Deepak Chopra:
We aren't here to make the world evolve. We are here to evolve as individuals and then to spread that influence. In the wisdom tradition of Vedanta, the stream of evolution is known in Sanskrit as Dharma, from a root verb that means 'to uphold.' This gives us a clue how to live: the easiest way for us to grow is to align ourselves with Dharma. We don't have to struggle to grow--that would be unproductive, in fact. The Dharma has always favored non-violence. If we can bring ourselves to a state of non-violence, and connect with others who are doing the same thing, we have done a huge thing to reinforce Dharma.
Mark Levine:
The Arab and larger Muslim worlds are becoming blind with fury and the desire for revenge against an enemy that with Qana will seem even more cruel and heartless. Israel had to know the reaction that would happen if it attacked Qana like this, especially civilian buildings (it has "precision" munitions, so if it was attacking buildings with civilians like this, it wasn't by accident).
Ellis Weiner:
It is not too much to suggest, then, that the Mormon Church is almost as anomalous within “the Christian nation” of the U.S. as is Israel within its Arab and Muslim environs—an observation which leads to the following surprising--and tempting!--suggestion:
The Jews in Israel and the Mormons in the state of Utah should trade places. All Mormons go to Israel. All Jewish Israelis go to Utah.
Peter Laarma, attacking the
one reasonable poster:
Israeli spokespeople have been saying that civilians in Southern Lebanon should simply get out of the way, adding that those who remain may be presumed to be assisting Hezbollah.
One variant of this is repeating over and over how Hezbollah shamelessly uses civilians as human shields. The redoubtable Alan Dershowitz, never at a loss to make Israel blameless, has gone furthest in developing the theory of the fake civilian.
Eric Boehlert:"Fox News' Oliver North Questions Whether Israel Bombed Qana"
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