I realize that you don't care about alot of things. And here it comes, like the man downing six double-cheeseburgers who wears size triple-extra-large sweat pants that are too tight: There's a big "but" in there.
But the fact of the matter is that a very large percentage of the people on the planet DO care.
Some care because it is THEIR ox that is being gored.
Some care even though it's NOT their ox that is being gored.
You may not want to care. Even if you don't CARE, it actually does MATTER to you. Then it's just a short hop from MATTER to EFFECT you.
It mattered to you when Imperial Japan bombed the harbor on some remote Pacific Island on 12/7/41.
It mattered to you during their rape of Nanking.
It mattered to you when Nazi Germany bombed London night after night.
It mattered to you when concentration camp furnaces belched out the smoke from millions of burning bodies.
It mattered to you when ethnic cleansing began once-again in the remains of Yugoslavia.
It mattered to you when, with Bin Laden's help, the Taliban in Afghanistan, was spreading their vile version of fundamentalism.
Other things that actually do matter to you, and effect you whether or not you want to care about them are:
-That our petro-dollars go to bolster feudalism, unemployment, suppression, violence, illiteracy and, yes, religious fundamentalism. We are in essence funding both sides of our wars in the Middle East.
-That our "every-day low prices"” in big-box stores comes at the expense of sweat-shop labor in China and much of the third world. And while they "like" it, they don't "“appreciate" it.
-That my freedom to speak or to write is curtailed. Because you are next.
-That we are polluting the air that surrounds and protects our own planet, sowing the seeds of our own destruction. Whether measured in decades or centuries, alot more of the world will be under water than it is today.
-That we've built-up the most dangerously-high deficit in the the country's history by granting tax breaks to people who don'’t need them.
You may not want to believe that John Donne was right when he said in 1624 that "All mankind is of one author.... No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
Or whether you believe that Hillel was right when, at about the time that Jesus preached in Jerusalem, he wrote this:
"If I am not for myself, who will be? If I am for myself alone, what am I? If not now, when?"
Specifically addressing your "I don't care" diatribe, it was not "“Islamic people" who attacked us on 9/11. It was fanatical adherents of an off-beat fundamentalist sect of Islam, that is reputiated by most "Islamic people"” (We, too, have our very own, home-grown, off-beat fundamentalist sects and terrorists --see Jonestown; see Oklahoma City.)
And in the view of those who attacked us --and their view DOES count-- they didn't "start" it. Their primary gripe is our very presence in their region. To them, our support of oppressive kingdoms is what matters to them. No serious person believes that anyone is trying to create a Caliphate U.S.A. They want us, and our influence, out of their region.
So the two questions are:
-How do we disengage ourselves from that part of the world without being totally isolationists?
-How much do we care what they do within their region to their own people?
Now, for those readers who have not seen the original "I don'’t care" that is making its way around the Internet --albeit incorrectly attributed to a lady in Atlanta-- here it is.
I DON'T CARE
WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS?
"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't. I don't care at all.
I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.
I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and  fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and ---- you guessed it, I could not have said this any better myself!
That's a fact! I don't care. Wish I could but I won't until a lot attitudes from the radical Muslim terrorist changes. That's not likely, considering their past tyrannical, conquering and inhumane behavior [believe like us, or die] over the last 1400 years.
If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior! If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country.
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