And then we wonder why ...
posted by Zakintosh at 11/13/2008 09:03:00 AM
Thursday, November 13, 2008
About Me
- Name: Zakintosh
- Location: Karachi, Pakistan
They laugh at me because I am different; I laugh at them because they are all the same.
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words of wisdom
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy - ecstasy so great that I would often have scrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness - that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that the saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought and, though it might seem too good for human life, this is what - at last - I have found.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.
This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.
Bertrand Russell
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
Noam Chomsky
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein
Each century seems to take on a particular character as we view it in retrospect. How will the 20th Century be remembered? My guess is that this dramatic span of 100 years will ultimately be marked not by computers or the Internet, but by the drive toward individual freedom, the breaking of human barriers of prejudice, and the opening of society to include all people.
John S. Spong
DESIDERATA
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann
12 Comments:
Hi,
It turns my stomach, even more when I see the young audience and I just want to throw up when I see headlines like two school going girls, blinded by acid attack.
Peace,
Aslam
13 November, 2008 10:03
Ways to escape conviction under the Domestic Violence Act, I presume.
13 November, 2008 10:32
don't beat her on the face or hands or where you can cause injury? Don't beat her like you would a child/animal- slapping them right and left!!!!!
outrageous. I'm speechless.
Why beat any one?
And this is what they teach young muslims - with references to the Quran?
No wonder there are so many stoning to death, acid throwing, stove burns- "accidental"of course.
If there is a God, then this cannot be His word.
13 November, 2008 12:59
They can talk like that on national TV? Just when I thought religion couldn't shock me anymore.
14 November, 2008 01:13
This was one of the most vile clip I have seen. Is this the facet of Islam that most people ignore when they laud its glory and its accomplishments. I felt sick too.
14 November, 2008 07:06
Vile? Tsk tsk. Such prejudice.
This is clearly a clip from some creatively licentious television service, describing desirable S&M practices. I can't see a single reference to religion (unless of course, there are some in the voice-over, which I don't understand).
See the passion in his face when he says he wants his partner to understand that she has gone too far. He alludes to light slaps given to an animal (bestiality too! and then he goes on to talk about children - could be crossing the line there, you know) when it walks (presumably away, interrupting the ineffable joy of the moment - I guess we needn't inflame our imaginations with delightful mind pictures of the actual positions employed, with either camels or donkeys, whatever he prefers)!
And he clearly advocates no unsightly marks or damage, doubtless to emphasise the need to ensure that both parties (he doesn't talk about inviting more to join in, at least not in this snippet) are willing and able to go in for another round soon.
I am not sure why you bring these matters to our attention though, unless it is the desire to make sure your Loyal Audience learns to be more tolerant of other people's little foibles.
14 November, 2008 08:26
Sick to my Stomach....
What about MEN when they go too far; What to do with them?
This is really!.....
14 November, 2008 10:10
A postscript to my earlier comment:
hate these bearded bastards and they get prime time on innumerable TV channels. Am seething thereby incoherent.Sickos!!!!!!!
15 November, 2008 02:20
did some one bother to do a little research on memritv before jumping and getting your panties in a twist
29 November, 2008 20:02
Yes Mr Sarcasm ... I did. And in the interest of fairplay, I shall direct those who are not aware of MEMRITV to watch this video.
Their agenda - however evil it may be - does not automatically mean that this obscene video, of itself, is false. Of course, if you or anyone else could direct me to an article, on or off the web, that states that the video placed on youtube is cooked up, or that the translation does not fit in at all with what the chauvinistic nut is saying, I'd certainly preface the entry with a warning that states that this has been proven to be a 'false claim' and also flag it on you tube as being objectionable, false material.
However, when it comes to this particular video - and I strongly object to its contents that can in no way be justified by any decent being - there has been an ongoing discussion in the comments section, which you and the others should read with an open mind.
I am not defending MEMRITV, I am just stating that if the clip is, in fact, incorrect I'd like to know. Or if it has been taken out of context (even if that will not lessen my disgust at what is being taught) I think many of us would like to see in what context is such stuff justifiable.
29 November, 2008 21:45
I am an athiest and a woman. I think what he is saying is very wrong. But I dont find it something about which everybody should be so worked up. All the religions have same teachings and he is just trying to save his religion's ass. Lets not make it a point of Muslim Bashing.
22 December, 2008 23:24
@anonymous: there was no muslim bashing in any of the comments that i can see. almost all the people in the comments are, in fact, muslims. and my own take on the matter is clear from the headlines: that it is crap like this that invites the bashing.
he is trying to save his religion's ass? he is the one who just kicked it mam!!!
22 December, 2008 23:52
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