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Originally posted by quiet
muslims crash a plane into some office buildings.
the west believe it is 'evil', and those who took part are cowards.
the middle east/east believe it is 'good' and those that took part are heros.
keep my mouth shut? riiight. i'll speak about anything, when ever i feel like it - or not speak at all, when ever i feel like it.
lol
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Perhaps every event, even the one on 9/11 has a good aspect from one perspective but is bad from another, and people rather than seeing all aspects dwell on just one, the way a man may meet a women who is a fun companion, a good cook, and has a big butt, but all he can see is her butt.
I know it's hard to imagine a positive side to 9/11 (certainly for those directly involved!), but the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jews, for example, was horrendous, who knows if in the long run the awareness it brought to the world of the downside of blind patriotism, militarism, jingoism, racial and ethnic hatred, it might turn out that good triumphs in the end.
Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria was a despot with a fetish for castle building. He oppressed and taxed his people heavily, which wasn't good. However, now we have Schloss Neuschwannstein, surely one of the the most beautiful edifices in the world, which is there for everyone to enjoy, and so what are we to say?
There seems to be no such thing as an unmixed blessing, and the converse seems true as well.