Most of this is uncomprehendable. If you were not depressed, there would be a great deal amiss.
I offer my own way out of the abyss -- I turned off the T.V. and radio, excepting PBS documentaries on pertinent issues, and went to the library. To combat my profound ignorance of Islam and the Middle East, I am reading. Reading, and allowing hope to spring from the many circulating pleas for a non-violent solution to this terrible situation. For those of us who share these positions, if we are to be effective members of our democracy we must be well-informed and prepared to take an unpopular stand with articulate grace and conviction.
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branchandroot
Thwarting despair
Date: 2001-09-19 10:36 am (UTC)Most of this is uncomprehendable. If you were not depressed, there would be a great deal amiss.
I offer my own way out of the abyss -- I turned off the T.V. and radio, excepting PBS documentaries on pertinent issues, and went to the library. To combat my profound ignorance of Islam and the Middle East, I am reading. Reading, and allowing hope to spring from the many circulating pleas for a non-violent solution to this terrible situation. For those of us who share these positions, if we are to be effective members of our democracy we must be well-informed and prepared to take an unpopular stand with articulate grace and conviction.