We are all confused today with this war against Iraq peddled by this
petulant and inept Bush administration. In fact, we are facing a
supposed conflict of civilization as it is emerging with the perils
of Islamism which has been blamed for the 9-11 attacks, for the
instability of the Middle East and for the experiencing of world
wide terrorism.
When I hear that President Bush is guided by his Evangelism in
pursuing a war against Iraq then I am really convinced that both
this much talked Islamic fundamentalism and this Bush's Christian
Evangelism are at fault and that they are both the main culprits,
today, of war and terrorism.
I was reading few days ago the very interesting article "The
Universe inside our scull" by Timothy Shire, and I concur with him
that "Real world, is completely and totally personal" as long
as we don't forget our own common sense (and sixth sense) which
arises from living together.
We need more and more common sense and less and less religious
fundamentalism, be it Islamism or Evangelism or some other ...ism.
In fact, I agree with the Chinese saying that "Truth
can never be proved: it can only be suggested."
Today, let us all make the effort to read the article "World of
doubt Foreign affairs minister needs to be more honest" by Ezra
Levant and let us make any private comment to the truth as suggested
by this neoconservative inflated asset.
Today, let us make another effort in reading the article "Some
Evidence on Iraq Called Fake: U.N. Nuclear Inspector Says Documents
on Purchases Were Forged" by Joby Warrick and let us make another
private comment to the truth as suggested by President Bush.
And today, let us make yet a further extra effort in reading the
article "Buffett warns on investment time bomb" by the BBC News and
let us make the further extra private comment to the truth, about
market derivatives and stock options, as suggested by Economics
Nobel Laureates and Chicago's alumni Myron Scholes and Robert C.
Merton.
If you didn't get it yet, well . . , we need a change of mind
where the common sense of our humanity replaces the obsoletism of
our new-speaks.
References
Shire, Timothy The Universe inside our scull March 6, 2003 Ensign
Huntington, Samuel The Clash of Civilizations? Foreign Affairs
Summer 1993 http://www.lander.edu/atannenbaum/Tannenbaum%20courses%20folder/POLS%20103%20World%20Politics/103_huntington_clash_of_civilizations_full_text.htm
Yutang, Lin My Country And My People 1935 http://www.chinasprout.com/store/BHT008.html
Levant, Ezra World of doubt Foreign affairs minister needs to be
more honest (PDF) March 10, 2003 Calgary Sun
http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/ensign2/pdfarchive/calgarysun/worldofdoubt.pdf
Warrick, Joby Some Evidence on Iraq Called Fake: U.N. Nuclear
Inspector Says Documents on Purchases Were Forged (pdf) March 7,
2003 Washington Post http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/ensign2/pdfarchive/washingtonPost/fakedocuments.pdf
BBC News Buffett warns on investment 'time bomb' March 4, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2817995.stm
The Shawnee News-Star Two Americans win Nobel prize for economics
October 14, 1997 http://www.news-star.com/stories/101497/new_nobel.html
deSantis, Mario Systems Dynamics in Education: Thinking
Differently February 21, 1999 Ensign
http://www.ftlcomm.com:16080/ensign/desantisArticles/desantis35/SysDyn-Feb21-99.htm
Editor's note: If Lin Yatang interests you below are some
references: The Chuang-tzu, Lin Yutang’s Introduction http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/cz-text1.htm
A complete Tao Te Ching, translated by Dr. Lin Yutang http://oaks.nvg.org/ys1ra3.html
Lin Yutang a short biography http://oaks.nvg.org/ys1ra4.html
Lin Yutang’s Masterpeice http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ccs/Newsletter/newsletter4/Masterpiece/master.htm
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