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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