Right, there is *intent* to play the emotions, especially when you show
bloodied children and lifeless bodies. What's the saying... A picture is worth
a thousand words. The the next step is that we have to bring them all here into
our communities or we are heartless bastards. Just as you predictably pointed
out, the excuse is, *They will enrich our communities with diversity* That's
just pure BS! There is no way to accurately vet who is coming, what their
intent is, how or even if, they will adapt to a foreign culture. Meanwhile,
ISIS is infiltrating the ranks of genuine refugees, intent on doing as much
harm as they can. Other refugees, not all mind you, who may not be terrorists
are exactly what liberals proclaim to hate... violent, misogynistic, homophobic
, anti -Semitic, xenophobic bastards that are convinced that they are superior
to anyone else. But then, how many women marry a man they are attracted to for
some reason, knowing he has many faults that she can't stand but is convinced
that she can *change* him. Sorry Anne, bringing large numbers of foreign people
here that can't be properly vetted, especially from cultures that have a strong
tendency to *not* assimilate and think your culture is inferior is a bad idea.
It's a far better idea to put pressure on neighboring countries to absorb the
refugees until things settle down. Western and European countries could help
foot the bill although the oil rich countries should be able to handle it.
From: "awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Pope - Again
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote :
No one has said anything about *design* to trick anybody. A wealthy person can
give all that he has to help the poor and then become poor himself. What has he
accomplished? Feeding a bunch of people for a day and then making himself poor
as well, At that point, he becomes a victim as well, needing help himself. This
is not being smart, not how he became wealthy in the first place. Better to
have a strategy that helps all and doesn't hurt anyone. The first rule of the
Hippocratic oath is *do no harm*, neither to the patient nor the doctor. A dead
doctor doesn't heal anyone!
I'm sure Europe doesn't want to go through those bombed out buildings again.
No, you used the word "intent" which implies some sort of manipulation of the
viewer through the use of these photos. These are journalistic photographs of
what is going on, not some staged actors playing the part of victims
accompanied by saccharine background music. You can either accept it or not.
You can either turn away or not. You can either put yourself
mentally/imaginatively in these people's situation or not and try and
understand the fear, the uncertainty, the devastation. You can realize that
other humans seeking refuge from such horrendous war conditions need help or
you might not. You could, certainly, conceive of the fact that human beings
coming to this big country we call "America" might add diversity, richness and
more humanity instead of having a decimating effect on what you perceive of as
"America" or not. It is your choice, your ability or inability or willingness
or unwillingness to accept this possibility which determines your status as
either compassionate or narrow and small - living in fear and constriction.
From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Pope - Again
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote :
This is exactly what I'm referring to when I say *the heart*. All emotion. Such
pictures tug on the *heart strings*. The intent is to evoke compassion , for
those affected, the desire to help. Nothing wrong with that! Just don't create
more and bigger problems with the solution! Don't destroy what you have in the
name of helping others out of their unfortunate circumstances.
Mike, these images are what they are. They aren't "designed" to do anything -
they are what is happening, they are not staged or embellished. Bombed out
cities really exist in Syria, real blood is being spilled, families are being
decimated. This isn't some fiction made up in Hollywood - these are images
captured on camera by journalists.
Your final sentence is self serving and remarkably selfish. Don't
inconvenience yourself or threaten your own comfort by putting yourself out for
others who are in danger of losing their lives. No siree, let's just make sure
we all have our daily bread and our creature comforts and the rest of those
poor sods be damned; fend for yourselves you unlucky bastards.
From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Pope - Again
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote :
Maharishi also speaks in the Gita about the balance of heart and mind. One
should not rule over the other. If we are all compassionate without thinking
things through, we get ourselves in trouble. If we are all mind and intellect,
we lose our full potential as humans. There needs to be a balance.Maharishi
said Arjuna had a rare balance of both heart and mind. He didn't want to fight
and kill his own family and loved ones but he also knew the consequences of not
doing his duty. In the end, Arjuna performs his duty and fulfills his dharma.
Nobody wants entire populations uprooted and moved into foreign, both
culturally and physically, new locations that cause conflict for everyone
involved, yet this is the result of past policies in the EU. Europeans are
rethinking what they have done and realizing being open and unconditionally
welcoming without thinking things through wasn't the smartest move for either
migrants or their local populations. There have got to be better ways that have
not been explored yet.
Well, when you think of what those "better ways" might be have a look at what
these fellow human beings are fleeing from/dealing with.
From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Pope - Again
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote :
Yes, we saw what the open, welcoming and loving arms of the Europeans brought
them. I doubt that the Pope's washing the feet of Muslims will have any affect
on Muslims(in general), maybe on his own soul but little on theirs. If you want
to be served, you must first serve. Karma. Doesn't mean the person you served
is going to serve you back. Indeed , he may serve you with a knife in your
back. Another wise man said "Trust but verify". These migrants aren't being
vetted. There is little or no verification of their true intent or what they
expect to give or receive from their newly adopted countries. What is their
capacity to get along?
Here is what I say: stop focusing on the Muslims/Syrian immigrants and take
note of your neighbors, your country, your fellow Americans. There is enough
violence, ignorance, intolerance, religious zealousness and threat to keep you
busy without worrying about other countries, other cultures. There is not a
continent, a race or a society that is without its fanatics, its desecrations,
its cruelty. My point was really about how the Pope is one Christian who
practices what he preaches, who is not a hypocrite. The amount of "Christians"
in the USA who fail miserably at demonstrating the same spirit as this current
Pope is astounding. ISIS is one thing, the rest of it is quite another. The
inability to recognize this is not only crippling but disastrous.
From: "awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:21 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Pope - Again
I love this guy.
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pope-francis-washes-feet-of-muslim-migrants-says-we-are-brothers-1290416
Drumpf wants to build walls and deport and the Pope washes and kisses their
feet instead. Guess what is the most disarming, breaks down hatred faster?
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