Hatred works through insecurity and paranoia. It creates a political discourse of self-defensive, pre-emptive, aggressive posturing. Where insecurity and paranoia rule, we invite the dialogue of the deaf, negotiation and consultation by mutual harangues, name-calling, vilification and blame. Hatred generates parallel universes of self-justification and the ethos of the bomb-o-gram. Insecurity and paranoia make the first strike the first resort of choice in a political arena that has all the sophistication of a children's playground ruled by the ethics of the bully. Where in such a world is there any hope of transcendence? The culture of violence, the political rhetoric of the bomb-o-gram, has to be opposed everywhere. But it will be opposed only when there is genuine commitment to alternative means of communication. Political arenas and institutions have to become effective and responsive in offering negotiation, accommodation and the capacity to act.
(Ziauddin Sardar & Merryl Wyn Davies)
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wow! i really enjoy reading ur postings....the things u write r the reflection of truth...sometimes bitter though .... n wat u write comes from an alien angle of vision n the stream of thoughts presented is interesting n new!!!!! lol d 1 i liked the most ws ur elective experience n the adam n eve story... :)remarkable
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