Java Zen:Thinking Out Loud Wednesday, 2025.10.29 
We only grow when we are challenged. Muscles do not strengthen without
resistance. Mental faculties do not sharpen without critical thinking. The
spirit does not soar without something to excite it. It may seem like a great
effort to constantly try new things, but unless you do, you fall out of your
heights very quickly. The constancy of physical exercise, varied from time to
time into new routines, and the constancy of mental and spiritual challenges are
essential to stave off the infirmities of aging.

		Deng Ming-Dao, "365 Tao - Daily Meditations", #296

2007.09.18

The Tough Thing About History…

…is that it goes back further than people care to study. (H/T Hot Air)

With fewer and fewer people alive today to serve as living memory and witness, I fear the unthinkable and improbable, once forgotten and dismissed, will once again become part of the plan and probable. I can envision a scenario where, as before, fueled by an economic downturn, the sheeple scan for a convenient scapegoat. Can’t happen? Witness the ease with which a significant percentage of the population orphans the weakest of critical thinking skills and easily believes the fantastic conspiracy theories surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001. Spectacular material evidence, swept away as easily as bread crumbs from a countertop.

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2007.09.20 – Ron Rosenbaum, in his comments regarding “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, eches my concerns:

Precedents: The world’s willingness to permit one Holocaust gives cause for concern that it will stand by, if not enable, another.

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