June 24, 2004

• American "Pacifists"

  American pacifists make me laugh. Most especially if they are from Philippines, Thailand, or China or are Jewish-American.

  Let's see. Both of my grandmothers in Philippines and Thailand know how to say "Yes, sir" and "Yes, ma'am" and "please" and "thank you" in Japanese because she learned at gunpoint.

  I learned Japanese because I took it in college, where I not only learned to speak but to read Japanese.

  Let's see. You're looking for a good coffee table book with great pictures? How about The Rape of Nanjing?

  Let's see. Would many of my Jewish-American friends even be alive if there hadn't been war in Europe? I highly doubt it, since to be born, you kind of need grandparents who weren't gassed, shot, or worked to death.

  Yeah, pacifists make me laugh. War doesn't solve anything, they say. Yup. Tell that to my grandparents. Or talk to the hand.

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  The Ass and the Mule (Aesop) A muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both well laden. The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the Mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear. He entreated his companion to relieve him of a small portion, that he might carry home the rest, but the Mule paid no attention to the request. The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden. Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him. The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: "I am treated according to my deserts. If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing together with his burden, himself as well."

  I start working next week! I love my colleagues! Some are from India, close to Pakistan, and can attest to the civil war that is going on there. Some are from the Middle East, and some are from China. Many have lived in Texas all their lives. All of us are working together to help people -- the common goal that unites us.

  I pity people who don't have a job that does the same.

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