Sunday, April 05, 2009

If Barack Obama directed Raiders of the Lost Ark


Based on a true story.

What the...?

**Whish**

...

**Whhooossshh**

**Whhhhish-whhishh**

The essence of this tragedy...

...it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the violent.

An inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others.

Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity...

It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics...

Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and desp - - -

**Swwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssshhh**

* * * Thump * * *


Linked by: Conservative Grapevine. Thanks! Idea: Barry Rubin via Larwyn

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