Posted by Gabbi~G on July 23, 2006, at 14:37:09 [reposted on July 26, 2006, at 23:23:42 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Mid East situation- » Gabbi~G, posted by Jost on July 22, 2006, at 18:18:07
> Thanks, Gabbi-G. I agree completely with what you said. I wish I did have a deeper, or more encompassing, understanding what was happening and why.
>You're very welcome.
I wish I had a deeper understanding too.
It's kind of hard knowing how little you know.
I'm always surprised that people can discuss a situation passionately from what they've heard on the evening news.
I've often been criticized for not being "interested" in politics, it's not that at all, it's just that when someone asks me what I think, except about my personal ethics, I generally answer "How could I possibly know why people do what they do?"
It doesn't mean I'm not passionate about learning all I can, but how could I think I could I comprehend a religion, or belief system that is thousands of years old, from over here?
> I looked up the etymology of "shiv" also and found some very interesting information about the Romany (or Romani) language of European gypsies, which I didn't know about. Fascinating.
>
>That's something I could study forever, it is fascinating. I think I was 18 when I learned that so many of our "bad" words were perfectly acceptable words in other cultures, but when the culture or belief system was overpowered by another, everything about it was made out to be immoral or heretical. That changed the way I look at everything.
and sometimes it gives me a headache :[
It was nice talking to you Jost
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