Comments on: A Political Post http://blog.8ln.org/2009/02/a-political-post/ Technology, flights, and me. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emma http://blog.8ln.org/2009/02/a-political-post/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Emma Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:04:57 +0000 http://blog.8ln.org/2009/02/a-political-post/#comment-221 Beyond the fact that ethics of war fails to be a strictly black-or-white area (ie Allied victory in World War II ended the Shoah; NATO intervention in Bosnia/Kosovo stopped ethnic cleansing there; UN failure to authorize the use of force in Rwanda resulted in 800,000 dead innocent civilians in 100 days), you ignore the fact that communism as an economic system has failed in every instance where it has been tried. While the kibbutzim enjoyed some initial success, the system broke down completely when it passed to the second generation, children who did not choose to live in a communist system. The Soviet Union has fallen. China has opened itself to capitalist trade. You have a naive, simplistic worldview and you are championing a failed economic system. Beyond the fact that ethics of war fails to be a strictly black-or-white area (ie Allied victory in World War II ended the Shoah; NATO intervention in Bosnia/Kosovo stopped ethnic cleansing there; UN failure to authorize the use of force in Rwanda resulted in 800,000 dead innocent civilians in 100 days), you ignore the fact that communism as an economic system has failed in every instance where it has been tried. While the kibbutzim enjoyed some initial success, the system broke down completely when it passed to the second generation, children who did not choose to live in a communist system. The Soviet Union has fallen. China has opened itself to capitalist trade.

You have a naive, simplistic worldview and you are championing a failed economic system.

]]> By: Hethre http://blog.8ln.org/2009/02/a-political-post/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Hethre Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:29:58 +0000 http://blog.8ln.org/2009/02/a-political-post/#comment-220 This is so thoughtful and touching! Thank you for your courage in sharing this - I'm sure you face some opposition in Israel by saying these things. Speaking truth to power is always a challenge. Have a wonderful time in Israel with your family! Imagine makes me cry... Such a beautiful song! Peace, Heather This is so thoughtful and touching! Thank you for your courage in sharing this – I’m sure you face some opposition in Israel by saying these things. Speaking truth to power is always a challenge.

Have a wonderful time in Israel with your family!

Imagine makes me cry… Such a beautiful song!

Peace,
Heather

]]>