"Mens indignation, it seems"

                                      can in the desert with bayonet stab wounds

                                   remains of the tank tracks from training of Patton's troops
 

effects of wars last a long long time...Hillel the elder a revered Jewish religious leader was asked   what was the essence of Judaism....his reply was "Do unto others as you would have done to you."...one of the most quoted phrases from the Moslem holy book is "Allah is merciful"... so we can pretty much rule out religion as the cause of the current conflict in Israel and Palestine...i picked up a DVD called "30 days" created by Morgan Spurlock...all of the segments were great but one which is a good insight into the Moslem faith is called "Muslims in American" about a devout Christian who spends 30 days in a predominantly Muslim community and dresses as a Moslem eats as a Moslem  and prays 5 times a day with the Moslem's (as a Christian)...it is quite interesting how this man deals with this change in his life and how it changes his world view...one of the better discussions on the internet is from the Ralph Nader radio hour segment called "Strategy of Annihilation"...mr., Nader's family is from Lebanon and he is not in favor of the current US relationship with Israel...

i have watched several Robert Sapolsky lectures and one of the better ones is called "Biological Underpinnings of Religiosity"...also there is  a lecture on "Brian Gender" which is very informative and should be viewed by anyone who wants to stay relevant about the multitude of gender issues...i see where the Musk Mellon said something about the term "CIS" being anti heterosexual...according to Sapolsky CIS has to do with how one views themselves not who one has sex with...

i see where is is becoming popular in some circles to criticize  ms spears the entertainer...she apparently has some issues (as we all do) and she is still wealthy...i would recommend  that she spend some "face time" with ms "Jewel" ( i dont know if that is her first name or her last name) but she is another pretty blond entertainer except she spends some time in trying to reach some level of "self actualization"...,and did not take her "stardom" to define her...and she is a good yodeler...

"Mens indignation it seems is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong; the first looks like being cheated by an equal, the second like being compelled by a superior."  Thucydides