This is a Journal entry by Moonglum Clampflower (MornC), Muse of Ego, Keeper of the Lamp and Guru, (aka Happinose)
Conflicts
Moonglum Clampflower (MornC), Muse of Ego, Keeper of the Lamp and Guru, (aka Happinose) Started conversation Sep 18, 2001
Disaster and Terrorism strikes America and so strikes the western world. War is on the cards and vengeance is in the air. Being an oil based economy has it's disadvantages when the targets are next to the very oil fields that keep your country and army going. This isn't going to be pretty.
I seem recall that the Northern / Southern Ireland conflict started when Anne Boleyn persuaded King Henry the Eigth that he could split away from the Catholic church and start the Church of England. That descision has cost us countless lives and for what? The conflict continues today as strong as ever. It gets more deadly as each day goes by and this new conflict will be no different in that respect.
If we survive this one and manage to overcome it then maybe it will be time for both sides to reflect how pointless and savage it's all been. Maybe it will dawn on us all that throwing sticks and stones at each other because of words in a book written by men, not gods, isn't really going to help.
Maybe we'll just continue as we have before, in which case, by the time of the next extinction, we will have bought front row tickets.
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