Please accept Terrorism as a part of lifeÂ…Â…..
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Please accept Terrorism as a part of lifeÂ…Â…..
I was just listening intently to BBC radio the other day, about the US armyÂ’s prisoner abuse, the faked UK prisoner photos and it dawned on me how complex our world now is.
What also dawned on me that: it is ‘HOPE’ and ‘LOVE’ that are the most conclusive drives of humans.
Animals may be driven by hunger, sex and instinct, but humans will only feel miserable if only driven in thus way.
‘Survival of the fittest’ shouldn’t be main the value by which society is driven/ run, and neither should ‘corruption’ exist. Higher ideals like world peace should be a focus amongst all citizens.
What I feel is that much more effort should be made to eradicate the problem of poverty in this world.
Poverty is often what causes people to feel miserable and loose hope, especially people living in slums in many countries.
Elitism is a direct cause of poverty. Examples of elitist concepts are:
1) Insufficient taxes on luxuries and the rich.
2) Excessive patent rights/ copyright privileges.
3) Political gerrymandering.
4) Excessive military force to achieve quick successes without due consideration for consequences.
Thus: so long as “the necessities of many are taken away to give luxuries to few”, and many remain living in abject poverty, hatred will brew within human civilization with untoward results.
Societal suicide rates IMHO reflect the mental stability of a society> in short reflecting the misery levels of society. (Needs to be corrected to exclude suicide for terrorist related activity)
Thus I beseech governments around the world to deeply explore means to reduce the level of poverty and unemployment and suffering> to achieve a more stable world environment, where people can live together happily.
Singapore has spent >S$8billion/annum on military purposes, and also sees the need to buy 20Arpache helicopters at S$100Million each. Has the arms race been escalated? Do we communicate our interest better with casualties and explosions or would diplomacy work better. How much of S$8billion dollars is spent on diplomacy?
So to help our ailing world:
Give people hope,Â…Â…Â…..and give peace a fighting chance.
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Your post is good.Originally posted by Rotten Apple:Please accept Terrorism as a part of lifeÂ…Â…..
I was just listening intently to BBC radio the other day, about the US armyÂ’s prisoner abuse, the faked UK prisoner photos and it dawned on me how complex our world now is.
What also dawned on me that: it is ‘HOPE’ and ‘LOVE’ that are the most conclusive drives of humans.
Animals may be driven by hunger, sex and instinct, but humans will only feel miserable if only driven in thus way.
‘Survival of the fittest’ shouldn’t be main the value by which society is driven/ run, and neither should ‘corruption’ exist. Higher ideals like world peace should be a focus amongst all citizens.
What I feel is that much more effort should be made to eradicate the problem of poverty in this world.
Poverty is often what causes people to feel miserable and loose hope, especially people living in slums in many countries.
Elitism is a direct cause of poverty. Examples of elitist concepts are:
1) Insufficient taxes on luxuries and the rich.
2) Excessive patent rights/ copyright privileges.
3) Political gerrymandering.
4) Excessive military force to achieve quick successes without due consideration for consequences.
Thus: so long as “the necessities of many are taken away to give luxuries to few”, and many remain living in abject poverty, hatred will brew within human civilization with untoward results.
Societal suicide rates IMHO reflect the mental stability of a society> in short reflecting the misery levels of society. (Needs to be corrected to exclude suicide for terrorist related activity)
Thus I beseech governments around the world to deeply explore means to reduce the level of poverty and unemployment and suffering> to achieve a more stable world environment, where people can live together happily.
Singapore has spent >S$8billion/annum on military purposes, and also sees the need to buy 20Arpache helicopters at S$100Million each. Has the arms race been escalated? Do we communicate our interest better with casualties and explosions or would diplomacy work better. How much of S$8billion dollars is spent on diplomacy?
So to help our ailing world:
Give people hope,Â…Â…Â…..and give peace a fighting chance.
Yet,one must be a realist.I still have hope that many of the world's problem can be solved.But some are inevitable.
The poor will always exist with us for the forseeable future.We can only help to minimise their number,give them opporunities and provide skills and training to countries,not financial aid as most of it ends up in the pockets of the govt leaders.
as for military spending in Singapore,well,it is a necessary expenditure.Diplomacy goes hand in hand with military strength.That is a political reality.You think that we would be as prosperous as we are because of just ecocomic policies alone?
the SAF,despite its many failings,imho is still one of the few institutions in the country which still offers hope and relevance to the population,no matter how looked down upon it is.it serves a purpose by posturing and engaging in 'wayang kulit' to deter political entities or organisations that may contain hostility towards us.it also serves the very real puspose of providing a social fabric over which NSmen get to bond.You go through shit with your comrades together,you will remember them.
as for military force,sometimes,it is a necessity.in the case of Iraq,had it been done on humanitarian grounds to remove a tyrant,most ppl would have supported it.To find WMD without conclusive evidence,no.people must start to think in the long-term for the continued survival of humanity.current superpower states are short-sighted. -
Kuwait will be a better example. Got money but no military strength and was invaded by the iraqi.Didn't kuwait government try to engage in diplomacy with iraqi but look what happen for not developing a effective military strength? Iraqi saw kuwait were rich and easy meat! It took them less than 24 hours to conquer the whole kuwait!
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HA! No point in changing the matrix unless the ONE comes.Originally posted by Sardaukar:Your post is good.
Yet,one must be a realist.I still have hope that many of the world's problem can be solved.But some are inevitable.
The poor will always exist with us for the forseeable future.We can only help to minimise their number,give them opporunities and provide skills and training to countries,not financial aid as most of it ends up in the pockets of the govt leaders.
as for military spending in Singapore,well,it is a necessary expenditure.Diplomacy goes hand in hand with military strength.That is a political reality.You think that we would be as prosperous as we are because of just ecocomic policies alone?
the SAF,despite its many failings,imho is still one of the few institutions in the country which still offers hope and relevance to the population,no matter how looked down upon it is.it serves a purpose by posturing and engaging in 'wayang kulit' to deter political entities or organisations that may contain hostility towards us.it also serves the very real puspose of providing a social fabric over which NSmen get to bond.You go through shit with your comrades together,you will remember them.
as for military force,sometimes,it is a necessity.in the case of Iraq,had it been done on humanitarian grounds to remove a tyrant,most ppl would have supported it.To find WMD without conclusive evidence,no.people must start to think in the long-term for the continued survival of humanity.current superpower states are short-sighted. -
If we're prosperous and rich, other countries might get jealous of us which may lead to conflicts. It's our obligation to help poorer countriesOriginally posted by Sardaukar:as for military spending in Singapore,well,it is a necessary expenditure.Diplomacy goes hand in hand with military strength.That is a political reality.You think that we would be as prosperous as we are because of just ecocomic policies alone?