well you had to go and say it

So I finally got a bit of a reality check and had a bit of a...I can't say tough day, how about trying. I just found myself going in circles and second guessing my actions, looking over my shoulder and the like. I've been through worse and some things are better left to be dealt with by oneself ;-). As always it's better to accept and realize other people's faults as your own. Think of how their perspective has merit and what can you do to help resolve the situation large or small.... an unintended transition

Though by no means do I want these writings to become political or an opinion blog I may use this space to voice some of the things that bother me in the day to day news feeds. I will however try and keep them separate from the personal writings. without further ado...

Why is it that we have been so conditioned to forget that Tibet was once a sovereign nation? That it has a government widely recognized to be in exile? Today's daily reports as far as I could tell accepted and often stated that China is trying to play nice and win over the Olympic committee to bring the games to china, and "used necessary force to quell the violent protests."
It parallels other conflicts of displaced and oppressed regional peoples e.g., kashmir, palestine, taiwan, darfur, cuba... these conflicts are not cut and dry, I'm not so naive as to think that one side would or could be absolutely right. My question is, what do you do when your back is to the wall and legitimate, peaceful avenues of resolution are falsely offered or denied? To quote the hero in V for Vendetta, "Violence can be used for good." <--- Is that true, again not cut and dry. Some people can only be pushed so far and then they feel trapped and push back, as we often see usually to their own demise. Using violence in my opinion forfeits the moral high ground, but I can't help but sympathize. Ill leave any further ranting aside at the risk of diluting the whole passage. It does however remind of a poem I wrote more about dealing with personal weaknesses and relationships, but that's where it all begins I suppose.

Where did we lose it?
Where has it gone?
The love for each other,
the acceptance of wrong.

I'm not your judge,
and you are not mine.
You've never been weak?
Not once unkind?

We need not be brothers,
or friends of any kind.
To know that I am you,
and all that's yours is mine.

I speak not of things
in the physical realm.
Rather those which lie
in our hearts, in our minds.

I leave you only
that which I know.
Brother, sister, stranger, friend
take my hand for now and all time.

~PullTab