It is a Grim World (Grunwald) When Violence is Defended
I couldn’t sleep and got up to write something on my blog to find this issue of US Time Senior Correspondent Mike Grunwald making news in respect of a Tweet expressing his desire to write a defence of a drone strike on Australian, Julian Assange. I then discuss an Australian Chris Lane a… Continue reading
Arming with Guns Feels Vulnerable Why Not Disarm with Love?
I met at random a man who had been both a British soldier and a policeman here in Australia. I noticed his hair had no grey hairs and smiled, he said it was natural and he was in his 60’s. We had a discussion and he kindly shared his background with me.
He told me… Continue reading
Professor Linda Hogan: Taking Peace and Nonviolence Seriously
http://www.tcd.ie/ise/staff/linda-hogan.php
Prof. Linda Hogan
Professor of Ecumenics and Fellow of the College
Professor Linda Hogan is Vice-Provost/Chief Academic Officer and Professor of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin. She was appointed to the role of Vice-Provost/CAO in September 2011 and as such has overall responsibility for education and research at the university and deputizes for… Continue reading
HRW: The Bush Administration is Getting Away with Torture
Democracy is not about force or control. It is about sharing power and liberty. Real freedom is not just doing what you want to at the expense of others it is truly feeling the peace of freedom where you are free to live to your highest potential. There is nothing free in… Continue reading
Guantanamo Bay is not about US Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
This issue has come up randomly today. The meaning of terrorism according to online dictionaries is:
“The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.”
I think of the military here immediately as an associated thought. The only difference is we speak of State sactioned violence and those who are… Continue reading
Stopping Violence: Does Behaviour Change When Beliefs Change?
Just found this by chance tonight. Is it our beliefs or behaviour that must change? Which comes first the chicken or the egg? I believe so, whoops I’ve just changed…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neale-donald-walsch/its-beliefs-not-behaviors_b_2348379.html
Neale Donald Walsch
Writer
It’s Beliefs, Not Behaviors, That Need to Be Changed
Most of… Continue reading