tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post115463105715159187..comments2023-10-27T08:09:37.525-04:00Comments on Bhikkhu's Blog: ApologiaAjahn Punnadhammohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660291919550183357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-1154730226842223722006-08-04T18:23:00.000-04:002006-08-04T18:23:00.000-04:00I'm not sure why a bhikkhu shouldn't engage in pol...I'm not sure why a bhikkhu shouldn't engage in political talk. After all, politics should be all about morality. If we divorce politics from morality, then it's not clear what the goal of politics is other than to gain wealth and power. If we are concerned about running nations which act in such a way as to be morally good, then politics and morality are inextricably linked. And if people whoAlexus McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243143001844902465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-1154666726867918272006-08-04T00:45:00.000-04:002006-08-04T00:45:00.000-04:00Yes, it is a situation which leaves a bad taste in...Yes, it is a situation which leaves a bad taste in your mouth, and a situation which would certainly give rise to anger in many people.<BR/><BR/>The main problem is that you have a bunch of politicians using words like ‘freedom loving’ and ‘terrorist’ simply to cover up their own corrupt and shameless behavior.<BR/><BR/>This issue is not about being Jewish or even about being Israeli, it is aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-1154653495326582242006-08-03T21:04:00.000-04:002006-08-03T21:04:00.000-04:00I don't think you have anything to apologize for, ...I don't think you have anything to apologize for, but I do think that you are overstating your case.<BR/><BR/>I am not meaning to come to the defence of baby killing, but recent events do not initialize a new era of barbarism if only because horrors come frequently such that barbarism has been in progress for a long, long time.<BR/><BR/>I have no fix for the situation in Israel-Palestine. In a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718601770472939313noreply@blogger.com