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hehe...okay, now that I fooled them.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> Here's a quote I thought you guys might find interesting...
> Powell Quote > > When in England at a fairly large conference, > Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury > if our plans for Iraq were just an example of > empire building by George Bush. > > He answered by saying that, > > "Over the years, the > United States has sent many of its fine young men > and women into great peril to fight for freedom > beyond our borders. The only amount of land we > have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those > that did not return." > > It became very quiet in the room.
Shhhhh and 5 cyber bucks to everyone that keeps this a secret. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> . not much money I know, but I'm even cyber poor, hehe...
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If you are going to tease me, you better do it correctly... http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/powell.php"The spirit of the quote cited above is true, although the context in which it was delivered has been greatly simplified." During an address to the World Economic Forum, Secretary of State Colin Powell was asked a somewhat long and involved question by the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, which ended with the following interrogative: And would you not agree, as a very significant political figure in the United States, Colin, that America, at the present time, is in danger of relying too much upon the hard power and not enough upon building the trust from which the soft values, which of course all of our family life that actually at the bottom, when the bottom line is reached, is what makes human life valuable? Secretary Powell delivered a lengthy response to the former Archbishop's question, in the midst of which came the eloquent line quoted in the example above: The United States believes strongly in what you call soft power, the value of democracy, the value of the free economic system, the value of making sure that each citizen is free and free to pursue their own God-given ambitions and to use the talents that they were given by God. And that is what we say to the rest of the world. That is why we participated in establishing a community of democracy within the Western Hemisphere. It's why we participate in all of these great international organizations. There is nothing in American experience or in American political life or in our culture that suggests we want to use hard power. But what we have found over the decades is that unless you do have hard power -- and here I think you're referring to military power -- then sometimes you are faced with situations that you can't deal with. I mean, it was not soft power that freed Europe. It was hard power. And what followed immediately after hard power? Did the United States ask for dominion over a single nation in Europe? No. Soft power came in the Marshall Plan. Soft power came with American GIs who put their weapons down once the war was over and helped all those nations rebuild. We did the same thing in Japan. So our record of living our values and letting our values be an inspiration to others I think is clear. And I don't think I have anything to be ashamed of or apologize for with respect to what America has done for the world. (Applause.) We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we’ve done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home to seek our own, you know, to seek our own lives in peace, to live our own lives in peace. But there comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work where, unfortunately, hard power is the only thing that works.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by *Murphy*: <strong>If you are going to tease me, you better do it correctly...
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Thanks for the correction Murphy. Also, at the time I didn't mean to sound disrespectful, I thought the moderators had a sense of humor as well, but perhaps it was disrespectful subconsciously because I do have a different opinion regarding these threads and I do think it has everything to do with marriage building.
The reason is because there have been many discussions here in Houston on talk radios, even on regular channels about the discussion of war and the inpact and stress it is having on individuals and families, not only in this country but around the world.
I heard a nurse call in on a radio station and say that even though there is no proof as to what is causing it, since the war started more abused children and spouses have been coming into the hospitals.
So next if you look at the ways to relieve stress counselors say you do so by talking about it...you can do that in many ways; to friends, to relatives, talking on message boards, emailing, etc. That is why all these radio stations are discussing it, they know people need to sound off to get some relief. It's so much better than internalizing it and then exploding on your family. Whether verbally or physically.
I also heard people are working out more, mainly researchers think it is because it's there way of coping with all this, but each of us have our own way.
So if sounding off and having a topic on MB you see such as "Arrgggh, OT..." is not parting of keeping the stress down in marriages and families, I don't know what is...and here we have a topic that isn't just effecting one families stress, it's effecting many.
So, then, the moderators step in and say, "We don't think this topic is marriage building, and it's getting way to much attention, so we are gonna stick in on an other topics board that gets very few responses, and if your lucky a few people may pass by and see it." and although Slappy was kidding when he said, "Read quickly before it disappears", Slappy probably knew if he put it directly on the OT board, few would read. So, it's almost like sending these OT's to a graveyard, dead thread....
Here's another way I look at it. Learning good communication skills and learning to co-exist with so many different cultures and religions can only be a positive tool to use in marriage building. All these different countries coming together to discuss politics on one thread is not a bad thing but a good thing.
Maybe I am wrong, but I didn't see where it took away from the other topics, it seemed like the same people responding on the thread that was initially moved was responding to so many others who needed direct help with there marriage.
When you moved the thread it did concern me eventually everything you guys consider "off topic" will be moved...We all have our specific boards we kind of stick too, and boards such as "poems", "OT" etc., most of us know not to post unless we want few to see. I know it is your free will to move it, but you guys still allow us to tell you are feelings regarding your decision and this is my humble opinion.
Well, I'll shut up now. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> Again, my apolgies for being disrespectful to the moderators decisions.
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