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Wednesday, 25 September 2024

Postscript Swords to Ploughshares (Jesaya 2,4)




Malek
Ali


 "When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane."  "The bourglois prefer comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire."  Hermann Hesse. " Suffering doesn't improve human beings, does it? "  Herta Mueller. " It is good for you to see your friends arrested. It hardens you. There's no place in our New Order for sentimentalists. "  Curt Siodmak.         "You need a forever war in order to be a forever president."  Comment of an Israeli.      This year has been very tough for me, though nothing in comparison to the suffering of many in this world, where military strikes are the "new diplomacy."  It is a highly dangerous game with fire. Libanon used to be called "Petit Swizz", a beautiful country with ancient history and sites. Now likely to become a second Gaza? Approx. 30 years ago I heard the following joke, with a sad message: What would happen if two weak countries have a conflict and ask the UN for help? The conflict will disappear. What would happen if a weak and a strong country have a conflict and ask the UN for help? The weak country will disappear. What would happen if two strong countries have a conflict and ask the UN for help? The UN will disappear...... What can a paper tiger achieve? Femi Kuti: "Africans should be talking and asking questions, like why does America and Russia have the right to veto votes? These countries talk about democracy and yet are not democratic themselves." Netanyahu likes to practice collective punishment. I used to believe that it was an invention of the Nazis. UN statement: " Nothing justifies collective punishment. "  Don't teach your child that it can do whatever it wants, no limits, no one has the right to criticize or punish it, no respect for anyone. That is how I see the Israelian government, like such a child, growing up under the very special protection of American "Daddy"(and Germany, practicing double standards ) . If the US government seriously wants an end of the Gaza war, no war in Libanon, etc. why continue to supply weapons? Aren't such actions schizophrenic? Why this endless need for " self-defence" ? Guterres declared that "the level of immunity is moraly intolerable" . A different world is possible, but this requires wise, honest leaders, willing to tackle the problems of our day and age and honouring of human rights. Many statements of various politicians, directed to Putin, might as well be addressed to Netanyahu. Double standards the new normal of our "modern society"? - I suffered a big loss, my very special Habibi, tomcat Malek, passed over the rainbow. It is very difficult not having this great little darling, my daily sunshine, around anymore. I adopted him 5 years and 10 months ago. If there is a paradise for cats I shall see him and quite a few other wonderful feral treasures (this year Rosy, Melanie, Coco, Tareqa, Minousa, Lady Gaga, Salvador, between 1 and 6 years old) again one day. I feel very sad and I'm not ashamed of my tears. 

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