Aneirin
Posts: 6121
Joined: 3/18/2006
From: Tamaris
Status: offline
|
Wa Alaikum Assalam
Why the world is so full of hate I believe is one of the negative products of advanced communication, the more we know, the more we seem to have ammunition to direct the negative energy away from ourselves onto others we view as more worthy of the scorn we ourselves should deal within ourselves, but it is always easier to blame others, see others as the reason we are not as happy as we could be.
At one time before the world became such a small place, what was there to hate, aye, perhaps those who lorded over you, or hassled your life, as even then life could not be a bowl of roses if one chose not to see it, but the ability to hate comes from within the person, it is a human frailty, a state of mind. For sure that was what the Christian teaching was about when it said to love thy enemy as thy self, if we don't love ourselves, how can we love our enemy, how can we love when there is so much hate, and is the real reason for hate really to do with us hating ourselves.
But the world is becoming a much smaller place and not just in terms of communication for the world's population is rising rapidly, more land is needed, demanded and taken, as in the Israel/Palestine issue to mention one in the very fore of Western mindsets. With the increased demand for land, there is an increased demand for resources,food, fuel, minerals, energy and water, those with control are working hard to keep it, those that benefit want it and more or at least what they believe they once had and those that don't have it seek all that they see others have.
Then there is the other way, quite often the cleric way, perhaps a well intentioned way at first, the way that eschews everything that others have, what is seen as evil, and in a way, it is because it is connected to greed and avarice and the rest of the seven deadly sins and that list based on earlier lists in many religions, so I guess it is seen as the West is sinful and promotes sin because those that don't have want and that can't be due to opportunity and dwindling resources, can't be for everyone and might only be for the extreme minority who hold power, presidents and rulers perhaps in some countries, rulers who ignore the plight of their countrymen, enter the current Egyptian and Tunisian situation here also, Yemen and Algeria to a lesser extent.
But why is it perceived that the West hates the Middle East, or more accurately, Muslims, well, my belief is because the Muslims control something they desperately need and desire more than anything else, that thing that aids them in their Empirical quest and the control it ultimately brings for the minority who have to hand a meagre proportion of it down to the masses so they can buy their support for other enterprises to seek more wealth. Of course to garner support for empirical quests it helps if the enemy is seen as to be something inhuman, a sub species that are not as good as themselves, people in Colonial times reffered to as at best, the natives and at worst ,( apologies for offensive word used as illustrative not intentionally offensive) the wog. Tied to that, is our old enemy eugenics, something that is still alive and well with some people, and people in powerful positions although they won't declare it openly, they aren't stupid, but once in power, they can try to continue their policies by way of less offensive policies.
A line from the most Excellent recent Movie Avatar by James Cameron;....
If someone is sitting on something you want, make them your enemy and you can justify taking it from them.
Those on the internet who are most vociferous in their hatred towards Muslims are merely products of the hate they feel for themselves and their impotency in not getting where they want to be, either that, or merely a sheep that follows the sheepdog of another.
_____________________________
Everything we are is the result of what we have thought, the mind is everything, what we think, we become - Guatama Buddha
Conservatism is distrust of people tempered by fear - William Gladstone
|
RE: Cameron on Islam v. the West - 
Profile
New Messages
No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages
Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages
Locked w/o New Messages
Post New Thread