A vision for good government
Sunday, January 19, 2020
The situation regarding North Korea and other conflicts around the world, is like two men wrestling on a train track; fighting between themselves: unaware of the bigger danger of the train approaching, threatening to run over both of them. Mankind faces many challenges that threaten our way of life […]
With sufficient wisdom, it is unlikely that you will make the wrong decision. Fundamentally, wisdom involves three things: listening, thinking and meditating. One of the basic tenants of wisdom is to listen to the advice of knowledge persons. Senior legal title of ‘Queens Counsel’ (QC) comes from senior officers […]
Imagine a fierce and aggressive wild animal, like a bear, a leopard or an enraged elephant was marauding your neighborhood, killing many innocent people without regard. It would normal that such a destructive beast would be met with an opposing force, wishing to eradicate the threat to the peace and […]
Our hearts go out to the victims; and family and friends, of the Malaysian Airline flight MH17, we are deeply saddened by your loss. The downing of MH17 and the killing of innocent lives represents the ghastliness, shocking, brutal, destructive and abhorrent nature of war. This is not an […]
It is with concern for the people murdered, the injured, the displaced and living in fear, from the recent reports from Iraqi and ongoing events in Syria. The effects of the Iraq and Syrian war are likely to spread beyond their boarders, into the Middle East and beyond: […]
The inability of the United Nations Security Council to act towards significant military acts of aggression by the government of Syria against its own people. A conflict that has continued for over 3 years and with the grave humanitarian crisis of 100,000 deaths and 2.4 million registered refugees according to […]
War only creates greater conflict. No resolution is achieved through war. The people who are attacked are bound to have feelings of injustice. War breeds contempt and is justification for counter attack in the mind of the opponents. Thus conflict only breeds further conflict. Brute force is a barbaric, […]
War itself is highly destructive and costly, to both sides of a conflict: both in human life and money. War is uncertain; particularly where the ‘enemy’ is not particularly confined to a sovereign state, and where their agents have taken up residence in many countries of our world. Their […]
There is only one supreme, divine Creator of all life. Just as different languages may have different words to describe the only sun in our sky. So do some religions, may have a different word to describe our sole Creator: be it God or Allah (or any other name […]