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elzenmahn

(904 posts)
4. K&R...
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 01:24 AM
Mar 2012

...very, very well said.

The great philosophers and spiritual leaders knew well what violence begets - only more violence. It's a continuous cycle, fed by hatred whose ultimate fuel is fear. Ghandi knew it. So did MLK and the Dalai Lama.

As well as a certain Jewish rabbi two thousand years ago, one whose words have been twisted, distorted, and used for political and economic gain by the very people He railed against, then and now.

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We Cannot Kill Our Way to Peace [View all] MindMover Mar 2012 OP
I agree. PDJane Mar 2012 #1
AMEN and AMEN......thank you for your thoughts.... MindMover Mar 2012 #2
Sure we can quakerboy Mar 2012 #3
K&R... elzenmahn Mar 2012 #4
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