Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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“The Generals Would Love a Parade and So Would I”
For a long term, anti-martyr and military-mindset guy such as myself, this past year has been a heavy burden, a fighting against the tide, symbolized most recently by the silly “military parade” the Boy Bully has requested. “The Generals would love it, and so would I,” he is quoted as saying. Could be a line…
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Five Ways to Bomb North Korea
Let’s start with the first, obvious and non-arguable way NOT to bomb North Korea: With bombs, of any kind, and certainly, absolutely not nuclear bombs. Anybody who suggests such a thing needs to pull their head out of their ass and remember what the hell a nuclear bomb is all about. That option — off…
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More Sandals on the Ground: A Buddhist Methodist Solution to Afghanistan
“An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.”—Thomas Paine I admit that for me, to pray for our Minority President and his generals and their approach to Afghanistan– —to meditate such that I can think of them and their plans without losing my peace—this presents a Mt. Everest- size challenge.…
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Nobody “Won” in Mosul
Recently, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi flew into the tragically besieged city of Mosul and declared “victory” over ISIS. Does anybody ever “win” an earthquake? How do you win an orphanage fire? Who wins when the senior center collapses? Here’s a very simple observation: nobody ever “wins” a war of destruction, a war conducted with…
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Israeli Soldier Questions 6-Day War
“I heard echoes of the Holocaust…” Today marks the 50th anniversay of the start of the tragic Arab-Israeli 6 Day War. More than 20,000 Arab soldiers were killed in that brief war– which has resulted in 50 years of “troubles”– a lifetime of human heartache, seperation and despair. What if it could have been avoided?…
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