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  • Talmud 7:16 as Quoted by Rishon Rishon in 2004
    Qohelet Raba, 7:16

    אכזרי סוף שנעשה אכזרי במקום רחמן

    Kol mi shena`asa rahaman bimqom akhzari Sof shena`asa akhzari bimqom rahaman

    All who are made to be compassionate in the place of the cruel In the end are made to be cruel in the place of the compassionate.

    More colloquially translated: "Those who are kind to the cruel, in the end will be cruel to the kind."

    Online Source: http://www.rishon-rishon.com/archives/044412.php

  • Abraham Isaac Kook
    "The purely righteous do not complain about evil, rather they add justice.They do not complain about heresy, rather they add faith.They do not complain about ignorance, rather they add wisdom." From the pages of Arpilei Tohar.
  • Heinrich Heine
    "Where books are burned, in the end people will be burned." -- From Almansor: A Tragedy (1823).
  • Simon Wiesenthal
    Remark Made in the Ballroom of the Imperial Hotel, Vienna, Austria on the occasion of His 90th Birthday: "The Nazis are no more, but we are still here, singing and dancing."
  • Maimonides
    "Truth does not become more true if the whole world were to accept it; nor does it become less true if the whole world were to reject it."
  • Douglas Adams
    "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" Epigram appearing in the dedication of Richard Dawkins' The GOD Delusion.
  • Thucydides
    "The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
  • Milan Kundera
    "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."

Notes

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    I've embarked on a great reduction in privacy by bookmarking my web-based reading on the "delicious.com" utility. It may tip my hand as to what I have in mind for blogging, but the same may help friends and frenemies alike track my thinking: here is the URL:

    http://www.delicious.com/commart

  • Author's Wish Each Friday Night
    Shabbat Shalom. May our arguments be resolved through perceptive words and good deeds only; may we live another week helpful to one another in relative peace.
  • Photography: Prints & Services
    A gentle reminder: I'm in business as a producer of fine art prints and as a provider of shoot-for-fee services, including portraiture and weddings plus assigned photojournalism. My general location: intersection of I-70 and I-81; core camera system: Nikon; transportation: Mustang.

    Main web: www.communicating-arts.com

    E-Mail: [email protected]

    Also: as of 2011, I am building a photography print-on-demand presence at Fine Art AmericaM. This is the address:

    http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/james-oppenheim.html

    Effort in print-on-demand will not offset the production nor value of signed, limited edition prints made under my own hand. However, for very good convenience, price, and quality, print-on-demand may work out well for many fans and patrons.

  • Research Services

    If you're engaged in funded research in conflict analysis or other areas that may be addressed here and wish to engage my mind in your project, feel welcome to drop me a note at [email protected].

Etcetera

J. S. Oppenheim's Other Blogs and Webs

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  • Communicating Arts - Main Web Site
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  • Mustang Highways
    American highways and a six cylinder, 190 horsepower Ford Mustang 2000, Nikons, and philosophy.

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September 17, 2008

Pakistan: How It Goes

In the latest report from The International News, the abductors of 25 police recruits escape blame while the government takes the heat for, so far, refusing a prisoner swap.

While heads may and sometimes (once is too often, imho) do roll in Pakistan, to any western or western-educated reader, the head may only spin.

Each of items listed indicates in the briefest space the sort of violence that has spread across Pakistan's FATA and off into the NWFP.

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Title: Forces take control of Koza Bandai, arrest four militants
Thursday, September 18, 2008, The International News: http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=17333

Title: Bajaur people again heading for safe places
Excerpted: “Where are militant hideouts and why are they not being targeted?"
Thursday, September 18, 2008, Nisar Mahmood, The International News: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=136492
 
Title: Families voice concern over govt’s silence
"PESHAWAR: Families and friends of the 25 kidnapped recruits of Police Training College (PTC), Hangu, are under tremendous stress after the killing of two of the abducted cops and they are concerned over the “silence” of the government over the sensitive issue." Thursday, September 18, 2008, Javed Aziz Khan, The International News: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=136489

Title: Eight NWFP districts declared high security zones
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, By Shakil Shaikh, The International News: http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=16287

Title: Pakistan tops South Asian states in violence
"A total of 324 blasts in Pakistan, including 28 suicide attacks, during the first eight months of 2008 left more than 619 people dead." Saturday, August 30, 2008, Javed Aziz Khan, The International News: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=132772

Title: 38 cops sacked for absence from duties for days
Wednesday, September 17, 2008, Javed Aziz Khan, The International News: http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=136285

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Posted on September 17, 2008 at 07:41 PM in Conflict Culture |

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