tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post1434683342010733902..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: After the Arab SpringSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-21186630499321047902013-03-21T19:23:22.832-04:002013-03-21T19:23:22.832-04:00One of the wonderful things about culture is that ...One of the wonderful things about culture is that it can change, sometimes rapidly. Most people don't want to live like it's the Middle Ages. These asshats might suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of public opinion. Maybe I'm feeling generous today -or looking for hope where there is little to be seen. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-89452446264453210872013-03-21T19:03:33.849-04:002013-03-21T19:03:33.849-04:00I agree, if they act like it is the 11th century o...I agree, if they act like it is the 11th century or so....that is the life they will have, and the Middle Ages life was pretty brutish and short. Since they take it upon themselves to kill anyone daring to suggest otherwise, (like a poor young woman in Syria, last summer, a pagan); I don't feel too inclined to mercy towards them.<br /><br />In fact, for people who conduct their 21st century revolution as if it is again time to storm cities of 'infidels'....well, let's just say, infidels sometimes storm BACK.Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.herlanderwalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-7616632581150319642013-03-21T17:39:01.833-04:002013-03-21T17:39:01.833-04:00Nice ideals, now let's see it practiced.Nice ideals, now let's see it practiced.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-86178762357484985422013-03-21T17:38:27.613-04:002013-03-21T17:38:27.613-04:00Yeah, let's try the trade, education, and self...Yeah, let's try the trade, education, and self determination thing. Couldn't hurt, right?Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-91110107513223219902013-03-21T16:21:36.491-04:002013-03-21T16:21:36.491-04:00Revolution is usually messy. The French Revolution...Revolution is usually messy. The French Revolution began with deposing royalty and promising equality, it ended with the Empire of Napoleon. The Taliban replaced a Soviet puppet dictatorship. The Iranian government replaced the Shah.<br /><br />Power vacuums get filled. The fanatic with lots of guns get in more often than the idealist with a pure heart.<br /><br />A little trade and education and allowing some self determination might yield better results than kicking over any state we don't like and seeing who pops up, or installing our own puppet dictators.Paracynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195993355669580242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-17559674695717635632013-03-21T14:14:05.200-04:002013-03-21T14:14:05.200-04:00Kind of like the US after hope and change.
Kind of like the US after hope and change.<br />Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-91913839264187231852013-03-21T07:14:06.146-04:002013-03-21T07:14:06.146-04:00At one time in history, the Arab world was the civ...At one time in history, the Arab world was the civilized world. Things change and can change again. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-72026105867308982912013-03-21T00:28:28.194-04:002013-03-21T00:28:28.194-04:00They shouldn't act like they're from the s...They shouldn't act like they're from the seventh century and then expect to have a 21st century way of life.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com