tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post6806449349401081725..comments2023-10-26T20:05:14.669+07:00Comments on intrepid flame: Iraqi War TrilogyJabizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15060918134697370964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-80651716536473859032009-01-29T11:43:00.000+07:002009-01-29T11:43:00.000+07:00@david, I think you are right and I do see the wor...@david, I think you are right and I do see the word genocide as a way to describe all war in a sense, but more importantly I want to thank you for bring the following statement to my attention: <BR/><BR/>…inflammatory use of English in a situation where tact and reconciliation is so important…<BR/><BR/>Often when one’s only weapons are words, we forget the power they can yield. By using inflammatory language I have obviously distracted, you the reader, from my main point: I simply wanted to explore the nature of violence and the growing need for our society to praise and worship a warrior class. By using aggressive language, it appears that I lost you after the first few sentences. <BR/><BR/>The anger I feel toward the “situation” in Gaza sometimes blinds my critically thinking and objective writing. I hope to be more aware and careful with my language in the future. I also hope you can come back and re-read the post and see if you have any other thoughts to contribute.Jabizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060918134697370964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-74579932099256817652009-01-29T04:26:00.000+07:002009-01-29T04:26:00.000+07:00As I said that definition can therefore apply to a...As I said that definition can therefore apply to almost any conflict - the war in Iraq was a genocide against the Baathists, the war in Sri-Lanka was a genocide against the Tamils, WWII was a genocide against the Nazis. By your definition Iran and Hamas are involved in a genocide against Israel. Many Sunni groups are involved in genocide against Shia groups and vice versa.<BR/>I certainly know that Israel are not trying to systematically destroy the Palestinian people or they would not have been in peace talks with them. If they were they did a poor job of it as over the last 60 years the Palestinian population has increased three or four fold.<BR/>You could fairly say Israel are involved in genocide against Hamas but even then it's a poor and inflammatory use of English in a situation where tact and reconciliation is so importantnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926139852559705851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-49417041512007852462009-01-29T02:45:00.000+07:002009-01-29T02:45:00.000+07:00Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruct...Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.<BR/><BR/>I see what Israel is dong to the Palestine people as the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.<BR/><BR/>I guess we differ on that point.Jabizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060918134697370964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-52758057656362810202009-01-29T01:21:00.000+07:002009-01-29T01:21:00.000+07:00I continue to be offended by your use of the word ...I continue to be offended by your use of the word genocide. Its use is counter-productive in so many ways. If you wish to describe all wars as genocide then at least you would be consistent but even then I feel you are using words that are disrespectful to those who have been victims of genocide as well as using deliberately provocative language.nstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926139852559705851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21001963.post-57868575911498342982009-01-28T13:35:00.000+07:002009-01-28T13:35:00.000+07:00As always, you provide us with many things to thin...As always, you provide us with many things to think about. You provide one the opportunity to ponder the human condition, the human experience. I agree with your assessment that war is a human failure, yet I am confused by your own inner contradictions from other personal views you have expressed. Your stance on "Choice" abortion has been made clear in the past, yet in this post you state "Nothing is worth the destruction of a child’s heart." I feel that war is a human failure, but it is not the greatest failure of man. In my humble opinion, when man disregards the beating heart of the unborn, mankind has desensitized itself to all killing. I don't want to turn the subject from war to abortion, but from my perspective, a society that sees it fit to abort the life of the unborn or partially born is destined to walk the path of killing. We can't address War without first addressing mankind's respect for all life.Brian Van Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201155174275756490noreply@blogger.com