Problem Solving: And Learning To Be Honest

'Wake up Everybody"

The  world ain't gett'n no better".  

Song by the late and great Teddy Pendegrass

Honest, I saw this cornerstone on a street in San Jose California.  I never met the other Cornelius; however, he was honored by his peers and community members.  I honor him, too!

My problem with who, which group, nation or coalition... is evil or not; is clearly more ephemeral in nature, and subject to opinion; given that all factions and most nations of the world for that matter, typically engage in similar violent/evil behavior towards other nations, and  groups of people.  How come?  They do so in order to get what they want, ostensibly; albeit there are those instances wherein the same behavior is simply-put, 'reactive in nature

To wit, there are a whole lot of people inside of nations all over the world who believe that the United States is evil in and of itself; correct? When you listen to what people on the other side of the world... have experienced at the hands of the United States -- a sentient and non-partisan American might conclude that America's contretemps, are one-hundred percent correct, in many ways.  Our nation, does not always have 'clean hands', itself!

Oftentimes, when you draw down on this particular topic you discover that a moral equivalency argument is afoot --- given that offenders or offending nations and groups (including ours) on all sides are often much alike in all too many respects.  Typically, each side has its own problems dealing with its own form of 'resident evil'; within. I've yet to hear an American leader... admit to how evil America has been to its own people - for example to Native Americans, Black Americans Females - or to other people around the world.

In fact, when I attempted to have an adult conversation with a 'caucasian'  American citizen several decades ago, that had to do with 'Resident Evil', inside of the United States ... my contretemp was dismissive, and told me and I quote, "if you don't like it here, why don't you go back to where you came from?"  I was born here in 'the Land of the Free and the Home of the Slave'; to be certain.  Wouldn't her behavior qualify as a version of evill', given her penchant need to behave in such a evil manner.

Wouldn't it be great, if we could bring together a world-wide group of sentient, enlightened, erudite, compassionate and honest people, with the sole purpose in mind of problem-solving. The other side(s), simply want to fight, bite, exterminate, incinerate, obstruct, propagandize, eviscerate other people... in hopes of having things their way!  If the world is to become a better place to live inside of for all people -- including the ones who believe that they ought to be free inside of their own borders -- the people themselves will have to solve that 'conundrum; one that is wrapped up inside of a Darwinian, political, elitist and a entitlement enigma'!

America has blood on its hands too; and therefore America ought to knock off the non-sense, sit down and negotiate not only with ISIS, but the rest of the world for that matter, and stop being the big bully on the block!

Solomon