Protestantism

» pink101 - Roots

In response to Roots posted by Migisi:
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When and where was the first shot fired?
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On Boston Commons? Who knows. In the hearts of the oppressed? In the heart of the tyrant?
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Violence begins in the minds of men (and women?). I believe it is a response to injustice.
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Does that turn violence into a just action? I don't know or, at least, injustice in and of itself cannot be seen as a legitimate basis for violence.
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"In Chicago, on Memorial Day, 1937, a strike at Rep[ublic Steel brought the police out, firing at a mass picket line of strikers, killing ten of them. Autopsies showed the bullets had hit the workers in the back as they were running away; this was the Memorial Day Massacre."**
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That's an example. What I'm saying is that when we try to disassociate ourselves from the violence, we create the foundation for dysfunction. And, the way to truly develop an understanding to to dig deep to the roots--to educate ourselves to our complicity in these actions of horror that we want to blame on some nondescript evil or paranoia or other chemical imbalance. You can be sure there is a cause no matter how obscure it may seem to us--always a cause.
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It behooves*** us to learn our roots.
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**Howare Zinn; A People's History of The United States; http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-Un... Page 401
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*** Behooves us, literally means to put shoes on our feet so we can walk.
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-- posted by pink101