Figmentations

First thing this morning I came across a disturbing piece on Digg.com referencing a Times.com article entitled, “A Fight to the Death in Gaza – On the Verge of Civil War“.

I didn’t feel “worthy” to comment on this increasingly complex political situation that I must admit I haven’t been following closely at all. Other than being disturbed that things are going from horrible to worse, at the same time though not surprised by the extreme viciousness that I expect naturally arises out of war situations, yet realizing, too, that there was nothing that I could (or even would) do about the situation.

Then there was the story about the “Gay Bomb” or rather “Love Bomb” that the U.S. military had at one point seriously considered as part of a $7.5 Million dollar six-year project investigating “various non-lethal chemicals meant to disrupt enemy discipline and morale.” But I had second thoughts commenting on that since the “gay” part might not be considered PC.

So, I decided I’d randomly open my copy of “The Ten Minute Activist” book and see where my finger landed. Serendipity had me land on the “Peace Paper” story. It speaks of a Japanese god’s rule that goes like this: “you can have whatever you want if you just fold 1,000 origami peace cranes first”. The story refers to the Sadako.org site dedicated to Peace Education for Children.

And, that just reminds me of a friend who always says good-bye as: “Peace Out”. Enough said.