Violence begets Fear,
Fear begets Anger,
Anger begets Violence,
Vicious Circle becomes a Vicious Spiral.
A sad time for America.
Stop any one of the three to break the circle: Violence, Fear, & Anger. Better yet, stop all three.
Author: Rick
About Cats
Cats are natural predators, only partly domesticated by any reasonable measure, that enjoy killing song birds & small mammals. Most, if not all, Cat play is based on attack & kill. Continue reading About Cats
2016 USA Presidential Election Polls
Note: I’ve stopped posting poll results, because some of the major media sites have begun posting them daily. One of those is: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
Along with a large percentage of Americans, I’m watching the 2016 US Presidential Election with a sort of semi-incredulous fascination. Both major political parties have fallen into severe factionalism, and both of the two apparent main candidates have phenomenal unpopularity ratings. Continue reading 2016 USA Presidential Election Polls
A time for Meditation, a time for Action
The Paris murders yesterday were terrible. But I read this article today, and feel a need to comment. It is about one of the men who survived in the concert hall where 4 terrorists killed over 118 people in a crowd of thousands.
“The killers were quiet, calm. Jerome Lorenzi decided he had to be the same. As he lay on the floor of the darkened concert hall, he held himself as still as possible – not just to avoid attracting the gunmen’s notice, but also to meet death with equanimity if he did.
“You don’t move. You’re just waiting for your turn,” he said Saturday. “I thought, you are going to die, just be as relaxed as you can. Don’t be sad this is the end.”
If I’m ever in such a situation, I pray that I’ll have the guts to get my butt off the ground and do something useful. Maybe charge the shooters, or try to protect the women & children, help the wounded, perhaps look for a way to escape.
Anything would be better than just laying on the ground, meditating & waiting to be culled like a sheep.
It is my belief, & hope, that many Americans (maybe a few more Texans), feel the same way. Because a nation of sheep will not survive long in a violent world.