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In reply to the discussion: A Rubin Quote [View all]Hekate
(93,823 posts)13. Love ya, H2O Man, and am sorry I have so little to say in this moment. Each new incident...
is another blow, and at this point my response to each is to say in resignation, Oh gods, another one.
This is Americas version of The Troubles, and the reasons behind it make even less sense than the savagery in Ireland. Violence for its own sake, in the end, until enough people were sickened by it to make negotiations a reality.
From time to time in this world, peacemakers can make society change. I hold to that.
I think of you as the Wise Man of DU, and your essays about the land you live on have taken me there many times in my imagination. May your holidays be full of peace and love, and health attend you in the New Year.
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It does take a conscious effort to change, and that effort is an everyday thing. You're never done.
Solly Mack
Nov 2022
#5
i think the things we other ppl over r taught, but i think the tendency to divide ppl
mopinko
Nov 2022
#7
Love ya, H2O Man, and am sorry I have so little to say in this moment. Each new incident...
Hekate
Nov 2022
#13
"If you can do one, you can do the others, because fantacism and ignorance is forever busy
AZLD4Candidate
Nov 2022
#20
Hate is a heavy load to carry, just lighten up. (present company accepted)
Prairie_Seagull
Nov 2022
#28