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retaliation |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Tit for tat...just some thoughts on retaliation, re-visited from 2001. Tom Wales worked diligently throughout the night to curtail the spread of speeding bullets. And the next day one stopped him in his tracks. Karam farmers toiled long hours in the fields to grow enough to feed their hungry children. Next day, some were torn apart by bombs of retaliation. A Taliban man raced past the corpses in the field to re-enforce the hillside bunker so he could have a piece of the action of retaliation. She nursed a sore arm, twisted hard by a small child unable to manage his anger and frustration. She consoled his aching heart, in retaliation. He picked up the baseball bat just thrown at him, handed it back to the frustrated player, and asked, "Was my call unfair? Do we need new rules out there?" Retaliation. The Mahatma told me long ago, retaliation just doesn't do what people want it to. It stops nothing. And someone will no doubt say Gandhi had his head in the sand, that his was not the way. Pondering our reality, all I know is actions have consequences. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Kacy The realness of the scenes you paint here, hurt. It is hard not to want to get back at the atrocities that happen so often and in so many ways. But, I don't think it's the way either. Retaliation only breeds more of the same...and then how do you end it?  |
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Dominique-Simone Senior Member
since 2005-11-12
Posts 643 |
amazing ending to a powerful write |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"She nursed a sore arm, twisted hard by a small child unable to manage his anger and frustration. She consoled his aching heart, in retaliation." Kacy -- I wish everyone with make this choice instead of violent ones. ...jo |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" I dare anyone to disprove that..I dare anyone to prove this poem has a lie in it.. You knew I would like this one didn't you KC. ________ ___ice ><> |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
thanks Martie, Dominique, Jo, and Ford  |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
What Martie said... A powerful and insightful write, Kacy... My signature line is on every post... but this time?... I feel the need to make it a little more prominent... "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." --Jimi Hendrix |
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