tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post6444407879692296759..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: Bellicosity American StylePeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-23265868884664674742009-01-28T12:46:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:46:00.000-08:00Remember the PBS series on Oppenheimer? (back in ...Remember the PBS series on Oppenheimer? (back in the 1980s) Sam Waterston. Brilliant.<BR/><BR/>It seems that politically and culturally we are on this pendulum, swinging back and forth between sanity and insanity. As is the world. We are the same.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-543630985561246012009-01-28T09:07:00.000-08:002009-01-28T09:07:00.000-08:00we also watched that piece. apparently oppenheimer...we also watched that piece. apparently oppenheimer's abrasive personality undercut any sympathy his cohort may have had for his situation, thus few were willing to speak up for him. of course, any who did would have been smeared as fellow travelers.<BR/><BR/>do you see a parallel with the current attempt to paint our new president as soft on terrorists?rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910951099847351232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-14116852020838088432009-01-27T13:44:00.000-08:002009-01-27T13:44:00.000-08:00Those of us who aim - through painstaking work and...Those of us who aim - through painstaking work and practice - to reduce our knee-jerk defensiveness, reactivity and anger are still in the minority. <BR/><BR/>One of the great strengths of our democracy is that it still does pretty adequately represent the will of the majority. <BR/><BR/>Only by continuing to improve ourselves and leading by example can we hope to make this will a greater force for peace and respect around the world.Cardozohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983978000936153874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-15970778523438746262009-01-27T11:22:00.000-08:002009-01-27T11:22:00.000-08:00Edward Teller was a vile monster---a psychopath.Edward Teller was a vile monster---a psychopath.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com