tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post8397386140438652948..comments2023-07-20T13:08:25.645-07:00Comments on Hastings on nonviolence: Flipping our structuresTom H. Hastingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098260278363929190noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post-48586856487881786662010-10-07T04:34:52.057-07:002010-10-07T04:34:52.057-07:00I like the idea of moving past Gandhi's idea o...I like the idea of moving past Gandhi's idea of nonviolence "must never be the shield of cowards." We are all brave heros in some moments and craven cowards in others. Nonviolence simply needs to be the no-exceptions norm and then we will figure out how. Thanks for the link to the 'academy'.Tom H. Hastingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098260278363929190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post-64640717151194374592010-10-07T00:29:19.983-07:002010-10-07T00:29:19.983-07:00If we try to list out names of violent and non-vio...If we try to list out names of violent and non-violent people we have known of, the latter list would be much smaller. Why is it that we are at a loss here? Do hatred, fear and abhorrence have a higher psychological ranking within us than peace, love and contentment? Understand better how our mind registers and reacts to these two sides of the same coin http://oneworldacademy.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/non-violence/Artihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04996261337972520057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post-56808990102798957552010-09-26T08:59:36.970-07:002010-09-26T08:59:36.970-07:00Thanks, Marco, you remind us that there is literal...Thanks, Marco, you remind us that there is literally no bottom to the conundrums, no top to the dilemmas, and no end to the paradoxes. It is always more complex than we portray.Tom H. Hastingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098260278363929190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post-11235120150523450462010-09-26T08:36:00.861-07:002010-09-26T08:36:00.861-07:00the elephant in the room- the bugaboo that drives ...the elephant in the room- the bugaboo that drives the wedge with the hammer of "i'm so right and you're so wrong" is the split between the up and down - i.e. - the left is perceived by the right intelligensia as assuming ethical high ground by refusing the whole concept of a high ground - the up there that determines the down here - but that's the whole tamale for a traditionalist, conservative...<br /><br />we musn't succumb to painting the other with a broad brush of derision no matter how tempting...(because it is irrational)even in the name of being tolerant - some of the most intolerant people I know (against the right wingers) emblazon "tolerance" on their banners -be tolerant my way or else go awaymarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387822394707839670noreply@blogger.com