One of the factors that got us thinking about “the opposites of terrorism” was the realization that the Bush administration’s reaction to 9/11 was based in the same mind-set that lead to the attacks themselves. It was as if Bush was pushing us to become our enemies. The recent terrorist attacks in Norway appear to be based… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
Don’t you just love (or possibly hate) the things we can do with language? A person can be arrested for possessing a minute amount of some recreational drug, get thrown into jail, and henceforth be known as a “hardened criminal.” Of course, to other people he might be known as Joe, or son, or daddy.… [Read more…]
July 3, 2011
The basic idea behind “the opposites of terrorism” is that we don’t want to respond to terrorism or the threat of terrorism in a manner that advances the terrorists’ aims. Rather, we want to respond to terrorism by doing the “opposite” of terrorism, whatever that may be. This morning I found the following post on… [Read more…]
July 2, 2011
With the tenth anniversary of 9/11/2001 coming up, I thought it might be a good idea to resurrect the old TOOT project. TOOT was one response This blog to the fear, hatred and hopelessness many of us experienced in the aftermath of 9/11, and that we still experience today. I invite you to explore this site, and… [Read more…]
July 1, 2011
Waging peace is one of the three fundamental opposites we focus on. From our point of view terrorism is a tactic of warfare based on creating fear in their enemies with no concern for the loss of “innocent” lives. It is a way of solving the problems through the unbridled use of force. In contrast… [Read more…]
June 28, 2011
Within a few months of 9/11/2001 we knew that the TOOT parties were the opposite of terrorism, but that still left the question, “What is the opposite of terrorism?” beyond the parties. We knew what the opposite of terrorism wasn’t. It wasn’t feeling frightened, powerless or hateful. It wasn’t trying to protect ourselves by killing those… [Read more…]
August 1, 2011
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