John Pilger wrote in the Guardian last week In these surreal days, there is one truth. Nothing justified the killing of innocent people in America last week and nothing justifies the killing of innocent people anywhere else. …and further urged us in the UK to “behave responsibly” and turn away from the imperialistic response to focus instead on peace and justice for all people. He compares the religious fundamentalism of Bin Laden and the Taleban with the foreign policy fundamentalism of the West – both result in the death of innocent people.
Awakeners I still don’t know what to think about current world events. I’ve been trawling the web searching for contrasting opinions that might help narrow down my thoughts. For example Dave Winer writes about his own attitudes to the America he lives in and how they are changing, and contrasts this with the pulse of anti-Americanism he feels in Europe. He and others refer to an excellent Sunday Times article by Brian Appleyard.
Just reading How The Mind Works by Steven Pinker. After the intro he dives into explaining the computational theory of mind, and now (in the chapter I am currently reading) revisits the theory of evolution and explains how this impinges on the growth of the human mind. It sometimes takes me a few weeks to read a dense book like this, usually in 20 minute snatches on the tube, so watch this space, there will be more updates to come!