Category Archives: war

Some Movement (re prior blog entry, ‘Stereotypes’)

Posted on December 10, 2015 by iohannkn

Salvete, qui legentes — Just after I’d posted the blog entry ‘Stereotypes’ the other day, the news came out that the attack in San Bernardino was indeed politically and religiously motivated — although strangely targeted.  It’s apparently the same old … Continue reading →

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Stereotypes

Posted on December 4, 2015 by iohannkn

Salvete, qui legentes — The stereotype of the Muslim Terrorist is omnipresent, and, of course, all the more so now after the November attacks in Paris.  But I myself would like to know more about the people who de facto share … Continue reading →

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Ah, Give Me the Cold War …

Posted on November 20, 2015 by iohannkn

In the 1960s, poised beneath the uncertain nuclear stalemate between the USA and USSR, there continued to be hope for universal peace — the hoped-for product of World War II.  The First World War’s “never again!” notion had gone to … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit over Support of Terrorism

Posted on February 24, 2015 by iohannkn

Terrorism Trial, NY Times, 2015-Feb-24 　NY Times: “The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization were found liable on Monday by a jury in Manhattan for their role in knowingly supporting six terrorist attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004 … Continue reading →

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The Spartan Invocation

Posted on February 18, 2015 by iohannkn

A good bit, a particular rendering of the famous Spartan epitaph from Thermopylae:  Go, way-farer, bear news to Sparta’s town That here, their bidding done, we laid us down.  –rendered by Cyril E. Robinson

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Religion…

Posted on August 11, 2014 by iohannkn

Religions and Gods are like technology – in themselves they don’t matter, but how we use them DOES matter.  Sadly, human nature makes a weapon of EVERYTHING.  Al-Qaeda?  God = Murder; and the Prophet is hailed as Murderer-in-Chief.  (sigh)

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