Prior to Trump's election as the president of the US, it was the tension between the US and Russia. Now it is the US vs North Korea. And I still don't know why is it that there is the tension? Did the US invade any part of North Korea? Or did the North Koreans attack any part of the US? The tension seems to spring and get escalated merely on the exchange of words... far more than the experimentation or military drills and tests.
No doubt words of provocation work so efficiently. Wonder if words of peace and harmony too work with such finesse and effect. Our sensitivities are so heightened that any small slip of tongue or gesture is enough to thrust us into war. But the same sensitivities remain callous when it comes to discussing matters concerning the well being of the suffering, poor, marginalised and struggling folks within our circle of daily experience. Even with enough and evident reasons and arguments for eradicating social evils and suffering, we still don't see the point. We need Harvey and Irma and Jose to get our attention to more important and deeper issues than frivolous things like war and military exercises.
No doubt words of provocation work so efficiently. Wonder if words of peace and harmony too work with such finesse and effect. Our sensitivities are so heightened that any small slip of tongue or gesture is enough to thrust us into war. But the same sensitivities remain callous when it comes to discussing matters concerning the well being of the suffering, poor, marginalised and struggling folks within our circle of daily experience. Even with enough and evident reasons and arguments for eradicating social evils and suffering, we still don't see the point. We need Harvey and Irma and Jose to get our attention to more important and deeper issues than frivolous things like war and military exercises.
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