Fwd: U.S Gun Culture

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From: Carl Jarvis <carjar82@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 07:25:45 -0700
Subject: Re: U.S Gun Culture
To: Mostafa Almahdy <mostafa.almahdy@gmail.com>

Dear Mostafa,
We live in a violent system. Some people have established a Belief
based upon an Almighty Deity, called by various names, who knows all
from the beginning to the end, and who cannot tolerate Evil, which
also comes under a variety of names.
But the world itself is built upon a very different theme. Life
depends upon Death. Forests are built upon the decay of past forests,
the crops we depend upon for our own lives to flourish, are given
fertilizers made from the dead materials of former plant and animal
life. The big creatures live by killing the small or weaker life, and
in turn are hunted and devoured by even bigger or stronger life forms.
Every time we rejoice in the beauty of "God's Creation" we should
remind ourselves that it is built upon earlier death.
We human creatures are part of this eternal cycle. We rise up in our
villages and turn our attention upon taking control over our
neighbor's land. And if we succeed, we are usually disposed to
enslave the former occupants as our subjects. Men, being physically
stronger, dominate women. Older women dominate young women and
children.
Humans, being the first known creatures to use their brain over their
brawn in controlling their environment, set about declaring themselves
to be "different" than all other life. Humans declared themselves to
have something they named a "Soul". The Humans declared that no other
life forms on Earth had Souls, proving that Humans were superior. But
the truth is that the only way in which Humans are superior is in
their ability to dominate the planet Earth in a way no other life form
has been able to do. Humans are on a crash course with extinction if
we do not quickly alter our thinking. We think we rule this planet
Earth, but the truth is that soon we will see the planet return to its
former balance. Whether it is from starvation, murderous wars, or
through infection from mutant viruses that sweep across the planet
unchecked, Human life will either be totally erased or reduced to a
level that planet Earth can control. Our planet is the actual
controller. We either must learn to live within its limits or die
like all other life forms. Until we learn to live as part of the
entire planet Earth, we face eventual extinction, regardless of which
God we believe "created" life.
And finally, so long as we Humans divide ourselves into different
nations and adopt different Gods, we must face the fact that our fate
is sealed.
In my own mind, God's name is Imagination, and the Evil One is named
Greed. Currently Greed is dominating over Imagination. But my hope
is that when enough of us turn to Imagination, we will collectively
create new methods to destroy Greed, and bring Peace to all Live on
Planet Earth.

With Kind thoughts and great respect, I remain,
Carl Jarvis



On 7/1/17, Mostafa Almahdy <mostafa.almahdy@gmail.com> wrote:
> At least 25 people were shot at a concert in Arkansas early Saturday
> morning and others injured as they tried to escape, police said. This
> is the second fatal shooting in less than 24 hours. On Friday, a
> disgruntled former employee went in and began to shoot at Bronx
> Lebanon hospital in New York. Hmm, are we suppose to be just numb to
> such incidents? People do not finish mourning an incident until they
> are instantly shocked with another one. Americans have abused and
> violated the spirit of Constitution second amendment. The national
> rifle association, also known as NRA has dominated congress and
> blocked any gun regulation bills. It surely wants to keep its greed
> grow. I genuinely would rather not disparage my passport by labeling
> the U.S visa on it. It is truly a shame to be anything like American.
> How on earth they refuse to restrict guns and keep them in sickly
> demented hands for the sake of their sempiternally terrestrial gain?
> This is America folks, a country which basis its foundation on
> capitalistic tenets. It is a major threat for me to reside there. I
> could be shot at a store, a theatre, a campus, a social club, a
> worship centre and even a hospital. There are no restrictions on where
> could people go with their guns. They could be anywhere. Is that
> natural? I am seriously asking, is that natural? This is what pride
> does to the mind. It makes someone stubbornly arrogant to see and
> respectfully admit his shortcomings. Despite these consecutively
> incessant mass shootings, nothing will change as for gun laws and who
> is eligible to bear arms. It is most likely that we are going to hear
> about similar incidents taking place in some public gallery in the
> near future. Thank you for reading, Mostafa
>
>
> --
> (Seeking knowledge is compulsory from cratle to grave because it is a
> shoreless ocean.)
>