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The Phi Phi Islands are an island group in Thailand, between Phuket and Krabi. Koh Phi Phi Don is a slice of paradise with beautiful mangroves and limestone cliffs. Famous from the movie, "The Beach," starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Phi Phi offers a great mix of mellow resort vibes with a fun party atmosphere.
Today's post is written by a special guest-post contributor, Annette Richmond!
Annette Richmond is the fashion stylist and blogger behind Xtra Lush . Xtra Lush is a body positive fashion, travel and lifestyle blog. When Annette is not blogging about plus size fashion trends and easy DIY's, she is writing a travel guide or planning her next trip. She recently created a body positive Instagram group called Fat Girls Traveling and will be leading her first travel group through Asia later this year.
The only way to get to Phi Phi is by ferry, which is easy to book from Krabi or Phuket. There are booths everywhere and the prices are generally the same. I paid 700 baht ($20) for round trip ferry tickets. This site is really helpful for getting ferry times and prices. There are no cars or motorbikes on the island, so put on your Fitbit and pack comfortable shoes.
As you get off the ferry, be prepared to pay a 20 baht (sixty cent) "clean up" fee. I looked at it as a small price to pay to visit one of the most beautiful islands in the country and most resilient places in the world. I can't forget how the 2004 tsunami devastated the island. Being there, surrounded by both the mountains and the sea was surreal.
1. Go Snorkeling
Walking through Phi Phi you'll see information for Speed Boat and Long Tail Boat Tours. The price is the same at every place, 1500 baht ($35) for 4 hours of beach and island hopping. However, different tours go to different beaches. Make sure your tour includes snorkeling gear. Shark Point in Long Beach was an extraordinary place for a novice snorkeler. Although I didn't see any sharks, I did get to swim with the fish.
2. Visit Monkey Beach
The monkeys are ADORABLE and quite tame. If boatloads of people came to feed me daily, I'd be pretty friendly too! Although people are told not to feed the monkeys, they do. Because of this the monkeys are comfortable jumping on people and even boats in search for a snack. I however, decided to observe the rules and hang back a bit. I was brought here on a Speed Boat Tour but it is accessible by kayak from Phi Phi.
3. Take a Dip in Pileh Bay
Home to the clearest, bluest waters I've ever seen. The first thing I did was jump feet first into the hidden gem that is Pileh Lagoon. The warm salt water bay is completely closed off to the rest of the island and enclosed by limestone mountains. Swimming in this spectacular sea of turquoise was my "pinch me" moment. I was brought here on a Speed Boat Tour but it is accessible by kayak from Phi Phi.
4. Watch a Muay Thai Fight
The infamous Reggae Bar is a Muay Thai hotspot where the audience gets as much ring time as the professionals. Anyone who wants a free bucket can volunteer to fight. I was impressed by the skill of some fighters, while others simply gave up. The noticeable difference between the pros and the joes was that the professional fighters did a ritual known as Wai Khru Ram before each bout. It was an obvious sign of respect for the art, their coaches and their opponents.
5. Get a Beachside Massage
After walking around the island for two days I decided to treat myself to a Thai Massage. The mixture of pleasure and pain was unfamiliar but the calming sound of the waves and the ocean breeze made relaxing effortless.
This post was shortened from the original article 48 Hours in Koh Phi Phi .
To see more from Annette, check out her body positive fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog HERE.
1/13/2017 07:10:12 pm
Pileh Bay was absolutely gorgeous! Some of my favorite travel photos are from there. And it's so salty that it's almost like floating in Jell-o. Phi Phi is beautiful. My favorite island in Thailand ended up being Koh Tao tho. Less touristy. Thanks for the guide!
1/13/2017 09:17:05 pm
Hey Jessica, glad you enjoyed the post! Thanks for the feedback :)
1/13/2017 09:18:11 pm
I think the first foreign country we visit always holds a special place in our heart :) Thanks for reading and for the feedback!
1/13/2017 08:48:30 pm
I'm a HUGE snorkeling fan so I'll have to add this on my list of places to visit! It sounds like you had a blast :)
1/13/2017 09:18:45 pm
I love snorkeling, and well honestly just anything in the water! :)
1/13/2017 11:52:31 pm
I was in Phuket in December. I visited Koh Phang Nga but now I wish I'd gone to Koh Phi Phi as well. I also watched The Beach just before I went to Thailand :-)
1/14/2017 12:24:11 am
Sara, how did you like Koh Phang Nga? Would you recommend it? I haven't seen the movie The Beach, I need to do it! :)
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Air Guitar Nation (2006)
Critic Consensus: It's up for debate how serious or ironic its subjects are, but Air Guitar Nation is nonetheless a funny and exciting documentary with a killer soundtrack.
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A nuts-and-bolts document of the annual Air Guitar World Championships which take place in the rural outpost of Oulu in Finland.
Sure, there is an infectious goofiness in watching a grown man in a red robe and Hello Kitty breastplate rock out on an imaginary ax. But the gag is spread pretty thin.
The film's action footage -- lots of men and women thrashing around with a theoretical Fender in hand -- gets pretty tedious after a while. There is only so much self-inflicted embarrassment one can bear watching.
In this pitch-perfect documentary about the very real rise of air guitar competition in the United States, and two of its top performers, stony thoughts will arise as to whether one is suddenly trapped inside a satire that got wrapped in a reality.
It's a limited movie, from the musical palette the performers choose, to the number of players the movie spends time with.
The suggestion is that C-Diddy can be seen as a sort of ambassador for the 'make air, not war' sentiment. Why not? Even as real ambassadors go, we could do worse.
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Air Guitar Nation is insanely entertaining. Honestly, I put this movie off for a long time thinking that there was no way I was going to be entertained or at all care about air guitar. But it's really easy to like and actually dare I say respect what they are doing. C-Diddy and Bjorn Turoque are really likable in their own weird way and that's what makes the movie as they are the prime focus of the documentary. Some of the things the players say and so just make you laugh and then you see they aren't laughing and you think, "Wait, Are they serious?" To some extent they are, but the good thing is they only do it to have fun and I have to say it's a lot of fun to watch them.
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On a scale between 4.0 and 6.0, I give it a 5.8! What an interesting film! This "mockumentary" film ranks up there with "Murderball" and "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters", really defining this genre of movies at the top of the ranks. This is top-notch entertainment, you can't script better characters. If you haven't seen "C-Diddy" perform, then you're just missing out.
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This is a really fun movie to watch. It starts with a ridiculous premise, but eventually wins you over with its exhuberance and, I hate to say it, skill. Some of the guys who compete are really quite accomplished in thier strange field and are pretty impressive to watch. This movie is like watching multiple love letters to rock music, if not guitar aptitude. It's too bad that Dan Crane kind of comes off as a bit desperate and pathetic. He's not too bad, but his tenacity makes him kind of a tragic character.
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Yvonne Pirwitz (top) and Fred Saab captured the 14-and-under championships last weekend in the Zeller Memorial Tennis Tournament at the Zeller courts at 23rd and Union Sts, Allentown. The winners received Michael Iacocca sculptures of Moe Connelly and John F. Kennedy for their accomplishments
This season, the tournament has raised $3,000 for the American Cancer Society. More will be raised when the advanced tournament is played Aug. 20-23 at Westend Racquet Club for boys and girls ages 12-18. Entry forms for that tournament are available at Westend.


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Another "Cliff Hardy" spectacular! A very interesting Jerome Gambit played with a time control of one minute for each player. (That turns out to be 1 or 2 seconds a move.)
Again, I present notes from Kevin, with some information from his email. I have added diagrams.
I couldn't resist sending you this game in the "Charlick" variation, played in the famous Jerome Gambit game, Charlick-Mann, correspondence, 1881. I am from Adelaide in Australia. Our official chronological State Championship winner board ( http://www.oocities.org/"Historical Prelude - Henry Charlick (1845-1916) was acknowledged chess champion of S.A. [South Australia] for 25 years, by common consent and by his pre-eminent ability. He confirmed this rank by winning the Australian title in Adelaide in 1887 and by taking second place the next year in Melbourne. State Championship tournaments began in 1894, after the foundation of the S.A.C.A [South Australian Chess Association] in 1892, but Charlick never took part in these contests for the title he had relinquished."
timessquare/5427/ ) starts with "1868-93 H. Charlick 1894 J. Hilton; 1895 W. J. McArthur..." and ends with "2016 Alan Goldsmith" but there is an interesting wordy preface to the "1868-93 H. Charlick" bit:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qd5+ Kf8
Charlick-Mann, correspondence, 1881, went 7...Ke8, ...1-0, 72.
8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Nf6 10.0-0 Bd7?!
Black is now slightly better but Stockfish likes the manoeuvre 10...Kf7!, intending to artificially castle, with a clear advantage for black.
Stockfish slightly prefers 11. d4.
Doesn't do much - 11...Qe8 or 11...c5 are better.
12.d4 Qe7?!
Looks good but 12...Bb5 is better - a few mistakes around here but I guess this is "one minute each" chess 😃.
13.e5! is a little better.
13...Kg8 14.f5
Now I am equal.
14...Nf8 15.e5 de 16.de Ne8??
16...Rae8! or 16...Ng4 are better, though I am not losing a pawn after 16...Ng4 17.Qg3!, since 17...Nxe5?? loses to 18.f6.
17.Nd5! was crushing, with the threat of pushing the f-pawn.
17...Bc6 was necessary to keep black in the game, now the Jerome pawns are too strong.
18.Be3 Qc6 19.Qf4
OK, but 19.Nd5! was even stronger.
OK, but 19.Nd5! was even stronger.
Sacrificing with 20...Nxe6 was better but still losing for black.
21.Bd4 Nd6 22.Qg3?!
22.f6! was killing.
22...Ne8 23.f6 Nxe6 24.f7+ Kh7 25.Qd3+ g6 26.fxe8=Q Rxe8?
27.Rf7+ Kg8
27...Ng7 would still lead to a quick mate e.g. 28.Rxg7+ Kh8 29.Rxg6+ Kh7 30.Rg7+ Kh8 31.Qh7 mate


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Despite the protest by the Kalabari community in Rivers State, the disputed oil wells will still remain with Bayelsa, a federal agency declared yesterday.
Kalabari elders and traditional rulers on Monday staged a protest in Abuja over the alleged ceding of Soku oil wells in Rivers to Bayelsa State, allegedly with President Goodluck Jonathan's support. The President is from Bayelsa.
The oil wells in Kula, Soku, Ehem-Sarama, Idama and Abose communities produce 300,000 barrels of crude daily.
"The status quo remains – which is that the oil wells, for now, belong to Bayelsa State," chair of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Elias Mbam, said yesterday in Abuja.
The Kalabari elders accused the RMAFC, the National Boundaries Commission (NBC) and other federal agencies of being used by the President to cede the oil wells to Bayelsa, a claim presidential spokesman Reuben Abati dismissed as "irresponsible" because, according to him, the federal agencies are independent.
Mbam said: "The status quo remains and that is that the wells, for now, belong to Bayelsa state it is an old issue and the RMAFC is not doing anything differently until the NBC completes its assignment and the Supreme Court gives a final ruling on the matter."
He said the commission "relies solely on the decision of the Presidential Committee on the Verification of Oil Wells of December 2000, comprising the office of the Vice President, National Security Adviser, Department of State Security, National Boundary Commission RMAFC, the Nigerian Navy, DPR and the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation," which retained the wells in Bayelsa State.
He added that the commission was holding on to the Supreme Court judgment of July 10, which stated that "until the National Boundary Commission concludes its exercise of delineation of the disputed boundary to finality, it will be futile and premature to determine the boundary of the two states in present circumstances. However, the appropriate order to be made in the prevailing circumstance is that of striking out the plaintiff's suit."
Mbam said the claims of the Kalabari National Forum, led by Awoyesuau-Jack, a traditional ruler, alleging that some public officials connived to take away some communities from Rivers state and hand them over to Bayelsa State for political reasons is baseless, malicious and a calculated attempt to misinform the public and embarrass the RMAFC.
He urged all parties to exercise restraint and allow peace to reign while the National Boundary Commission completes its assignment on the delineation of boundaries between the two states.
The RMAFC boss said Bayelsa State has sent a petition to the commission, and the RMAFC has constituted an inter-agency committee, comprising the National Boundary Commission, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the office of the Surveyor General of the Federation and the offices of Surveyors-General of Bayelsa and Rivers states.
The committee, he said, will look at the details of the petition to determine where the disputed oil wells belong. The DPR will determine the content and quantity of the oil wells.
The National Boundary Commission, Mbam said, will have to complete its assignment first before the determination of which state owns the wells, but he expects the NBC to finish in good time so that other activities will follow.
On the 13 per cent derivation funds that is now a source of controversy between the states and oil producing communities, Mbam said: "As of today, the RMAFC Act does not allow the commission to release money to communities but we have advised state governments to use the 13 per cent derivation fund to develop the communities where oil exploration takes place.
The 13 per cent derivation fund, according to him, is meant to address the challenges that may arise as a result of oil production. He maintained that the money should be used to address such challenges.
Mbam urged aggrieved oil producing communities to come forward and make presentations at the review of the new revenue formula, on how best the 13 per cent derivation should be handled in the review.
Mbam said lack of funds has delayed the review and eventual release of the much expected revenue formula.
"The success of the review of the new revenue formula depends on variables. One of such variables is funding," he said.
He said RMAFC is optimistic that the 2013 budget will address funding challenges to allow RMAFC go to the zones and carry out workshops and receive input from stakeholders.
The RMAFC boss was silent on when the new revenue formula will be released but he said the commission was looking at next year – if it has the requisite funding to complete its duties.
Funding is required to finance the travel arrangements of 37 members to all parts of the country, hire consultants and for sundry logistics.


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A trucking career brings about many opportunities for earning good income, seeing the country and often a sense of adventure. Unfortunately, trucking also brings about serious health concerns. Truck drivers are at a high risk of having a stroke due to the nature of their jobs. There are many reasons for this. For one thing, truck drivers spend long hours behind the wheel. Also, the majority of truck drivers don't take the time to exercise. Additionally, they often grab food to eat simply because they are hungry without giving any thought to what harm or benefits the foods they choose to eat provide. The combination of poor or irregular eating habits leads to the odds of drivers having a stroke a distinctive possibility.
The major risk factors of having a stroke are as follows:
1. High blood pressure
2. High cholesterol
3. Diabetes
4. Circulation Problems
5. Physical inactivity
6. Obesity
7. Tobacco Use
8. Alcohol Use
As you can see, these are conditions that can easily be managed by lifestyle changes. This is the reason why it is important to adopt a healthy lifestyle to prevent the possibility of having a stroke.
The information on this page and other health information pages on this site are for general information only. This information is not intended to be medical advice or a substitute for medical advice.. We suggest that you review the information and consult with your own health practitioner for specific information and suggestions concerning your specific health needs.
A stroke is caused when a blood vessel in the brain becomes clogged or blocked, resulting in a temporary numbness or paralysis of certain motor functions depending on where in the brain it takes place. If the blood vessel bursts, then a much more seriously debilitating and life threatening condition can occur. While strokes can vary with their effect, the one thing they all have one thing in common is that they affect our brain and our motor functions.
Depending on the severity of a stroke, it can be a matter of days, weeks, months or longer before a person can fully regain their full motor function through proper treatment. For minor strokes that are caught in time, the recovery period can be very quick as the damage incurred is limited. Major strokes however can result in lifelong disability.
Truck drivers can reduce their odds of having a stroke. Naturally, the prevention of a stroke is a far better choice than having to have a stroke and suffering the effects of one. While not all forms of strokes can be prevented, there are a number of simple measures you can take to greatly lessen the chances that you will have a stroke. They all deal with lifestyle changes.
First and foremost are the foods you choose to eat. Eat Healthy: Avoid or reduce the consumption of unhealthy foods. You need to eat heart healthy foods such as tomatoes, berries, fish, etc. You will need to avoid foods containing saturated and trans fats. Also, don't overeat. You will discover that when you eat healthy, you feel better and your level of alertness goes up as well.
You can also include heart healthy supplements in your diet. Omega-3 is one of the best supplements you can take to help prevent strokes is Omega-3, a fatty acid that helps clear out the arteries and keeps them more flexible. While it cannot prevent all strokes from occurring, it can help keep your arteries clear and greatly reduce the chances of a stroke.
Exercise is an important component of health. It is important that your weight be appropriate for your height. Obesity is a stroke risk factor so it is important to control your weight. Keeping off the excess weight means more than just eating healthy. You also need to exercise regularly. This means you need to engage in good, physical activity five days each week. It may seem difficult at first, but if you make the time to get in shape and stay in shape it will pay off in many ways. You will gain many health benefits, not the possibility of preventing a stroke. Many trucks have fitness centers, but not all of them. Keeping a set of dumbbells or weights in the truck along with proper running shoes allows you to exercise anyplace you happen to be.
If you suspect that you are having a stroke, then getting treatment as soon as possible is vital for your health. If you feel unusual numbness or great weakness along one side of your body, you need to stop driving immediately and get out of the truck. Look in the mirror to see if your face is dropping on one side or if you cannot hold both arms above your head equally. If this happens, don't wait. Call 911 immediately so you can get the attention you need. The damage that a stroke can inflict may be serious and difficult to reverse, especially if the treatment is delayed. The sooner you get help, the better off you will be.
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In honor of the Four Word Film Review, which is celebrating its nine-year anniversary this week, I will make this one particularly brief: Six chicks with picks.
On second thought, that wasn't very satisfying. How about, cave mouth swallows hope. Nah, that ain't cutting it either. Underground regressive therapy ordeal? Whatever length, any description of The Descent is going to carry the same b-movie connotations. The film's brilliance is in how it takes those low expectations, and the implicit inability to sucker you in, and then still proceeds to scare the living daylights out of you.
Neil Marshall has made a career of exceeding expectations. His first film, Dog Soldiers, was a low-budget update of the werewolf mythos that eschewed CGI and made the most of good acting and an original premise. It was a decent film, but The Descent marks a definite evolution as a filmmaker. He wisely chose to shoot most of the scenes with natural lighting (headlamps, flashlights, flares, etc.), giving the cave itself a truly claustrophobic feel. Although perhaps a bit too homogenous (read: attractive), the actresses all acquit themselves admirably and managed to convince me they were real thrill seekers and not just prima donnas who had spent a week on a climbing wall. One scene in particular is right out of an "extreme sports" documentary and I never doubted for a second that these chicks could kick my ass. With that said, the real stars here are the "crawlers." I don't want to say too much about them, other than that they are very realistic and very frightening. Marshall chose to use real actors, instead of stuntmen or dancers, and they bring to their roles an authenticity that rivals Alien in its ability to evoke atavistic fear of the Other. Though the gore is modest by the standards of some other films I have discussed, the icky quotient is high enough to keep most viewers out of caves forever.
To borrow a metaphor from another extreme sport, The Descent flows along at a brisk but still leisurely pace, like a Class 3 river. Though there are a few shock scares here and there, nearly a hour of the film is spent building dread as the team of spelunkers descend further and further into an unmapped cave system. Once the action kicks in, though, it's a sheer drop straight down into Class 5 hell water. Careful of the rocks, folks. They're real killers.
p.s. if the image on the poster looks familiar, that's because it copies a famous portrait of Dali by Philippe Halsman called In Voluptate Mors. The same iconography was used, though less obviously, on some posters for The Silence of the Lambs.
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- Brian Baughan said...
When the posters first appeared for this movie I totally thought of that Dali postcard you used to have.
- October 29, 2008 at 1:02 PM
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Between 1795-97, Wordsworth wrote his only play, The Borderers, a verse tragedy set during the reign of King Henry III of England, when Englishmen in the North Country came into conflict with Scottish rovers. He attempted to get the play staged in November 1797, but it was rejected by Thomas Harris, the manager of the Covent Garden Theatre, who proclaimed it "impossible that the play should succeed in the representation". The rebuff was not received lightly by Wordsworth and the play was not published until 1842, after substantial revision.[18]
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I know that 80s don't seem like a very high grade, but if you got an 80 on a pretest, that's actually super good. Getting an 80 on a pretest means that you already know 80% of what you're going to learn in the unit. That's really cool! It means that you already have a lot of prior knowledge!
We started exploring atoms, elements and compounds as well - we began to talk about how they're related and how they're different. I learned that atoms make up all matter. They're classified into elements, and they're counted as similar when they have the same atomic number. Compounds are substances made of two or more elements.
^The makeup of a glucose molecule^
^ The diagram of an oxygen atom^
Mr. Ferriter also taught us that the atoms in solids are packed tightly together and vibrate. The atoms in liquids slide past each other and are less dense. Finally, the atoms in gases move unpredictably and quickly through the air.
I wonder if atoms also affect the way substances look. I know they affect the way that compounds feel because they'll be either solids, liquids or gases. But do the atoms affect their color or texture as well?
To answer my question, I'm going to pay special attention to these properties during this unit.


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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
A Look at Conflict: How Long can you Hold a Grudge?
I understand that our diverse cities and cultures wouldn't exist were it not for the blood, sweat and tears of previous generations - and it's important to historically preserve both our physical achievements and the memory of those who accomplished or protected them - but when it comes to continually reminding ourselves of the religious or political motivation behind CONFLICT, shadows remain cast over many generations and tracing back grudges becomes increasingly convoluted and unreliable. You only have to look at the scholarly accounts of the Napoleonic wars to realise how events can be interpreted so differently in a relatively short period of time.
In my simplistic view, this becomes an obstacle to current (and hence future) world inhabitants being able to strive towards harmony - wherever they were born or whatever their domicile today. It would be great just to be able to say "Let's just have a 'Day Zero', a point of mutual forgiveness, whereafter you should try to live peaceably with your neighbours from wherever you are right now". But that wouldn't be fair to the living ancestors of those born in exile, longing to be reunited with their loved ones ... unless there was the further will to remove the very territorial borders that caused the squabbles in the first place. We should all be free to tread broadly anywhere on this shared globe.
Or is it actually worth it, for the sake of future generations, for this one generation of misplaced tribes to just suck it up and endure the heartache of separation from kin or homeland to allow its offspring a real shot at a new beginning? - to start their lives without being indoctrinated into hating the enemies of their forefathers and rather to be taught to truly love their new neighbours?
A kid is a kid to a kid. Is it right that past disagreements should continue to blight new lives to the extent that some have never known an existence without conflict? It's worth noting that, by the end of the '100 Years War', the original protagonists were long dead. What would the world degenerate into if no-one knew better than kill or be killed? We may as well have never strayed from the caves.
If an aggressor seeks to breach the peace, they should face immediate prosecution for the very first crime committed in their name - why should anyone be above the laws to which the rest of us are expected to conform (including those for inciting violence)? There shouldn't be degrees of looting and harm to another individual, depending on whether you're 'A. Citizen' or the leader of a country.
One thing I know for sure - we shouldn't dwell on past grievances, except to learn valuable lessons about how we can create a better, peaceful future. People quip "Never forget where you buried the hatchet". I disagree - I say "Melt it down - make a monument of it if you like - but burn the handle".
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." (Mandela)
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" (Gandhi)
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- Anonymous7 June 2012 at 03:18
Well HELLO Rainbow Love Peace Waterfall Collingwood Simpson. I can see the Healing Crystals sparkling and the Hare Krishnas dancing, to the tinkle of their little bells, as they sprinkle fairy dust over the combatants, who drop their weapons and embrace ……… No …… It's not going to happen. "Day Zero" is more likely to be the day that the U.S. or China neuc everybody that has a different opinion to theirs…. And I don't expect that will happen either. I believe the world will have more of the same for centuries to come, until we destroy our food sources through pollution or some horrific epidemic decimates the population. (I would prefer the latter for the sake of the other residents of this planet.) Need and greed drive people into conflict every day and the protagonists always believe they are justified. Al Qaeda gave the western world a poke in the eye, so they poked right back with 1,000 times the force and very little plan otherwise. North Sudan believe South Sudan have stolen their oil so their shooting each other. The ranchers in the Amazon are quietly committing genocide under the cover of the forest and African tribes flee persecution in their homelands and find themselves in bloody conflict in refugee camps. It has always been the same. In reality, we have changed very little over the past few thousand years. Strength through numbers or technology conquers the weak. Men with bronze swords killed men with stone axes. Men with steel swords killed men with bronze swords. Men with UAVs kill men with AK47s and IEDs. I do NOT believe that, as a species, we have strayed very far at all from the caves. Men are animals with much the same embedded programming as the great apes. "Fight or flight" "Kill or be killed" and it's really only by overlaying this, with a broad education, that lifts us to something better. From my experience, the poorer a persons education, or the more isolated their existence, the more likely they are to distrust or even "hate" anyone they perceive as "different". Your point that parents indoctrinate their children with their prejudices and hatreds is very true, but how's this ever going to change?ReplyDelete
I have to take issue with your proposal to "enforce the peace". First, who's going to make the laws, that the world must abide by? Who gets to vote on these laws? United Nations, U.S.A., China, Syria, Greece? (they did invent Democracy) Yourself? Who is going to enforce this law. The U.N.? Team America - World Police?
The world of international diplomacy operates like a primary school playground without an adult to supervise. The United Nations are once again proving their uselessness in Syria. Twenty years ago the UN Soldiers stood by and watched the Rwandans chop each other to pieces, because they weren't authorised to intervene.
Are you, perhaps, wishing to dose the world with Judeo-Christian beliefs? Well, consider this. After wandering in the wilderness for X years, Moses went up onto the mount and brought back the ten commandments, including "Thou shalt not kill." Obviously Moses didn't know shorthand and God was dictating a bit faster than he could chisel, so he abbreviated the text. Some time later he proceeded to slaughter an entire population. (Was it the Edomites? My Bible is a bit rusty.) Anyway, they got their "Land of Milk and Honey" at the expense of the previous residents and it's now evident that the full text should have read "Thou shalt not kill thy friends and family." (subtext - Foreigners and unbelievers – just go for it Man.)
I'm not saying "Let's stick a flower in the end of a gun and hope it all goes away". I'm saying nip any new conflict in the bud and prosecute under the laws that govern us all and which most countries widely agree on in respect of the individual. I don't have a religious agenda either - we can see from Syria that it shouldn't be a platform for electing the ruling party, which should represent the interests of ALL of its citizens. Politicians should just concern themselves with economic and social infrastructure and, if they must get involved in matters of faith, it should only be to decree that people should be free to believe what they choose and respect their neighbour's right to do likewise. Let the mosques, temples and churches slang out how many subscribers they can attract to their particular brand of spiritual enlightenment. It's a worthy pursuit that transcends our mortal existence, whatever the label.ReplyDelete


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