Japan and Norway have very low homicide rates and are among the rich countries with the lowest income equality.
Portugal and the U.S. have high homicide rates and high rates of income inequality.
Statistics show that notable among the richer countries that in general the greater the income inequality the higher the homicide rates.
Our United States the highest income inequality among the richer countries and by far the highest homicide rates.
"As I See It Today" could be the title of this new iteration of my main blog. The "It" would then be the following themes with which I intend to deal here: ~ history ~ politics, economics, government ~ family tree ~ people, places, ~ culture, society ~ dialogue and a bit of me
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Showing posts with label killing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label killing. Show all posts
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Monday, August 13, 2012
Commandment One
How do you and I decide to kill that man?
How do we decide to spend our money to kill that man?
How do we decide to spend the blood of our youth to kill that man?
How do we decide to kill his duckling?
How do we decide to kill his puppy?
How do we decide to kill his daughter?
How do we decide to kill his daughter's baby?
How did we decide to kill that Korean baby?
How did we decide to kill that Panamanian duck?
How do we decide to kill that Iraqi puppy?
How did we decide to kill that Afghan man?
How did we decide ti kill that Laotian son?
How did we decide to kill the Cambodian wife?
How do we decide to to pay others to kill men in other places?
How do we handle our responsibility as citizens of this republic?
How do we reconcile our words about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness with out decision to kill so much, to kill so many, to kill so often?
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Citizens blood and money at work .
Which are your favorite battles?
Citizens blood and money at work .
Which are your favorite battles?
Sunday, July 10, 2011
As Citizens .......
Most of us are concerned about the killing we do and pay for. We know that the killing we do causes suffering, fear, strife, confusion, and death. We see that our killing costs us blood and dollars.
It seems to me worth while to come to a better agreement about when, where, and under what circumstances we shall kill. It seems good that we have a killing policy that is more generally understood. Shouldn't we agree that our killing policy be subsumed under our war policy and perhaps our foreign policy? Can we agree on what our war policy is to be? Can we agree on what we want our national foreign policy to be? Are we capable of the necessary dialogue?
How many have already given up our law and our responsibility.?
It seems to me worth while to come to a better agreement about when, where, and under what circumstances we shall kill. It seems good that we have a killing policy that is more generally understood. Shouldn't we agree that our killing policy be subsumed under our war policy and perhaps our foreign policy? Can we agree on what our war policy is to be? Can we agree on what we want our national foreign policy to be? Are we capable of the necessary dialogue?
How many have already given up our law and our responsibility.?
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