Friday
October 27, 2000
Too much narrow-mindedness
I wish one day people around the world could realize that it is not
our differences that seperate us from each other -- it is our unwillingness
to accept each others' views of the world in which we live.
These days people talk endlessly about conflicts around the globe where
one group is being exploited for the benifit of another, but no one stops
to realize that everyone is just exploiting the situation for their own
gain.
Palestinians and their children throw themselves into crossfires with
Israeli soldiers hoping that their martyrdom and sacrifice may becaptured
on TV and may cause people around the world to join their cause ["More
powerful force", "Crooked
wall"].
The Israeli government proded by the US continues to hold on to a land
which they claim was promised to them by their God, disregarding any claims
which the previous tenants may have to the land.
Iranians in the United States write emails to newsgroups in hopes that
a great change will some day come about and that as a result of this change
they will one day be able to go back to the country of their birth.
So many individuals... so many worldviews... and too much narrow-mindedness.
God put us all on this planet and made us different from each other in
order that we may get to know one another and learn to love our differences,
not despise them.
Whatever the situation may be for you at this moment, I beg you all
to take a step back and try to feel what life is like for your "enemy".
I'm not asking for peace... all I'm asking for is empathy -- empathy for
your fellow human beings... have we forgotten what that is?
Kambiz Hamadani
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