"Mistakes were made" they said

Occasionally I make mistakes. Like daily. Though I try not to make the very same ones daily. Some are of the "I'll look back on this and laugh" variety. Many are not. Some make your heart sink. Most of the time I really do mean well. And that gives me pause when I am poised to pass judgment, pause to ask what is a mistake and what is an attack or sabotage or apathy...and how will I know, with being a mind reader, know for certain, intention? And does intention always trump consequence? or vice versa? Hhhmmmm....

Don't Burn a Koran

Please don't call yourself a Christian and behave in such a stupid way. We have military personnel fighting alongside a whole lot of good Muslim people to try to defeat some terrorist nutcases. We are not fighting a war against Islam. We had troops in Vietnam fighting Communists from North Vietnam, not killing all Vietnamese anywhere in both North and South. My house was burglarized 10 years ago by two black men who were caught and convicted of the crime, but I don't see every single black person in Memphis as my enemy because of two knuckleheads. It appears that someone in Russia swiped my credit card number last week and sold it to thug in Connecticut to go on a free shopping spree, but I don't hate all Russians as a result. Nearly 50 years ago some stupid white Christians thought to squash civil right protests by bombing a black church in Alabama (and killing four little girls); those little girls were innocent.

Reason and logic seem to go out the window for some people when they feel angry but are not exactly sure whom to be angry with; painting with a broad brush to vent such anger only results in more harm.

Our service men and women overseas will now have a more difficult time working with allies because some idiots in Gainesville, Florida think a bonfire was a good idea. Think again.