Lawrence of Arabia, An Example

The story behind Lawrence of Arabia is a decent example of how one country interfering with the laws and politics of another country cause wars and conflicts. Why must one country enforce its beliefs and principals on another country across the sea from them? What business is it of one country how an entirely different country decides to choose its rule? What business is it what gods or goddesses they worship if any at all? Why must one country try to FORCE their ideology on another country? If our ideology was so good, wouldn't they be scrambling to adopt it on their own?

It usually has to do with one of two things... greed or religion. One country wants what the other country has or one country goes on some kind of "Holy War" against another.

When an extremely enlightened individual came along and tried to show them the error of their ways, the end result was most often the torture and death of that individual, especially if people listened to him. In my time there was Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, John Lennon, and others, all who met their death by bullet.

Why is it that people hate so much? Why is it that they prefer war and killing to peace and love? Why is it that they prefer enslavement and control over freedom? Are people so small minded and have such short attention spans that they get easily bored when things are peaceful and calm? Maybe it was all the lead in the pipes and paint chips that caused this problem?

Well, unfortunately, things have been this since time began. People overall seem to have suffered from cranial rectitus* throughout history. If things were going too smoothly, some jerk had to go and start some kind of trouble to make things more "interesting." This happens both in everyday life and in the workplace. It happens between peoples and happens between countries. There always seems to be someone who gets pleasure out of "stirring the pot."

Now, I think we've all been guilty of "stirring the pot" a little from time to time, but some take it WAY too far. Some people do it with evil intent. It seems that some can do nothing good in or with their lives. I'm not sure why that is, but it seems to be a fact of life. When people tell me that everyone has some good in them, I now strongly doubt that. There are some who are pure evil and the only good they appear to have is when they are trying to gain someone's confidence so they can royally screw them over. It is people like these who cause conflict, hatred, injury, and war. They manipulate people into believing their half-baked lies and stir up a mob mentality that seems to spread through the ranks of civilization like wildfire. People with some level of intelligence might get mislead for a while, but they usually figure it out eventually. There are many, though, who either don't seem to possess enough intelligence or enough strength of character to overcome the lies and manipulation. They are blind followers of someone else's ideologies and manipulative spoutings.

Perhaps one day there will be a cure for ignorance. Perhaps one day there will be a pill people can take to give them a spine. Until then, however, I fear that things will continue on much the same as they always have.



Love, Hope, Peace, & Christ Is With Us All,

Cal-el



* heads up their asses