The Fool or the Fool who Follows Him...
I recently watched a movie called "Water", a controversial foreign film set in India in 1939. It was about questioning the traditional and cultural practices of Indian society and it was really quite interesting. In the film, Gandhi made an appearance and made a short speech in which he said,
"I used to think that God was Truth, but then I learned that truth was God."
That blew me away. Such a simple concept and yet so profound. Apply that to today's politics and today's world and what do we get? Maybe the opposite of God.
For example, take our current president. Bush and his administration said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq when intelligence reports did not show any proof of that. And the U.S. has yet to find any. Bush also said that there was a direct link between Saddam Hussein and the Al Qaeda terrorists, which the entire world knows there is no connection. In fact, Saddam thought of Al Qaeda as a threat. Bush also assured Americans and the rest of the world that American secret torture prisons did not exist, and yet they have been discovered.
Now, from that previous saying "Truth is God", what does that say about Bush? He's done nothing but lie to billions of people, he's killed thousands in this "war", he's impoverished the poor and elderly by starting this war and putting a strain on oil prices and by fooling the elderly in to signing up with his new and "improved" medicare plan, he's trying to frighten his own citizens in to a state of paranoia to maintain political power, he's depriving public schools and programs of funding. All for what? Money and oil, which translates in to money and money.
If truth is God, and Bush lied, what does that make Bush?
Another famous quote is as follows: "Who is the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" The point is, no matter how bad Bush is, Americans voted for him TWICE. And if he could run for office, again, he'd win again because people are more concerned about Bush's religious beliefs than his policies.
"I used to think that God was Truth, but then I learned that truth was God."
That blew me away. Such a simple concept and yet so profound. Apply that to today's politics and today's world and what do we get? Maybe the opposite of God.
For example, take our current president. Bush and his administration said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq when intelligence reports did not show any proof of that. And the U.S. has yet to find any. Bush also said that there was a direct link between Saddam Hussein and the Al Qaeda terrorists, which the entire world knows there is no connection. In fact, Saddam thought of Al Qaeda as a threat. Bush also assured Americans and the rest of the world that American secret torture prisons did not exist, and yet they have been discovered.
Now, from that previous saying "Truth is God", what does that say about Bush? He's done nothing but lie to billions of people, he's killed thousands in this "war", he's impoverished the poor and elderly by starting this war and putting a strain on oil prices and by fooling the elderly in to signing up with his new and "improved" medicare plan, he's trying to frighten his own citizens in to a state of paranoia to maintain political power, he's depriving public schools and programs of funding. All for what? Money and oil, which translates in to money and money.
If truth is God, and Bush lied, what does that make Bush?
Another famous quote is as follows: "Who is the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" The point is, no matter how bad Bush is, Americans voted for him TWICE. And if he could run for office, again, he'd win again because people are more concerned about Bush's religious beliefs than his policies.
posted by V-Hume at 11:43 PM
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