tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post115092850648200220..comments2024-01-19T00:52:12.231-05:00Comments on I Me My: Could I referee this one?Id it ishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151660022766109922006-06-30T05:33:00.000-04:002006-06-30T05:33:00.000-04:00Oh yes..there is this nostalgic feeling, but compa...Oh yes..there is this nostalgic feeling, but compared to the level of torture we gotta undergo, I guess, this nostalgia doesn't even come close...don worry, I aint working for a Nazi ruler!!!;-)myaxlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027673873640032206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151551831395588492006-06-28T23:30:00.000-04:002006-06-28T23:30:00.000-04:00No one talks about human rights violations of terr...No one talks about human rights violations of terrorists. I get this dilemma occasionally too.Perhaps you should unleash state-sponsored terrorism against terrorists :)sivananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635984159898723392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151392330914558372006-06-27T03:12:00.000-04:002006-06-27T03:12:00.000-04:00WAR is not the solution for the problems we underg...WAR is not the solution for the problems we undergo...It's all in the mind, within!!!myaxlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027673873640032206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151355217735823192006-06-26T16:53:00.000-04:002006-06-26T16:53:00.000-04:00eshuneutics,Thanks for the insightful comment.I li...eshuneutics,<BR/>Thanks for the insightful comment.<BR/>I like Stoppard's writings so I will definitely read that play of his you mention. Possibly, it may shed some ethical light on the Iraq scenario.<BR/>As for the soccer metaphor...the flustered and ineffective referee in the ever-so-violent and out-of-control match between Portugal and Netherland yesterday was so reminiscent of the UN trying Id it ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933156607975500727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151298505350294152006-06-26T01:08:00.000-04:002006-06-26T01:08:00.000-04:00at the end of it all, life is life... nobody can j...at the end of it all, life is life... nobody can justify the killing of a soul. there are no sides to be taken. very well written boss. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151276173102711892006-06-25T18:56:00.000-04:002006-06-25T18:56:00.000-04:00Well, 'I Me My''s post and mine are not relative. ...Well, 'I Me My''s post and mine are not relative. Invasion and degradation is not all connected.<BR/><BR/>Well, whatever. The comment on my site remains my comment. No qualms.Onyeka Nweluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13196379713739910290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151271971142473472006-06-25T17:46:00.000-04:002006-06-25T17:46:00.000-04:00I guess you saw Onyeka George Nwelue's comment (on...I guess you saw Onyeka George Nwelue's comment (on his site) that the way to deal with racial hatred is to make a hateful racial response. Your post shows how wrong his view is. I understand what you are saying via the "game" metaphor because when the world steps beyond morality it enters tit-for-tat game-playing. There is a wonderful play by Tom Stoppard, Professional Foul, in which he A.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08716463684593767622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151168736717941732006-06-24T13:05:00.000-04:002006-06-24T13:05:00.000-04:00Hmm I totally see what you mean, its hard to not w...Hmm I totally see what you mean, its hard to not want to commit some atrocity when fellow soldiers have died a horrendous death, yet it is a vicious cycle that if not broken somewhere will continue and get worse.<BR/><BR/>@ karmic jay<BR/>I think it is the american way under the new laws of homeland securityAditihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11548024598187197703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151092813360533392006-06-23T16:00:00.000-04:002006-06-23T16:00:00.000-04:00I can't help having all of the same scrambled feel...I can't help having all of the same scrambled feelings that many people are having right now. <BR/><BR/>I think torture on either side is unforgivable. Anyone on our side who does such things makes me ashamed and I think should be brought forth for their actions. <BR/><BR/>Then I look at what the other side is allowed to do.<BR/>And on the other hand it is also dificult to feel that way when EXSENOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13439855607574342872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151084487669943692006-06-23T13:41:00.000-04:002006-06-23T13:41:00.000-04:00hey after a long timeWar is a bad thing. but is i...hey after a long time<BR/>War is a bad thing. but is it avoidable? with vested interests and all. And then we have innocent and promising lives wiped off. just to satisfy the ego's and whims of a few others. <BR/>a thought provoking post. <BR/>war is bad. peace is d solution.<BR/>but then they also say survival of d fittestAJ ! Serendipity !!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17445337362763231928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1151005919160282682006-06-22T15:51:00.000-04:002006-06-22T15:51:00.000-04:00the soldiers know that they are not wanted there a...the soldiers know that they are not wanted there and when 80% of the population want you out of there, then think about how paraniod these guys are. <BR/>But then again the irrational killings by these same men are to be taken into consideration.<BR/>Looking at it one sees that both parties are under immense psychological stress, when this happens we need to get a referee in there for sure...but Nandi23https://www.blogger.com/profile/07589419447836878294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1150979511293269742006-06-22T08:31:00.000-04:002006-06-22T08:31:00.000-04:00You can't referee something that is not a sport. W...You can't referee something that is not a sport. War and killing are not sports. But I do see what you are trying to say.<BR/><BR/>Stress under combat is something nobody shoud have to deal with. In a land where ordinary Iraqis morph into enemies, where cultural and language barriers make a murky picture even more hard to see, I don't blame what happened in Haditha on our soldiers. The fault lieskarmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1150944765858265082006-06-21T22:52:00.000-04:002006-06-21T22:52:00.000-04:00US is yet to see the rage of God! Just keep watchi...US is yet to see the rage of God! Just keep watching your leader become a terrorist, while CNN goes on to write nonsense about us.<BR/><BR/>The Igbo man says, ihe onye metara ya buru (whatever a man does, he shall carry). Just watch George Bush-man destroy America by haunting Iraq---<BR/><BR/>Let him keep o!Onyeka Nweluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13196379713739910290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12979912.post-1150943430319863572006-06-21T22:30:00.000-04:002006-06-21T22:30:00.000-04:00how can u referee killing of human lives. there is...how can u referee killing of human lives. there is no right. it is all wrong.starryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250437477875291892noreply@blogger.com