tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post110683467702249513..comments2024-03-18T11:55:08.722-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: 60 years oncarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106962062584760372005-01-28T20:27:00.000-05:002005-01-28T20:27:00.000-05:00Carmi, sorry I'm late here.
"Never Again" in my s...Carmi, sorry I'm late here.<br /><br />"Never Again" in my small space of the world involves keeping any and all slang descriptions of others at a huge minimum. I cannot spare my children or those in my life 100% (which is incredibly sad) but I can show that it's wrong. I'm maybe a bit extreme in that I don't allow for "name calling" either, at all. It's difficult, because my these are commonplace in my extended family. But I try... All my best to you and yours, Carmi. Even if late, I know you'll get this.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762288981460636267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106890449661285422005-01-28T00:34:00.000-05:002005-01-28T00:34:00.000-05:00I know it's already been said, but when I original...I know it's already been said, but when I originally read your post, the first thing I thought was, "Man! Dick's got a great speech writer because I know HE doesn't feel that way." <br /><br />Unfortunately, we have not reached a time of "Never again." There are people that are being annihilated in huge numbers today in many places, especially in Africa. <br /><br />Personally, I don't think there will be a time of "Never again" until we follow the example of a very wise man who simply said, "Love one another." <br /><br />"Never again" will also never happen until the day that everyone is recognized as a human being before they are recognized by their race, creed, religion, or sexual orientation.<br /><br />Will that day ever come? Man, I sure hope so, however some days looking at the news makes it seems so impossible.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913277364686232580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106879681323469422005-01-27T21:34:00.000-05:002005-01-27T21:34:00.000-05:00Well, the comments are almost as thought-provoking...Well, the comments are almost as thought-provoking as the post itself. <br /><br />We say never again, yet the world continues to tolerate genocide. We only mildly reacted to Rwanda as it happened, we now only glimpse at Sudan as a bi-line in the newspaper. There are countless others. <br /><br />Have we learned nothing?<br /><br />To me, never again is still something that we must all work to attain. We have not yet reached "never again" status.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817799398537973505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106857166584482002005-01-27T15:19:00.000-05:002005-01-27T15:19:00.000-05:00Thanks for your kind wishes, Steve. I don't think ...Thanks for your kind wishes, Steve. I don't think your comment was at all out of place. I welcome any and all kinds on this blog. It would represent a violation of my core values of freedom of speech and press. I know it wasn't meant in a malicious way, and I hope you'll continue to post thought-provoking comments in future. Don't stop on my account, k?<br /><br />Given the fact that people are dying for the right to have their say in the establishment of a free society - not only in Iraq, but in nations around the world - it's entirely appropriate that you brought this angle into the discussion here.carmilevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106854668882093162005-01-27T14:37:00.000-05:002005-01-27T14:37:00.000-05:00Carmi, I forgot to wish you a speedy recovery.
I'...Carmi, I forgot to wish you a speedy recovery.<br /><br />I'm sorry if you feel my comment was out of place, and that I was polluting the occasion with a discussion of U.S. politics. I'll refrain from dragging my baggage onto your website in the future and vent my frustrations with my country elsewhere. From my perspective, however, "lest we forget" necessitates a discussion of what's happening in the world currently.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655931693897466310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106839134695692332005-01-27T10:18:00.000-05:002005-01-27T10:18:00.000-05:00Staying away from politics and worldly issues...
M...Staying away from politics and worldly issues...<br />My "never again" moment is more personal. I will never again put anyone else's thoughts, judgements, opinions over my own, especially when regarding myself, decisions I make, etc. That's a huge one for me which will in the end make me much, much happier.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14643218759551160619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106838369447519182005-01-27T10:06:00.000-05:002005-01-27T10:06:00.000-05:00I won't disagree with you, Steve. Dick and Co. hav...I won't disagree with you, Steve. Dick and Co. have raised speaking out of both sides of their mouth to high art.<br /><br />I focused on his words on this specific day, not the broader issue of the current Iraq/War on Terrorism quagmire. On those fronts, I have plenty to say, but will leave that for another day. I don't wish to pollute the proceedings with a U.S.-focused political discussion.<br /><br />My take on Dick, in particular, is he is so far removed from day-to-day decision making that if he's guilty of anything, it's total absence of leadership.carmilevyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1106837447704121922005-01-27T09:50:00.000-05:002005-01-27T09:50:00.000-05:00I'm sorry Carmi, I can't support you on this one. ...I'm sorry Carmi, I can't support you on this one. Cheney is party to the dehumanization of the Iraqi people at this time, and it takes unmitigated gall for him to go to a Nazi concentration camp while torture takes place at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and other "detention facilities" around the world.<br /><br />Cheney's words remind me of what Banquo told MacBeth after the witches prophesized that he would become king:<br /><br />"And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,<br />The instruments of darkness tell us truths,<br />Win us with honest trifles, to betray us<br />In deepest consequence"<br /><br />You call it moving; I call it hypocricy and whitewashing tombs.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655931693897466310noreply@blogger.com