What does silence mean?
I fear I've grown silent the last week or so. On a personal level, I've been with friends and family celebrating the holidays. A wonderful time. But, when I try to read the news, I get depressed at what I can only describe as the mass murder of hundreds of people, the wounding and maiming of thousands more, and what seems to be the collective torture of a million and half peopl by the US and Israel. The result is silence as I turn back towards the pleasant. A silence driven by a sense of powerlessness.
But, what is silence when one does have the power to stop this if one wanted to? If one is the President-elect, and who with a word could do much to bring this to a halt, what then does silence mean? Sometimes silence is complicity. Sometimes silence is support. Sometimes silence is collaboration. When speaking a word could end horror, what then is silence?
Since I'm not posting much right now, here's an open thread .....
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Have you tried shopping?
Fast food? Apparently it is popular in these hard times.
Sometimes silence is golden.
I am feeling pretty discouraged about our ability to get the politicians to listen to us on this one...I wanted to let you know I was still around, mostly...
glad you had a good holiday.
There are efforts, of course, but, if the US govt doesnt stop giving Israel military aid...it will be for naught, I am afraid.Obama certainly isnt going to do anything about it.
We will pay a heavy price for, both the "non vote" of the uS in the UN SC, as well as the Dems support for the bill backing Israel...
Another f-you to liberals..
Doesnt seem to be anybody here anymore...Cd is boring.
I'll check back in a couple days.
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