High Words, Low Realities
by Alexander Cockburn
"Among some Muslims," Obama declared in Cairo, "there is a disturbing tendency to measure one's own faith by the rejection of another's. The richness of religious diversity must be upheld ... Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together." This came at the end of a week in which the Israeli Knesset voted by a large majority (47 to 34) for a law that threatens imprisonment for anyone who dares to deny that Israel is a Jewish state.
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Posted by: Francis Marion Braidfute
Comment: #1
Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:20 AM
<i>To advocate for human rights, peace, and social justice while ignoring their necessary ecological basis --— a stable human population – at, or slightly less than – the eco-systems long term carrying capacity --- is intellectual dishonesty and hypocrisy</i>.
FYI:
<a href="http://crimeninuria.blogspot.com/2009/06/nobel-institute-norwegian-nobel.html">Official Legal and Political Complaint to Nobel Institute: Norwegian Nobel Committee</a> (excerpt):
Dear Norwegian Nobel Committee,
Notice of Legal and Political Request to:
<b>(I) Withdraw Nobel Peace Prize's from Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, for (a) Intellectual Dishonesty & Hypocrisy; (b) Moral, Political and Religious Prostitution; and (c) ‘TRC-RSA' Fraud and Betrayal; and
(II) Accept Nobel Peace Prize Nominations for Dr. Albert Bartlett; Dr. Garret James Harden, and Dr. M. King Hubbert, for Intellectually Honest and Politically Honourable Ecologically Sustainable, Human Rights, Peace and Social Justice Advocacy.</b>
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Posted by: Masako
Comment: #2
Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:15 AM
Alex, old buddy, gotta start somwhere. What's he supposed to say, "The world's just screwed so we should just end it all right now"? Can't we have a little ray of hope here?
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Posted by: johannesrolf
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Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:52 PM
the scientific and other knowledge passed from China by way of muslims in india and the mideast. the muslims also kept the classical knowledge of Greece and Rome alive, with the help of their jewish scribes and scholars, making possible the renaissance.
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