POST BOSTON SKETCHES AND THOUGHTS
--The issue of Miranda Rights is important. It is one of those lines in the sand. The ruling must be abided by, even in special circumstances. Violation of rights for one can be a dangerous slope endangering all of us.
--The eldest of the bombers grew up in Chechnya and Kyrgyzstan, where violence and bombings were a daily reality. Some of us believe that social reality at specific times in a youth's life are formative and foundational. Case in point. Emigres, relatively isolated and estranged and with grudges are "high profile" prone to such acting out.
--It is worrisome to consider how many Arab youth grow up in similar environments that have a destructive impact on attitude and value formation.
--In 5 decades of journalism and analysis you develop a "gut" or sense of trend. It is not hard to see a coming regional battle in the middle east between Sunni and Shia Muslims. Syria, and the resolution there, could be a huge factor in what could become a kind of regional conflict between the two.
Enough of that. Now a celebration of beauty on this day dedicated to our blue marble world.
--The eldest of the bombers grew up in Chechnya and Kyrgyzstan, where violence and bombings were a daily reality. Some of us believe that social reality at specific times in a youth's life are formative and foundational. Case in point. Emigres, relatively isolated and estranged and with grudges are "high profile" prone to such acting out.
--It is worrisome to consider how many Arab youth grow up in similar environments that have a destructive impact on attitude and value formation.
--In 5 decades of journalism and analysis you develop a "gut" or sense of trend. It is not hard to see a coming regional battle in the middle east between Sunni and Shia Muslims. Syria, and the resolution there, could be a huge factor in what could become a kind of regional conflict between the two.
Enough of that. Now a celebration of beauty on this day dedicated to our blue marble world.
IMAGINATION
IN LIGHT AND DARK
NIGHT LIGHTS
AN EVENING CROWN
Happy Earth Day. Now there is a concept huh, a happy earth?
See you down the trail.
I'm also just slightly concerned with the withholding of Miranda rights for crimes committed on American soil. It strikes me as a slippery slope with a boundary that will be very hard to define. Better, I think, to insist on Mirandizing suspects except in situations of formally declared warfare.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. I long for sun and warmth again.
You really play with my emotions: an essay on another possible war in the Middle East offset by pictures of our beautiful world. I guess as humans we need to live with the good and the bad.
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