tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549963549429593969.post123983953753338287..comments2024-01-20T06:51:58.729-08:00Comments on Echoes of Tattered Tongues: Memory Unfolded: War: An UpdateJohn Guzlowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549963549429593969.post-75973667826270655732014-10-01T07:45:32.035-07:002014-10-01T07:45:32.035-07:00What I don't understand is this presence of wa...What I don't understand is this presence of war and simultaneously the belief that violence is on the down swing expressed by people like Steven Pinker. <br /><br />Here's a video of him talking about the "myth" of contemporary violence. <br /><br />https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violenceJohn Guzlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549963549429593969.post-51867645998805300592014-10-01T07:20:31.417-07:002014-10-01T07:20:31.417-07:00I read Benfey's article yesterday, too.
One o...I read Benfey's article yesterday, too.<br /><br />One of the things I've remarked on is that in my lifetime there has always been some place where civil war, insurrection, civil strife, or the like is going on. It is to me one of the saddest facts about humans: that we cannot co-exist. And as an article in one of today's paper pointed out, we've even managed to kill off a substantial number of animals for our own selfish purposes. <br /><br />My greatest dream is that my son at some point in the future know a world truly at peace in all ways.<br /><br />Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com