One can't help but appreciate the diversity of this world and the resultant different worldviews. T
football for example which funnily enough has been majorly able to keep the religious and racial card to a of the table. There is the American approach, then—I dare not say English version—there’s the European version et al.
The point here is our views are so divergent and tartly that a judge sitting somewhere trying to sort the world’s conflicts by listening to every concerned party will have to be fed Aspirin— maybe 5 100ml bottles intravenously —through the entire process.
Take the Israeli—Palestinian conflict and the religious and racial conflicts and tension it has brought among the world citizenry!
The point here is our views are so divergent and tartly that a judge sitting somewhere trying to sort the world’s conflicts by listening to every concerned party will have to be fed Aspirin— maybe 5 100ml bottles intravenously —through the entire process.
Take the Israeli—Palestinian conflict and the religious and racial conflicts and tension it has brought among the world citizenry!
Assuming you’re not from any of the affected countries. Let’s say you‘re a pygmy in the Congolese jungle and have no TV, or internet. If the world sent reps to you to listen and help them resolve the Israeli-Palestine conflict would you come to any conclusion?
Personally I think you would rather not give a resolution that favors any one party lest you risk starting a physical conflict at you feet.
I watch with a little anguish when people play the religious and racial card when trying to pass their heavily prejudiced views. It’s like randomly picking one man from each English football premiership team, putting them in one pitch and telling them to play and win the title for their home teams. Total mayhem, is what it is!
Reminds me of my high school days. We had the official professional football team that practiced on the A1 pitch. Then there were the other pitches where anyone willing to play some football simply joined in and ran after the ball. It was called 100-a-side and one was free to change sides anytime; like some turncoats you and me know about.
It worked well for the school establishment since close to 250 students running after one ball assured the school of physically fit students. There wasn’t even a referee. Everyone was the player, the referee and spectator at the same time. Thinking back, it was akin to putting 100 hungry rabbits in a field and providing only one carrot.
Looking at the world social arena and the religious and racial card issue, I see so much similarities. It’s slightly less chaotic but essentially the same. With the recurring global conflicts lasting as far back as I can remember, we need to start asking our selves some real hard questions. Like could there be a greater force or forces leading us on. Is some force dictating our ideologies? Is a force feasting on the religious and racial card.
I’m just trying to introduce the bigger picture. One can’t sort a jigsaw puzzle with only a few of the jigsaw pieces. You need the whole set right in front of you to appreciate, and enjoy the challenge of solving it.
So here we are! The End might construe throwing some large spanner into the works since it challenges some status quos but I think it’s a view worth considering seriously.
With the flawed reasoning, religious and racial card and ethnocentrism going around it’s become very prudent and clear in my mind that certain critical, world saving, ideologies need to be passed around cheaply.
Personally I think you would rather not give a resolution that favors any one party lest you risk starting a physical conflict at you feet.
I watch with a little anguish when people play the religious and racial card when trying to pass their heavily prejudiced views. It’s like randomly picking one man from each English football premiership team, putting them in one pitch and telling them to play and win the title for their home teams. Total mayhem, is what it is!
Reminds me of my high school days. We had the official professional football team that practiced on the A1 pitch. Then there were the other pitches where anyone willing to play some football simply joined in and ran after the ball. It was called 100-a-side and one was free to change sides anytime; like some turncoats you and me know about.
It worked well for the school establishment since close to 250 students running after one ball assured the school of physically fit students. There wasn’t even a referee. Everyone was the player, the referee and spectator at the same time. Thinking back, it was akin to putting 100 hungry rabbits in a field and providing only one carrot.
Looking at the world social arena and the religious and racial card issue, I see so much similarities. It’s slightly less chaotic but essentially the same. With the recurring global conflicts lasting as far back as I can remember, we need to start asking our selves some real hard questions. Like could there be a greater force or forces leading us on. Is some force dictating our ideologies? Is a force feasting on the religious and racial card.
I’m just trying to introduce the bigger picture. One can’t sort a jigsaw puzzle with only a few of the jigsaw pieces. You need the whole set right in front of you to appreciate, and enjoy the challenge of solving it.
So here we are! The End might construe throwing some large spanner into the works since it challenges some status quos but I think it’s a view worth considering seriously.
With the flawed reasoning, religious and racial card and ethnocentrism going around it’s become very prudent and clear in my mind that certain critical, world saving, ideologies need to be passed around cheaply.
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