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Jack Lomax's avatar

It would be wonderful if if a giant sized Tim could approach the global monster and talk to it about how crazy its global armoury and enormous stock of nuclear weapons is. And in a better world than this the global monster would listen to Tim and shed all of its offensive armoury and become peaceful. ....Nice dream.

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Feral Finster's avatar

The global monster is not a confused schizophrenic but an amoral sociopath.

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Jack Lomax's avatar

I agree FF except I would have it in the category psychopath which a tad worse than sociopath

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Callimachus's avatar

This made me recall a wonderful aphorism by Ammon Hennacy: Force is the weapon of the weak.

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unwarranted's avatar

Useful perspective when pressed by supporters of the proxy war. Putin sought diplomatic means multiple times, and the powerful U.S. closed those doors and escalated by 1) orchestrating the coup, 2) funneling weapons of war into Ukraine long before Russia’s invasion, and 3) greenlighting the continual bombing of Russian Ukrainians in Donbas.

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Mike's avatar

Subservience is the position of the weak.

Force is the weapon of the corrupt.

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George Watts's avatar

Very well said Sir.

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DomeLord's avatar

Force is not the problem but violence most certainly is.

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Mike's avatar

Violence unrighteously applied is. If you break into my house with malice and bad intent the violence you experience will be quite righteous. And possibly terminal, and should be expected.

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DomeLord's avatar

Agreed. Appropriate self defence measures are quite acceptable and moreover are honourable.

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Boris Petrov's avatar

Thank you.

We all know this and they all know this.

However, US bipartisan War party criminal aggression is premeditated.

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Longtrail's avatar

I saw a video from Georgia Tech in Atlanta. An agitated young woman was brandishing a steak knife while surrounded by Campus Cops. Even though she never lunged at any of them and the cops kept a distance, one of them shot her down. I thought the cop was such a coward since she easily could have been disarmed. What a shame those cops didn't follow the example of the Thai Police Hero.

Caitlin, Tim is a good guy. I'm familiar with mental health providers and technicians and consider them heroes too. I was visiting a friend in a VA Psychiatric Ward and he became very agitated. He was a great martial artist and competitor. I feared he would hurt some Techs and diffused the situation by hugging him. He was a friend and he trusted me.

Your article is damn good!

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CarbonCopy's avatar

This should be on sign's everywhere "A Hug Goes A Long Way" or something to that effect. I agree fully with most of all the Post here. Though I fear the response of these Sociopaths will always be violence and while normal people would much rather have the hug it seems they want the violent response from the the entire world.

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Robert Billyard's avatar

"Whom the gods destroy they first of all make crazy", and we are dealing with a crazy delusional empire in decline. It is utterly deplorable nations are not speaking out against this endless war and brinkmanship. It is regrettable there are not more public demonstrations world wide. It is regrettable the United Nations fails to intervene more aggressively in a crisis threatening the whole world.

Washington has been the global bully for too long and needs to be challenged and ostracized by world leaders. It is playing a reckless and dangerous game of brinkmanship putting the whole world at risk and this must be openly challenged by world leaders.

I have yet to hear any Canadian politician of any party speak for peace. They are silenced by perks, pensions and their piss pot immorality.

Bullies thrive on the silence and submissiveness of their victims.

China and Russia are not the enemy-- Western corporate capitalism is. The empire is fighting wars it cannot win to defend a system corrupt and sociopathic to the bone. The West is being cannibalized by the neocon crazies who have no legitimacy and should be long gone.

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Finn's avatar

Hear hear !!!

Nailed it.

The Neocons sole purpose in life has nothing to do with diplomacy yet everything to do with creating conflicts which requires diverting taxpayers funds into the pockets of their masters.

After that it becomes a slippery slope over orchestrating Neocon friendly regime changes around the world.

Sadly our so called political representatives dare not speak out against the US and neither has the general public learned how to turn things around in our favor.

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karif's avatar

indeed, it is not the different political ideologies who are the danger, but all of the above as captives to financialization and corporatism as they each implement ever more invasive fascistic technocracy into all societies under guises of bbb and ppp brics roads curtains and walls

the bluntly intrusive surveillance instruments used by all are most revealing

force censorship guile

weapons of mass destructive persuasion to again silence

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Doris Wrench Eisler's avatar

I'd like to agree, but the situation in Ukraine is not that simple. Ukraine is run by Nazis, for one, and they have a very different psychology, as do the Americans who run the show- in tandem with them.

These people are virtual psychopaths, and psychopaths take advantage of what they perceive as weakness. They are not the ordinary, mentally delicate, unbalanced sort. The Russia response was both logical and humane: Russia has been there before re Nazis: they are not making the same mistake.

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CarbonCopy's avatar

Right on the money! This entire group are just as the full meaning of the words "Mass Murdering Sociopaths" implies!

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Duane McPherson's avatar

De-escalation goes right along with harm reduction and both involve letting go of moral judgement. Once you let go of moral judgement, many options become open that are otherwise closed. Kudos to Tim and the rest of your family for recognizing this and acting accordingly.

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Mike's avatar

I think you have that wrong. I think the hug was a tactic/product of moral judgement.

To have just beaten/killed the man who was a threat would have at least been disregarding of moral judgement.

To hope to preserve life created in the image of God is moral. To cast aside that hope is amoral, at best. To wantonly destroy that life with no regard for aforementioned hope is immoral.

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Finn's avatar

The US doesn't need a hug in order to reverse it's illogical belligerent foreign policies - it needs a massive great big kick up their behind.

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Mike's avatar

An act of violence, then?

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Finn's avatar

How do you deal with a openly aggressive state that's been going around the world invading other nations looting their resources based on a series of lies while committing one war crime after another?

When those war crimes are exposed and published they go after the publisher [Free Julian Assange !!!]

When the ICC considered investigating US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq the US [Bolton] threatened members of the ICC to the extend that a judge resigned while the chief prosecutor was ordered to stop her investigation into US war crimes as well as being denied a visa to the US when she intended to visit the UN.

The Pentagon has already approved plans to ''forcibly''extract their own from the ICC in case they've ended up in there.

How do we deal with a bully?

I say US out of Australia and everywhere.

Free Julian Assange !!!!

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Mike's avatar

Well, since you asked, I attempt to minimize my support of it- entirely when can.

I do not know where you live, but if it is in this place you describe, you should go where justice resides.

Write when you get there.

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Finn's avatar

What justice?

I've just explained that there is no justice.

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Mike's avatar

Obviously, my error. Were you explicit, or did I fail to infer?

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Mike's avatar

Yes, Free Julian!!!!

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Patricia Blair's avatar

But you have to care about your fellow human being and to want to live in peace . Perhaps when “ they” figure how to make money from peace…it will be the focus.

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Mike's avatar

Except, really, money is not the ultimate goal. The destruction of all God's creation, primarily you and all who resemble Him.

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Gnuneo's avatar

Mental illness = the results of stochastic terrorism by the media oligarchs who to a person protected Epsten's Island, its visitors, Jimmy Savile, Elite misconduct in 'care homes' and churches, and 'elite' private shools.

Could really make you wonder... What was that famous term Jung came up with? Starts with Proj... nah, slipped my mind.

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In almost all cases, violence can be avoided, but those who think their 'badge' gives them immunity, and who want the badge FOR the immunity, will too often turn to it as a first choice.

If the cops started killing UP the food chain, that would change faster than you can say "Doolally Lally".

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Caitlin! The USA just wants peace and democracy for EVERYONE, you must be against Freedom. :'(

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Lew A (Lincoln) Welge's avatar

Yep, projection.

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Longtrail's avatar

🤭, your last point addressed to Caitlin is sarcasm, right? The USA is the world's foremost terrorist state and the world's most prolific killer. If you believe what you wrote, then you are extremely propagandized.

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Gnuneo's avatar

Lol

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Mike's avatar

What means up the food chain?

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Gnuneo's avatar

Started shooting billionaires at 'random traffic stops', or senators, congresscritters, senior freemasons, MIC execs, you get the picture.

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Mike's avatar

I doubt these people have much interaction with the police. You do realize that few killed by the police are cooperating in what would be considered a sensible manner? That is, putting aside the fact that most laws, statutes, etc aren't constitutionally defensible.

I do not defend the asshole with a badge and a bad attitude, but believe that few killed by the police would not have walked away by exercising some sense.

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Mike's avatar

Um. Up the food chain?

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George Watts's avatar

In Australia, a cop tasered a 95 year old lady brandishing a small steak knife. She died as a result. True story. Please someone help me understand how any human, in a position of authority, deems that reaction of force to be....... I don't know.........human?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/clare-nowland-dies-tasered-nursing-home/102389082

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Finn's avatar

I remember that - wasn't she on about to go peel some fruit?

What happened to her killer?

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George Watts's avatar

He got charged, eventually. The whole thing was on bodycam. The police boss at the time, refused to view the footage and make a comment on the incident, not until she had all the facts......

Plenty on the msm about it, I haven't bothered past the the fact a 33yo male cop killed an old lady with with a taser. Doesn't need much more context based on where I'm at with life and society.

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Finn's avatar

I'm not sure why the USA thinks Taiwan is American, China doesn't think Mexico is Chinese.

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CarbonCopy's avatar

That's a good one!

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Gavin Farrell's avatar

Depending on what year you're talking about, a large chunk of Mexico is actually now part of the US.

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Mike's avatar

And, unless I am missing something, Taiwan is not allowing, fostering an invasion of China. And, if China does not consider Mexico an appendage, it may well be that China does not consider Mexico an appendage yet.

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Steven Berger's avatar

"This isn’t what should be happening. What should be happening is diplomacy, de-escalation and detente, with the ultimate goal being a world where governments work together for the good of everyone. There’s no valid reason that can’t happen."

There is no 'valid' reason...

There is however an intentional reason, it's called: "Out of Chaos, Order".

The old order has to be destroyed in order to be able to impose a New Order on an otherwise unwilling populace and have it seem like the only logical solution.

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Steven Berger's avatar

What Sean Penn doesn't realize, (among many other things...) is that we no longer live in a world of 'independent sovereign nations', but in one, interactive world, where what used to be sovereign nations are being played, one against the other, in order to bring down the whole house of cards. Then it can be 'Built Back Better' for the benefit of the Global Elite and at the expense of everyone else.

Once you understand the 'game plan' it's easy to recognize it being carried out.

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Feral Finster's avatar

The United States does not de-escalate because it actively seeks either confrontation or submission.

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The Phoenix's avatar

Your assumption is that the actions regarding Ukraine and Taiwan were meant as deterrence by the USA.

That is a mistake.

They are deliberate actions - to provoke a war. They achieved their goal with Russia and they are expecting they will be as successful with China.

Now, the final outcome might not be what they planned but we shouldn’t mistaken this deliberate action-reaction dynamic for an error in judgment.

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Lew A (Lincoln) Welge's avatar

Yep. Deliberate provocation. Bullying by the CONtrolling deceptive diabolical fascistic Luciferian Machiavellian mass-murderous #nefariousNewWorldOrder’s oligarchic “Powers That (shouldn’t) Be.”

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

It's interesting how the US government spells the word "peace" -- E-S-C-A-L-A-T-I-O-N.

The rest of the world should spell "cooperation with the US/NATO" -- B-O-Y-C-O-T-T.

What a H-A-P-P-I-E-R world it would be if everyone would just B-O-Y-C-O-T-T the U-S M-I-C.

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