Nailed it! Loved learning more about John Denver. Loved him then and love him more now. I was pondering the “ Moral Majority “ and how we should get to win “Wars” or Nonwars. Why oh why do we have to endure this horrid travesty?
Yes, a tragedy indeed. I really think if he were alive today, he would be outspoken regarding the foolishness and short-sightedness of so many in our country brushing off climate change. He sang about the environment when it was a lone voice crying in the wilderness.
"Only when diplomacy and peacemaking become more important than the concentrations of power and wealth, will we see an end to this travesty."
Hi Mark. I believe in this profoundly. However, what happens when one or the other won't work on diplomacy and peacemaking? You need two parties willing for this to work. I just read an article about a long time Isreali peace activist who has tried to broker negotiations with his contacts in Hamas only to met with a hard no. I found reading the article painful and heartbreaking. And yet, he's looking beyond to what comes next. After a heavy death toll on both sides in this conflict. I can only imagine they will both want peace and diplomacy at a certain point. But, when?? And how many innocent lives will be lost in the meantime?
Thanks for your comments which I can't argue with one bit - but I would just want to reinforce that it's so complicated. Completely unyielding stances go nowhere in diplomacy, but they don't arise out of a vacuum. Israel certainly has always had the upper hand to my understanding ( when it comes to the Gaza Strip or the West Bank). Each group holds nothing but complete disdain for the other and neither seems at all interested in the other's perspectives. A negotiated settlement or two state solution would each warrant some give and take and neither group seems to be willing to give an inch. Multiple generations worth of hostilities, subjected to repeated amplification has failure written all over it. Peace and diplomacy have to be sought with the same commitment as this fighting demonstrates. Painful and heart-breaking now and for the foreseeable future - again. SO SAD.
Nailed it! Loved learning more about John Denver. Loved him then and love him more now. I was pondering the “ Moral Majority “ and how we should get to win “Wars” or Nonwars. Why oh why do we have to endure this horrid travesty?
Thank you for this post, Mark. Moving. The message hasn't changed throughout the decades.
I hadn't heard this song of John Denver's. Wonder how I missed it? He lived a thoughtful life. Sad that he's not with us.
You're welcome, Louise,
Yes, a tragedy indeed. I really think if he were alive today, he would be outspoken regarding the foolishness and short-sightedness of so many in our country brushing off climate change. He sang about the environment when it was a lone voice crying in the wilderness.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
"Only when diplomacy and peacemaking become more important than the concentrations of power and wealth, will we see an end to this travesty."
Hi Mark. I believe in this profoundly. However, what happens when one or the other won't work on diplomacy and peacemaking? You need two parties willing for this to work. I just read an article about a long time Isreali peace activist who has tried to broker negotiations with his contacts in Hamas only to met with a hard no. I found reading the article painful and heartbreaking. And yet, he's looking beyond to what comes next. After a heavy death toll on both sides in this conflict. I can only imagine they will both want peace and diplomacy at a certain point. But, when?? And how many innocent lives will be lost in the meantime?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-israeli-peace-activists-hamas/
Hi Kim,
Thanks for your comments which I can't argue with one bit - but I would just want to reinforce that it's so complicated. Completely unyielding stances go nowhere in diplomacy, but they don't arise out of a vacuum. Israel certainly has always had the upper hand to my understanding ( when it comes to the Gaza Strip or the West Bank). Each group holds nothing but complete disdain for the other and neither seems at all interested in the other's perspectives. A negotiated settlement or two state solution would each warrant some give and take and neither group seems to be willing to give an inch. Multiple generations worth of hostilities, subjected to repeated amplification has failure written all over it. Peace and diplomacy have to be sought with the same commitment as this fighting demonstrates. Painful and heart-breaking now and for the foreseeable future - again. SO SAD.