Bless Israel for protecting its people, and for the various times it has held out cease fires during the present conflict. Yes, with Hamas using the people of Gaza as human shields, civilian lives are sure to be lost.
But, I believe I shall join with those who suggest Israel should not be killing so many civilians. Perhaps it is that instead of rockets, you are forced to use more soldiers on the ground, for they can see the person in front of them before they pull the trigger. Yes, many more Israeli soldiers would die. But, the total loss of life would be less, and you would avoid killing as many innocent bystanders.
I may rethink it tomorrow, but that is my thought on this matter tonight.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Bless the Ill Eagles and Nurse Them Back to Health
Someone posted a picture on Facebook of graffiti on a building housing children immigrants. "No Ill Eagles Here. No Undocumented Democrats," the graffiti said.
I commented on the post, saying: "Ill Eagles"? They do come poor and in need, and sometimes sick. Bless them, for they are as American as the eagle, to me, if they love this country and are hard-working people who want to be part of it. Bless the ill eagles and nurse them back to health.
I commented on the post, saying: "Ill Eagles"? They do come poor and in need, and sometimes sick. Bless them, for they are as American as the eagle, to me, if they love this country and are hard-working people who want to be part of it. Bless the ill eagles and nurse them back to health.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
News on Child Immigrants, if True, Should have been National News
He had been down to Nogales, and said the Border Patrol told him they found a dozen dead children in a ravine that past day. Such is what a friend told me today, wondering why it wasn't on the news.
I do not know of the truth of the matter. Were 12 immigrant children found dead in a ravine? If so, yes, I believe it should be national news. I don't care which side of the border they were found on, news like that should be one of our lead stories.
He also told me of a raid on a hotel in the Nogales area, with about 35 arrested for being "pedophiles," which I would guess means they were abusing the child immigrants. Again, I do not know the truth of the matter, but if this has some truth to it, it should have been major national news.
I do not know of the truth of the matter. Were 12 immigrant children found dead in a ravine? If so, yes, I believe it should be national news. I don't care which side of the border they were found on, news like that should be one of our lead stories.
He also told me of a raid on a hotel in the Nogales area, with about 35 arrested for being "pedophiles," which I would guess means they were abusing the child immigrants. Again, I do not know the truth of the matter, but if this has some truth to it, it should have been major national news.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Freedom, Once Something We Shared, is Now Something We Hoard
Once, we viewed those fleeing from oppression as seekers of freedom. Now, we see them as oppressors of our freedom.
Once, freedom was something we shared. Now, it is something we hoard.
Once, freedom was something we shared. Now, it is something we hoard.
Monday, July 28, 2014
The Immigrant is as the Child
They are the unwanted children of society, the immigrants, and we would do well learning from our experience in raising children what happens when you have a child who is unwanted.
I speak of the adult undocumented immigrants. They are as if unwanted children. They are the unwanted children of our society. I ask you, though, what happens to a child who is unwanted? If you ignore a child and do not nurture him, he is more likely to go wayward.
So it is, perhaps, with all humans, whether they be children or adults. If we ignore them, if we shun them off, if we do not nurture them, they are more likely to go astray.
Society is the parent of its members. So, what if society rejects one of its members? Now, it certainly has rejected the undocumented immigrant. So, should we be surprised to see some negative outcomes?
I came to this thought while reflecting on the news article that reported immigrants who came illegally in the 80s to places such as Los Angeles learned the ways of gangs, and, when they were deported back carried the ways of the gangs with them back to their own Central American countries. I wondered at the part of how they fell in with gangs when they came here.
Perhaps in this there is a lesson, I thought, and it was then I thought of how if you reject and neglect the child and do not nurture him, he is more likely to go astray. I would guess this is not just a trait of children, but a trait of all humans. If we can see this is a true principle, can we expect anything less to happen? More of the undocumented are likely to have negative outcomes.
I speak of the adult undocumented immigrants. They are as if unwanted children. They are the unwanted children of our society. I ask you, though, what happens to a child who is unwanted? If you ignore a child and do not nurture him, he is more likely to go wayward.
So it is, perhaps, with all humans, whether they be children or adults. If we ignore them, if we shun them off, if we do not nurture them, they are more likely to go astray.
Society is the parent of its members. So, what if society rejects one of its members? Now, it certainly has rejected the undocumented immigrant. So, should we be surprised to see some negative outcomes?
I came to this thought while reflecting on the news article that reported immigrants who came illegally in the 80s to places such as Los Angeles learned the ways of gangs, and, when they were deported back carried the ways of the gangs with them back to their own Central American countries. I wondered at the part of how they fell in with gangs when they came here.
Perhaps in this there is a lesson, I thought, and it was then I thought of how if you reject and neglect the child and do not nurture him, he is more likely to go astray. I would guess this is not just a trait of children, but a trait of all humans. If we can see this is a true principle, can we expect anything less to happen? More of the undocumented are likely to have negative outcomes.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Are The Gangs the Child Immigrants Flee From of Our Own Making?
Did we teach them violence, then send them home? In the 1980s, did immigrants come from Central America, learn the ways of our gangs, then get deported in the 1990s, taking with them the gang culture they learned here and infecting their home countries with it?
And, are the gangs the children are now fleeing from the very ones we exported to Central America?
So suggests an Associated Press article published in the online Deseret News July 24.
This Prevents Person Who Leads from being Person Who Serves
Our perception of people limits our ability to treat them right. Few times do we help a person if we do not feel he is worthy of our help. So, then, it becomes every person who is in position to help others to judge righteously, to not wrongfully judge.
If he doe judge rashly, the person who rules will never be the person who serves. It is good to have leaders who serve, and those are the true leaders, indeed. But, if they allow themselves to become fault-finders, they will not measure up to being leader/servants.
If he doe judge rashly, the person who rules will never be the person who serves. It is good to have leaders who serve, and those are the true leaders, indeed. But, if they allow themselves to become fault-finders, they will not measure up to being leader/servants.
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