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Re: I think I blogged about disrespect for older people not long ago.
Yes, Kabu, you did blog on this subject. I read your post and you are right in so many ways.
Thanks for taking the time to read and to write.
posted by
benzinha
on December 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM
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Re: benzinha
I dunno, WileyJohn, I have read the young fellow's story and it has been a painful one, mostly caused by the USA and he could no longer keep it all inside himself.
Maybe I empathize too much, but I am not so sure that it is true. I would forgive him his trespasses as I would hope that they would learn, someday, after we leave, to forgive us ours.
posted by
benzinha
on December 28, 2008 at 10:15 AM
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Re: Its also about people not knowing how to channel their anger
Greenfields, the fellow was mentally unstable in some ways, in some controlled ways, and had to publically do something with his mental anguish. Poor thing. I pray for his serenity to return and for his nation's also.
Bush, I fear, does not warrant my prayers for his serenity as yet. I pray that he feels anguish and deep sadness over his choices for quite awhile. His mental and emotional problems chose his path for him as the reporter's chose his.
We are prisoners of our emotions and must fight them minute by minute to keep them civilized, I know.
posted by
benzinha
on December 28, 2008 at 10:13 AM
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Re: Journalist is being charged with insulting a visiting head of state or such
majroj, I am hoping that he gets the minimum punishment or a full reprieve as he had been through too much in his young life and had to do Something or go mad.
posted by
benzinha
on December 28, 2008 at 10:09 AM
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Re: the idea of shoe throwing was to show disrespect
Xeno-x, I fear that this was true and he was being shown disrespect, finally, all over the world.
Heads of state not shaking your hand are worse than a distraught reporter, though less dramatic, unless you are older and know that pain of being ignored and shunned publically by polite society, suddenly impolite.
Thanks for your input.
posted by
benzinha
on December 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM
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I think I blogged about disrespect for older people not long ago.
Love you
posted by
Kabu
on December 20, 2008 at 7:13 PM
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benzinha
I felt terrible for the president and I hope that clown gets jail time, for a long time.
posted by
WileyJohn
on December 19, 2008 at 6:47 PM
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Its also about people not knowing how to channel their anger
and wanting publicity. IN some ways, there is such a de-humanisation taking place all over the world, unde the guise of freedom of expression. It's actually license, not freedom.
posted by
Greenfields
on December 19, 2008 at 9:53 AM
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Journalist is being charged with insulting a visiting head of state or such
Wonder if the ink dried on that before they arraigned him?
posted by
majroj
on December 17, 2008 at 9:23 PM
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the idea of shoe throwing was to show disrespect
a lot of people in the Arab world are calling him a hero
Herr Bush hadn't been given his due disrespect until then.
posted by
Xeno-x
on December 17, 2008 at 11:35 AM
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