11 posts tagged “quote”
In a time of
universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
I came across this quote today in the comments section of a YouTube video.
"1935 will go down in History! For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient and the world will follow our lead to the future!" - Adolf Hitler
To be honest the person was actually supporting the view of the video in question and I also support the view of the video in question, but I have learnt that if a quote sounds too good to be true or it just seems to fit into a certain argument just too nicely, then it needs to be questioned.
As suspected the quote is most likely false as there is no evidence that it was ever said by Adolf Hitler. It is a quote that the pro-gun lobby seems to like to use. I am not pro-gun lobby, the person using the quote this time was using it to make another point. I have informed the person involved.
More information can be found about the false quote at this link: Bogus Gun Control Quotes
There is a lot of false propaganda circulating the net these days, the following sites do good work in identifying some of the false propaganda doing the rounds.
I think that when we are writing our posts we need to be careful that we are not spreading false information and we need to try and check our sources as best we can. It is not always easy I know.
Just to show you that I am not biased :)
For all of you patriots out there who think your country should never be criticised.
"Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home."
One for the liberals and conservatives:
"Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain."
Gee it is lucky I am only 39 years of age *wink*. From memory I was born in 1966.
Live a good life. If there
are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been,
but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by.
If there are gods,
but unjust, then you should not want to worship them.
If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Possibly said by: Marcus Aurelius
Sounds like a fair enough statement to me, I will agree with this quote.
To
love.
To be loved.
To never forget your own insignificance.
To never get used to the unspeakable violence
and the vulgar disparity of life around you.
To see joy in the saddest places.
To pursue beauty in its lair.
To
never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power.
Above all, to watch.
To try and understand.
To never look away.
And never, never, to forget”
– Arundhati Roy
My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
Indira Gandhi Indian politician (1917 - 1984)
A
grandfather was walking through his yard when he heard his granddaughter
repeating the alphabet in a tone of voice that sounded like a prayer. He asked
her what she was doing. The little girl explained: "I'm praying, but I
can't think of exactly the right words, so I'm just saying all the letters, and
God will put them together for me, because He knows what I'm thinking."
Charles B. Vaughan
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Hey friends, I won't be around for a bit as my Pop is dying. He possibly only has a few days left with us.
I was very fortunate as I saw him on the weekend and he was fully conscious and able to talk. I saw him on Saturday and Sunday and I had a good talk with him. He nearly had me in tears as he recalled how at the age of two I would hand feed the cows and I was not a bit afraid while these huge creatures called cows were surrounding me.
He also recalled how I decided at the age of two to try driving the truck on my own by letting off the hand brake which then caused the truck to start careering down the hill towards a creek. Pop and my Dad were busy next to the truck and I was still in the cabin. Luckily my Pop was very fit and was able to chase down the truck and push me to one side while he struggled into the cabin and stopped the truck in its tracks.
We lived with my Pop as we were a farming family, so Pop is very close to myself and my brothers. We were like puppy dogs always following him around the farm. The best cup of tea for a 10 year old always came out of Pop's thermos.
Anyway on Sunday he was determined to make 102 years of age which would be 11th July. But apparently by Monday he had deteriorated quite a bit and has continued to do so. So I realised last night that my husband and I were probably the last of his family to have had a proper conversation with him. My brother who lives 4 hours away went to Beechworth yesterday but he doesn't think Pop realised that he was there, so I feel great sadness for my brother as he may have missed out on saying a proper goodbye.
I asked Pop if he had a happy life and he said he basically had, except for the the rough times which included losing his wife to breast cancer nearly 60 years ago now. He mentioned how much she suffered before she died. They also lost a baby during birth. Pop gave me his wife's engagement ring about 12 years ago and it was a perfect fit and I have worn it ever since. I showed him the ring and he knew exactly what it was and he was pleased to see it.
Pop was still able to laugh and joke about things when we last saw him, so I will always have that memory.
I am not over at Beechworth at present as I have said my goodbyes. I am now preparing for his funeral. I am hoping to have a slide presentation and I will be giving a speech at the funeral.
He will be buried in a new pair of blue Hard Yakka bib and brace overalls which he constantly wore throughout most of his life. He will be in a new pair as I know that where ever he is going he will still be working hard, and he will need a new pair to see him through as they will be worn out before he knows it and I don't know if they sell them where he is going.
Instead of throwing rose petals into the grave, there will be buckets of soil taken from his famous vegetable garden for guests to sprinkle into his grave.
Pop will also be re-united with his wife who was buried in the same plot in 1950. Pop could have remarried, he had three females interested but he decided to dedicate his time to raising his son (my Dad) and continue farming.
As he said on Sunday, "He chose the life of hard work." or I guess we could say he chose "Hard Yakka"
***Pop died at about 5pm today Wednesday 6th June 2007 exactly 5 weeks short of his 102nd birthday.
11th July 1905 to 6th June 2007
“My life is my message”
–
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
Such men cannot die, for they live in their achievements. His were many, each one of which judged by the greatness of its execution or in its results for human welfare, would have made his name immortal anywhere in the world. He brought freedom from foreign subjection to a fifth of the human race. The freedom he wrought for naturally includes that of Pakistan, for the latter was an offshoot of the former. Of no less importance was what he did for those who were once known as the untouchables. He freed millions of human beings from the shackles of caste tyranny and social indignity. by his insistence that freedom was to be measured by the well-being of the millions who were living in the villages, he laid the foundation for a new way of life which may one day well provide an effective alternative to both a regiment and an acquisitive economy. His martyrdom shamed his people out of communal hysteria and helped to establish the secular and democratic character of the Indian State.
The moral influence of his personality and of his gospel and technique of non-violence cannot be weighed in any material scale. Nor is its value limited to any particular country or generation. It is his imperishable gift to humanity. http://www.mkgandhi.org/bio5000/bio5index.htm
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
Hate the sin, love the sinner.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.
I wanted to know the best of the life of one who holds today an undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind.... I became more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle. When I closed the second volume (of the Prophet's biography), I was sorry there was not more for me to read of that great life.
There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.
Affection cannot be manufactured or regulated by law. If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should be free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection, so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite to violence.
Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.
"I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. Oprah Winfrey
The theory of interdependence allows us to develop a wider perspective. With wider mind, there is less attachment to destructive emotions like anger, therefore more forgiveness. In today's world, every nation is heavily interdependent, interconnected. Under these circumstances, destroying your enemy--your neighbour--means destroying yourself in the long run. You need your neighbour. More prosperity in your neighbour, you'll get the benefit.
Now, we're not talking about the complete removal of feelings like anger, attachment, or pride. Just reduction. Interdependence is important because it is not a mere concept; it can actually help reduce the suffering caused by these destructive emotions.
We can say the theory of interdependence is an understanding of reality. We understand that our future depends on global well-being. Having this viewpoint reduces narrow-mindedness. With narrow mind, one is more likely to develop attachment, hatred. I think this is the best thing about the theory of interdependence--it is an explanation of the law of nature. It affects profoundly, for example, the environment.
--from The Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and urneys by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Victor Chan
A simple example of how interdependent our society is:
Imagine purchasing a pair of prescription glasses. The glasses are made up of the metal frame; the protective coating over the metal frame where it sits on our ears; screws to keep the frame together; silicone pads to cushion the frames on our noses; the glass lenses. Now think of all of the people it has taken to make those one pair of glasses. Really think about it.
The people who mined the raw materials and then refined them into a usable form.
The people who were involved in the transportation of every component, throughout every stage of the manufacturing process.
The designer of the frames, lenses, the screws and the pads.
The optometrist who tested your eyes to determine the type of lens you required.
The staff at the optometrist who also served you.
Then there is the builder of the building that the optometrist conducts his business in.
The people who were involved in manufacturing the equipment that the optometrist uses.
The people who trained the people who did all of the prior things mentioned.
I could go on, but I think you get the point that the number of people who have contributed to that one pair of prescription glasses is unimaginable and they come from all over the entire planet.
That was only one small example; now stretch it out to include everything you have around you and every service that you use. The ultimate conclusion is that we depend on each other so we should respect each other.
Retired Marine preaches, says killing terrorists is an ‘act of love for our nation’
By Laura Followell
The Tribune-Star
— According to retired U.S. Marine Col. J. Tyler Ryberg, the Bible contains messages about war and capital punishment. God is a powerful soldier.
Ryberg, who served in the Marines for more than 27 years, gave a sermon Sunday morning at ’s Armed Forces Day, where some of the 150 people in attendance often erupted with an “Amen!”
The colonel asked churchgoers if the global war on terrorism was a “just war” and a “God-ordained war,” which he later affirmed.
“We’re killing Islamic jihadists, bloodthirsty killers,” he said. “Peace is not an option. You don’t negotiate with bloodthirsty, jihadist killers.”
While he was in the Marines, Ryberg said, he was often asked, “If you’re a Christian, why do you want to go to war to kill people?” Ryberg said he wants Americans to understand that it’s an act of love to kill evil people who seek to kill Americans.
“If we do take their life, they will kill no more. It’s an act of love for our nation,” Ryberg said.
He explained the importance of government and said that without government, chaos would ensue.
“We are all sinful creatures with a sin nature,” he proclaimed. “Sinful mankind left unrestrained will cause chaos.”
Ryberg justified capital punishment and said it’s in the Bible. God ordains the principle of taking life as an instrument of his justice, he added.
“God gaveth long before our nation was born. It’s always been on the books. And [the Bible] is the highest law of the land,” Ryberg said. “And I want to let you know our Supreme Court, they’re not supreme, only God is. And [the Bible] is the supreme law of the land, and the buck stops here.”
The sound of shuffling Bible pages reverberated across the pews as Ryberg asked worshippers to note specific passages. Ryberg often referenced passages that he interpreted as relating to war and its justification.
He said that only God gives life and only God takes life, but said God gave Noah the right to take the life of an evil man who sheds innocent blood.
Ryberg said that Abraham fought the first biblical war in the word of God. He said God told Abraham to go to war with his “well-trained” servants, his army. Ryberg said God won that war by coming down and killing his enemies.
“There’s none other; there’s none higher; there’s none greater than our God,” Ryberg said.
“The only day we will have perfect peace is the day Jesus Christ comes back. … Our Lord’s coming back, folks,” he said.
Jerry Gibbons, who served in the Army for eight years, wanted to hear the colonel speak.
“I’m very impressed to see someone who has served that long on active duty and still have that much faith in God, our country and government,” Gibbons said.
Marcella Weaver said the sermon seemed to the point. To her, it justified war.
“God says that we are to help those being attacked by the bloodthirsty,” she said, “and it’s an act of love.”
http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_126235058.html
You will have to excuse me as I am totally gob smacked here, lost for words, shocked, angry and down right frustrated.
Well what can I say?
Were do I start? Okay piece by piece I guess.
Let’s assume that this is true and not a media beat up, anything is possible as far as the media is concerned.
Firstly
what sort of a church allows a military man to preach a sermon in a church and
the sermon is justifying war? I thought
a church was a place of peace, not a place to incite racial hatred of our
fellow man.
I was under the impression that one of the 10 Commandments was “Thou shalt not kill”, however on further investigation it is “You shall not murder”. I wonder if that commandment is just a bit too obscure, as what do we define as murder?
It appears that Ryder must have had a close conversation with God as Ryder has the authority to say that it is a “God-ordained war.” He also says, “Abraham fought the first biblical war in the word of God. He said God told Abraham to go to war with his “well-trained” servants, his army. Ryberg said God won that war by coming down and killing his enemies. Therefore I can only assume that God told Bush it is okay to go to war and we just have to wait for God to now come down and kill America’s enemies.
Ryder also said, “The only day we will have perfect peace is the day Jesus Christ comes back.” I wish Jesus Christ would come down as seriously I want to know his opinion on all of this. JC preached love your fellow man regardless of race or status, so this all seems like a total contradiction to me.
Another classic quote “If we do take their life, they will kill no more. It’s an act of love for our nation,” Ryberg said. To anyone who may agree with this statement go and hire the factual movie, "Munich” and then come back to me with your opinion. The fact is once you conduct acts of revenge the killing will never stop, as there will always be some-one to replace those that are killed and the violence actually escalates.
My final word is this. There is no difference between Ryder inciting war against some of the Islamic population and using the Bible as a weapon than there is an Islamic extremist doing the exact same thing against the Christian and Jewish population and using the Koran as a weapon.
Christianity
l things whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:1
Islam
No one of you is a believer
until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. Sunnah
Judaism
What is hateful to you; do not
do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.
Talmud, Shabbat 3id
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