Saturday, July 25, 2009
Change is Slow, but There Is Still Hope
I haven't posted anywhere near as much as I used to. The reasons are varied but have a lot to do with the nature of my posts. After having ranted on about practically everything for a few years, I found myself getting a little to negative for my own good. There remains in the world pretty much everything that I have raved about before but there are signs that all is not bad.
In Arizona, the story of the little girl of Liberian descent who was raped and then reject4ed by her family for having shamed them is drawing the world's attention. My first re-action was to call for the expulsion of the family members from the U.S. for having shamed the country. The current President of Liberia has shown more wisdom in her re-action. Across America the offers to help the little girl are pouring in. Maybe, we're not all bad.
For years, the Islamic and Middle Eastern cultures have been portrayed with ignorance and fear among western media. The result has been the establishment of many false ideas concerning them. The radicals among Islam would have us believe that an Islamic culture of the past is tantamount to returning to the dark ages. Yet there are signs of change. I watched a program on Discovery a couple of nights ago which went into detail about some of the ancient discoveries by the likes of Al Jazarri( spelling?). The man was creating double suction pumps hundreds of years before western society had thought they existed. What's more is the fact that he was expanding on the work of men from a thousand years before. It is clear that the Middle Eastern societies had technology far more advanced than had been previously thought and literally thousands of years before us. The engineer in me just loved this program and I remain in awe of these people's accomplishments.
The fact that this program was created, that shows like " Little Mosque on the Prairie" are being made, are being shown and well received here in Canada makes me think that perhaps there is still hope for us ignorant few. That fact that in polls socialism is on a major rise here in the west suggest a higher level of consciousness may be coming for us. Perhaps more of us are starting to see the light and envision a world of peace and justice, a world of knowledge and wisdom not only for our sons, but for our wives and daughters as well.
A strange anniversary: On July 1st 1975, my family, and I left Colo. Springs returning home to Canada. I just learned that that was also the day that Kelsey Grammars' sister Karen was abducted and killed there. Her killer is up for parole. He should never get it!!!!!! We can't bring her back, but the monster who did that to her should never get the chance to do it again. He forfeited that right the day he killed that young woman. I don't care if he has since found Jesus. I don't care if Allah himself appeared to him to forgive him. The way I see it, that's between him and his God. As far the rest of us, Let Him Rot!
In Arizona, the story of the little girl of Liberian descent who was raped and then reject4ed by her family for having shamed them is drawing the world's attention. My first re-action was to call for the expulsion of the family members from the U.S. for having shamed the country. The current President of Liberia has shown more wisdom in her re-action. Across America the offers to help the little girl are pouring in. Maybe, we're not all bad.
For years, the Islamic and Middle Eastern cultures have been portrayed with ignorance and fear among western media. The result has been the establishment of many false ideas concerning them. The radicals among Islam would have us believe that an Islamic culture of the past is tantamount to returning to the dark ages. Yet there are signs of change. I watched a program on Discovery a couple of nights ago which went into detail about some of the ancient discoveries by the likes of Al Jazarri( spelling?). The man was creating double suction pumps hundreds of years before western society had thought they existed. What's more is the fact that he was expanding on the work of men from a thousand years before. It is clear that the Middle Eastern societies had technology far more advanced than had been previously thought and literally thousands of years before us. The engineer in me just loved this program and I remain in awe of these people's accomplishments.
The fact that this program was created, that shows like " Little Mosque on the Prairie" are being made, are being shown and well received here in Canada makes me think that perhaps there is still hope for us ignorant few. That fact that in polls socialism is on a major rise here in the west suggest a higher level of consciousness may be coming for us. Perhaps more of us are starting to see the light and envision a world of peace and justice, a world of knowledge and wisdom not only for our sons, but for our wives and daughters as well.
A strange anniversary: On July 1st 1975, my family, and I left Colo. Springs returning home to Canada. I just learned that that was also the day that Kelsey Grammars' sister Karen was abducted and killed there. Her killer is up for parole. He should never get it!!!!!! We can't bring her back, but the monster who did that to her should never get the chance to do it again. He forfeited that right the day he killed that young woman. I don't care if he has since found Jesus. I don't care if Allah himself appeared to him to forgive him. The way I see it, that's between him and his God. As far the rest of us, Let Him Rot!
