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Fred Jewett's avatar

A lebanese laundromat owner told me one time that we in the west have no clue how middle eastern arabs think. To that point I was friends with a missonary couple 15 years ago who told me while in the middle east they cared for a wounded jihad fighter in a hospital. They thought they were making excellent progress converting him to peace. In the end when the hospital discharged him they found out he went out to his old fighter buddies and got a rifle and was fighting Israelis again. So much for converting to peace.

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Robert Labossiere's avatar

Today I'm thinking we "old" lefties have to reclaim the left, take it back. Being involved in the arts for over 50 years myself, that means taking up the old tools; writing, speaking up at lectures, galleries, museums, literary events, going back to university! (A truly daunting task, but hey, tuition is free.) Who knows, maybe young people actually want to hear from us sober realists with high EQs.

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