Iraqis beat themselves with chains in the street of the Sadr City district of Baghdad during a demonstration yesterday to show support for the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and against the U.S. military''s presence in Iraq.
>>At the beginning, I believed Bush's theory that all people crave freedom.
I think what people really "crave", if that's the right word for it, is to be a little closer to the top of the pyramid than they happen to be at the present moment.
The function of government, per the Declaration of Independence, was to ensure that individual rights are not trampled upon as others attempt to attain or maintain a higher position on the pyramid.
Tribal Fascism VS a society in which the stated purpose of government is "to preserve these rights" - That's the game.
At least that's what it's supposed to be, IMHO.
>>No good options...
Nothing is preventing them from improving their options.
The Kurds are talking about opening a ski resort...
Is anything really preventing a schizophrenic from improving their own options? Sometimes they do break out of their box, but sometimes, they are locked there for reasons nobody really understands.
I wonder if the boys in Lord of the Flies were muslim, would they have accomplished anything, or killed each other immediately?
Iraqis beat themselves with chains in the street of the Sadr City district of Baghdad during a demonstration yesterday to show support for the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and against the U.S. military''s presence in Iraq.