Saturday, May 31, 2008
Brief comments
Most of my blog "posts" will be done on my facebook site. I put the word posts in quotation marks because they will be mostly bookmarked articles (of topics I care about; music reviews; movie reviews; and regular columns, such as On Language, Essay feature in NYBR) and videoclips. On this blog, I will post, as I have noted previously, photographs, brief comments on random topics and my impressions of a music cd or book I particulary enjoyed.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Blog notes . . .
Some of the blog entries have been deleted. Unless I have something important to write about, most of the entries going forward would be photographs
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Update on computer situation
I probably will not be posting as much as I have in the past because computer has been taken to a shop for repairs. Unfortunately, it would take approximately two to three weeks to fix.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Note on computer situation
My computer is not working, unfortunately. Hopefully it will get fixed soon.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Quotations on Justice / Peace
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
[Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short),
De Officiis (I, 10
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. - John Rawls
Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace. - Thomas Aquinas
Without forgiveness, there's no future. - Desmond Tutu
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. - Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), speech in Washington D.C., 1865
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. - The Dalai Lama
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. - R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice. - Martin Luther King Jr
[Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short),
De Officiis (I, 10
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. - John Rawls
Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace. - Thomas Aquinas
Without forgiveness, there's no future. - Desmond Tutu
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. - Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), speech in Washington D.C., 1865
Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. - The Dalai Lama
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends. - R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice. - Martin Luther King Jr
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