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Thought of the day: Isn't "Holy War" an oxymoron?!
I found Maryanne's input and perspective to be well thought out and enlightening. Having spent time living in Holland back in 1994, I had acquaintances who had recently returned to Amsterdam after assisting victims in Bosnia, and the perspectives are much different when these events hit close to home (relatively speaking, in a geographical sense). I have long prayed for peace for those living in exile or without a homeland to go to, as we have never had to suffer through that. While I valued my time abroad highly, I was quite happy to return to the good ol' US of A, as well as the many luxuries here I had previously taken for granted, such as 24 hr. grocery stores, low-priced produce and that thing called religious freedom. If there is any good to come out of this tragedy, I hope this horrible event will unite the world like never before, that this might foster a greater sense of sensitivity to those around the world who suffer quietly yet unjustly, and while there is yet to be any conclusive proof as to whom the perpetrator/s is/are, that our government will at least no longer tolerate having other countries knowingly harbor fugitives that should have been brought to justice a long time ago.
And another thought:
Gee, I wonder how many hundreds of dollars Ridecamp saves it's subscribers in therapy bills?! ;-)
Tracey Ritter, Portland OR
When they find out (and I hope they do) who did these terrible things, those people will have a lot to answer for because there is no holy war and it was flat out murder.
"We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves."
-Locke, Essay on Human Understanding
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