Islamic gunmen kill ten mountain-climbers in Pakistan.
The religion of peace: Islamic gunmen kill ten mountain-climbers in Pakistan.
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The religion of peace: Islamic gunmen kill ten mountain-climbers in Pakistan.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Q: Trying not to be too paranoid: Why do free people choose to travel to places where these potentials obviously exist? Aside from the challenge and beauty of the place, what sane person makes these decisions in the current world environment?
In this case maybe because they saw themselves as not Americans (the Chinese American could just blend in) and that was their protection.
I would have to put any part of Pakistan very high on the dangerous to visit list at this point in time.
A: These people have become so comfortable with the safety of the good ole USA that they fail to discern the difference when they travel worldwide. People who forget the dangers around the world when they travel for work or pleasure are playing with fire.
I tend to agree with you about the fantasy world we live in in America but keep in mind that only one person was American, the rest were of other origin. Im sure I don’t have to go into the “Religion of peace” aspect of the story, I believe you have read my opinion on that many times before.
Living overseas for several years taught me that not everyone thinks the same way we do. Unfortunately, our current president and many others seem to think that, deep down, everyone in the world is nice, and if we just take the time to let them get to know us, they’ll see that we are good people and will treat us with respect and dignity.
One of the things that irritated me the most when living overseas was the readiness for many fellow Americans to try to win over the locals by putting down our country and culture at every opportunity. I was very careful to tread on the line separating this approach from the Ugly American mindset.
Treat us with respect and dignity? They can’t even treat their own with respect and dignity. Death and maiming seems to be the prescribed punishment for even the slightest offense to Muslim sensitivities.
“Mohammed’s system is rigid, positive, and emphatic. The rigidity, the special emphasis upon the compulsory performance of legal and religious duties, the demand for unquestioning obedience, can be explained largely as a reaction against the social and spiritual anarchy of Arabia. These Arabs, rebellious to all external control and devoid of self-discipline, must needs have [sic] the yoke fastened tightly upon their necks, or it would stand no chance of staying on at all. To ‘go Arab’, to sink back into the spiritual laxity of the tribesmen, was in Mohammed’s eyes backsliding into paganism, and he tried to keep his tribal converts as far as possible under his direct observation. There is a reality in the suggestion that the ceremonial bowings and prostrations in unison of the daily prayers were a means of physical as well as of spiritual discipline.” H.A.R. Gibb
Lets all get on the same page in defining what we are talking about.