by sehoy » March 29th, 2006, 7:04 am
I'm very familiar with Martin Niemöller and the piece he wrote that Mr. Amr is working from. It's a favorite of the NRA's and it's been circulating a lot on the 'net lately because of the cartoon controversy. Rev. Niemöller's piece makes sense. Even the NRA's version makes sense. Mr. Amr's does not.
I'm honestly [and less angrily] asking "How is it possible to be a Muslim, a Palestinian, a Jew, a Christian, and an American, when one is none of the above or some of the above, and when some of those positions have very conflicting agendas with some of the others?" How is it possible to be all things to all people?
Because, right now, the only picture that comes to mind is a chameleon, changing colors depending on whatever he's sitting on, with his bug-eyes looking in different directions at the same time, and although I like chameleons a lot...as reptiles...those traits do not make for good humans.
It's seems to me to be a good position to put yourself into if you wish to place yourself in a double-bind and induce insanity.
cor meum vigilat