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Thread Starter: shungry Started: 02-06-2007 4:22 AM Replies: 7

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Feb 06, 2007, 4:22 AM

shungry is not online. Last active: 1/23/2008 2:51:33 PM

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Unity is overrated.

Daily Star editorials periodically call for "unity". Lebanese unity. Arab unity. Most recently, Palestinian unity.

Why not celebrate "diversity" instead?

The problem is not that Hamas and Fatah cannot agree on a common agenda. It is that when they do not agree they resort to violence and attempt to impose their beliefs upon each other instead of finding civil and productive ways to resolve their disputes.

What is needed is an atmosphere of tolerance, where inevitable differences of opinion are welcomed and valued for their contribution to a spirited, but measured debate -- because when many diverse ideas are forced to compete unaided by bullets, good ideas emerge.

True patriots do not chase after unity. They protect dissent.

Feb 07, 2007, 6:35 PM

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Re: Unity is overrated.

Well i think you are brilliant in your statement.

If we look at the animal kingdom and nature for both relatedness and beauty, the diversity of the ecosystems is necessary to beauty and survival. now if we subscribe to darwinism to explain the efficency and efeffectiveness of evolution physically, it does not mean that we need to subscribe to social darwinism.

Quite the contrary, human beings are capable of their highest development only through the antithesis to social darwinism, which is making sure that we as social beings achieve not just tolerance but harmony and replace combat with cooperation, war with peace, hate with understanding and tolerance, apathy with love and compassion.

Diversity of life experience, views and cultures makes this all an adventure.

That dynamic transcendence beyond words or creeds which we call in English God has created us as creatures of process whose struggle to that which is good will always be supported and guided...it is our responsibility to be truthful irrespective of what oppressions and suppression others may use to force us to accept what they claim are God's or Government's views.

From a plethora of ideas and witnesses, a multi-tude of experience, insight, voices and approaches, mistakes and false starts, experiments and messiness, when we can make the world safe for the processes of learning, and give the world our best, we can make living on earth reflective of God's goodness and nurturing of each precious and unique human being, all of whom are our kindred.

All are born believers, when will we treasure each and forgive the mistakes of the past building a unity that is not a conformity but rather a One-ness of all in God rather than a division of humankind by Shaitan's sick and brutal, degrading and destructive tricks in which violence, oppression, jealousy,fatalism, and murder of innocence and dignity are manifest.

Peace and Blessings

Feb 09, 2007, 3:27 AM

shungry

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Re: Unity is overrated.

aminahyaquin,

You are kind. As an agnostic, I might state some of the ideas you expressed somewhat differently. I suspect that these differences in emphasis would not impede us in a discussion of liberty... but enrich it.

Dec 07, 2008, 12:44 AM

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Re: Unity is overrated.

Yes
United we stand
Divided we fall

Donate to Lebanon without paying.

http://hadayalebanon.com

Mar 04, 2009, 10:31 AM

Moks

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Re: Unity is overrated.

The other name of unity is the mutual consideration and that was the first step of business for sake the profit

Mar 11, 2009, 11:38 AM

Rolf

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Re: Unity is overrated.

Unity is the back bone of any nation and business also consist on the unity and the our mutual consideration for earning profit is the cause of overrated unity

Aug 11, 2009, 12:56 AM

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Re: Unity is overrated.

i dont knw y they dont celebrate??????????????any one know?????????????

Braddock24

Sep 15, 2009, 9:29 PM

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Re: Unity is overrated.

sir,iread this editorial.this not fatah and hammas rivalry this is whole arab recent history they are fighting in iraq,pakistan,afganitan,inafrica .since alngtime for this the arabs are killing and robbed by usa,israel,and europeans powers.rich arab countries are selfish and they love money not their self respect and they also cowarad they can fightto each otheror iran but cannot fight usa,israeland europe and their friend countries.this very very shame fll they are suporting usa and europe economically .they aresleeping and after some time the would get punishment by enimies countries like iraq.all over muslim crying on their dangrous and ugly behaviouer.one day all real muslim first punished them they are hurting whole muslim world badly.

atiqkhn@yahoo.com

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