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“It’s Fun Killing People”

MomGrind — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:43 +0000

War games scare me. Young boys who see war and violence as a game scare me even more. War is violence, blood, injury and death. It is young men and women losing limbs, their eye sight, their lives. It is young women and men who come back home and are never able to resume their normal lives. War is like your worst nightmare, magnified.

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“It’s Fun Killing People”

Can We Save Planet Earth?

MomGrind — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:00:48 +0000

Maybe we can't. Perhaps Global Warming is happening regardless of our presence here. Or maybe our presence does contribute to it, but the only way to make a real impact - to stop global warming or even just to slow it down - is to live a life that we can't live anymore, a life that we don't want to live - a life without automobiles, airplanes or any other type of polluting, energy-consuming industry. Can humanity go back to being a non-industrialized society?

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Can We Save Planet Earth?

Why Do People Bully?

MomGrind — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:00:13 +0000

Ever since I first heard about Phoebe Prince, a teenager who was harassed so badly at school that she put an end to her own life, I can't stop thinking about it - not just about Prince's heartbreaking story, or about the reports that the bullies are not even showing remorse, or about other teenagers who had committed suicide following ruthless bullying. I think about that, of course, but mostly I've been thinking about the question that obviously bothers many other people - why DO people bully?

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Why Do People Bully?

The End Of Racial Segregation?

MomGrind — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:01:23 +0000

I am sitting here at the local park and enjoying the sun. The weather is beautiful, and I'm saying a silent "thank you" for living in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of California. The kids are playing happily, climbing and jumping and running. I sit there, melting in the warm rays of the sun, feeling relaxed and happy. And then, as I watch the kids playing, I realize that what I'm seeing is beautiful - far more beautiful than just kids playing, or green grass or a bright sunny day: what I'm witnessing is racial blindness, color blindness, complete racial integration - and the best of all: while I'm aware of what I'm seeing, the kids are not even aware that they are playing with kids who are "different."

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The End Of Racial Segregation?

Nature Pictures

MomGrind — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:00:49 +0000

I normally tend to be on the cynical side, maintaining that while we certainly need to do our best to preserve our planet and ourselves, this is not going to last forever regardless of what we do. I think it would be incredibly arrogant of us to assume we are the only form of life in this universe, or that we are more important or significant than other forms of life which preceded us, lived and flourished, only to eventually disappear.

Green Tips

MomGrind — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:00:37 +0000

Simple, practical tips for adopting a healthier, greener lifestyle and reducing your environmental impact.

Lessons From The Holocaust: Racism

MomGrind — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:00:51 +0000

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. The first draft of this post was titled "children of the Holocaust." I wanted to honor the children who suffered unimaginable torture and death under the Nazi regime. It's been a while since I forced myself to look at photos from the Holocaust and read about its horrors.