
(zagreus@rajah.com)
Administrator, the RAJAH DOMAINS (raj@rajah.com)
(rajah.com, rajah.net, rajah.org, rajah.ws)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Gelb [mailto:ryokan@value.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 6:37 PM
> To: shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: Shakuhachi Prayer
>
>
> Although these attacks are obviously horrible, those of us that are
> americans must realise that the barbaric foreign policies of our
> country have been instilling this kind of terror on numerous
> countries for decades. If we do not demand our own government to
> change the way it treats people outside of our borders (and inside!)
> then unfortunately we are going to be victims of these kinds of
> attacks over and over again.
>
> My heart goes out to all the victims of these attacks. My heart also
> goes out to all the victims of the American bombing of Iraq which
> still goes on even though the so called gulf war ended a long time
> ago.
>
> All human life matters! Not just american lives.
>
> What frightens me more than these attacks is the propoganda i keep
> hearing on the news saying we must go to war and get revenge. And an
> incredible amount of anti arab and anti islamic propoganda is in
> serious abundance on the streets of sanfrancisco today.
>
>
> I grew up in new york city and watched the twin towers being built. I
> never imagined the skyline without them since they were built.
>
> phil
> --
> Philip Gelb
> ryokan@value.net
> http://value.net/~ryokan
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