Single Shooters Training as Gaming in Violent Video Games?
I was undertaking research into arms traffickers given a documentary I found by chance. I felt intuitively a connection with the US shooting and military weapons. I felt intuitively for the arms industry and profit making out of violence which encourages its existence. Then by chance I find a violent video game and… Continue reading
Nothing Comes from Violence
In truth change does occur but the question is – what sort of change do you want? There are dynamics here that I am exploring whilst writing this. On face value Sting (music below) is right, yet under the surface tension the opposite emerges. The calls for peace were heard loudest after WWII.… Continue reading
Violence is Suppression
VIOLENCE IS SUPPRESSION
Violence is suppression,
Of the voice you do not want to hear,
Yet the whisper of its call,
Is a roll call,
For you are here to learn who you are.
As sure as night follows day,
The truth will find you,
It matters not where you hide,
For you… Continue reading
Meeting the Khmer Rouge and The Horror of Torture
I felt to post an excerpt out of my book ‘A Fool for Peace’ on the subject of torture. When I hear people say they approve of torture my first thought is ‘so you don’t mind if someone tortures you?’. Experience is a great teacher and when any person experiences being in extreme pain… Continue reading
Why Surveillance and Not Problem Solving?
I have been reflecting on intelligence gathering today by the world’s agencies and even in business settings. What I have come to understand clearly is that there is a modus operandi of looking for threats rather than solving problems.
Over the years this realisation has become clearer. I see it in the realm of the… Continue reading
Sydney Siege: Protestor or Terrorist or Mentally Ill?
The first place I go when there are issues of conflict and abuse is to do The Work www.thework.com by Byron Katie (worksheet) to question my fearful thoughts and find my inner truth rather than looking outside myself. For the thought of terrorism actually is residing in my mind as imagined. It is… Continue reading