#condemnation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #condemnation, aggregated by home.social.
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Eight countries, including Türkiye, condemn mass incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque
The foreign ministers of Türkiye, the UAE, Indonesia, Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan have strongly condemned…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #AlAqsa #condemnation #Israel #Jerusalem
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#Philippines, #China summon envoys over #seaclash
The Philippines and China yesterday summoned each other’s following a clash at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, which sparked #condemnation of #Beijing by #Manila’s allies. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire #SouthChinaSea, 👇 -
#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #truce / #killings / #lowintensitywarfare / #uno / #condemnation
„The United Nations on July 21 condemned intensifying Israeli military attacks in Gaza that it said had killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six children, in the past week. (…)
“Nine months after the announcement of a ceasefire, still, nowhere is safe for Palestinians in Gaza,” UN rights office spokesman Thameen al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva.″https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/un-condemns-intensifying-israeli-attacks-in-gaza
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#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #truce / #killings / #lowintensitywarfare / #uno / #condemnation
„The United Nations on July 21 condemned intensifying Israeli military attacks in Gaza that it said had killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six children, in the past week. (…)
“Nine months after the announcement of a ceasefire, still, nowhere is safe for Palestinians in Gaza,” UN rights office spokesman Thameen al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva.″https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/un-condemns-intensifying-israeli-attacks-in-gaza
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#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #truce / #killings / #lowintensitywarfare / #uno / #condemnation
„The United Nations on July 21 condemned intensifying Israeli military attacks in Gaza that it said had killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six children, in the past week. (…)
“Nine months after the announcement of a ceasefire, still, nowhere is safe for Palestinians in Gaza,” UN rights office spokesman Thameen al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva.″https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/un-condemns-intensifying-israeli-attacks-in-gaza
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#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #truce / #killings / #lowintensitywarfare / #uno / #condemnation
„The United Nations on July 21 condemned intensifying Israeli military attacks in Gaza that it said had killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six children, in the past week. (…)
“Nine months after the announcement of a ceasefire, still, nowhere is safe for Palestinians in Gaza,” UN rights office spokesman Thameen al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva.″https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/un-condemns-intensifying-israeli-attacks-in-gaza
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#israel #palestine : #gaza / #genocide / #truce / #killings / #lowintensitywarfare / #uno / #condemnation
„The United Nations on July 21 condemned intensifying Israeli military attacks in Gaza that it said had killed at least 57 Palestinians, including six children, in the past week. (…)
“Nine months after the announcement of a ceasefire, still, nowhere is safe for Palestinians in Gaza,” UN rights office spokesman Thameen al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva.″https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/un-condemns-intensifying-israeli-attacks-in-gaza
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https://www.europesays.com/people/152463/ Bridge, on the condemnation of Sánchez’s brother: “The only purpose is to overthrow the government” #bridge #brother #condemnation #Government #is #of #only #overthrow #PedroSánchez #purpose #s #sánchez #the #to
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THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK
When harm appears, it should be named.
Sometimes a door must close.
Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.
Sometimes, consequences are necessary.
Forgiveness does not deny what happened.
It does not call harm love.
But condemnation is not clarity.
And worship is not love.
The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.
The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.
One is not a monster.
The other is not an idol.
The halo and the horns are both projections.
Harm can be stopped without hatred.
Goodness can be honoured without worship.
No one needs to be made more or less than human.
Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.
#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI
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THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK
When harm appears, it should be named.
Sometimes a door must close.
Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.
Sometimes, consequences are necessary.
Forgiveness does not deny what happened.
It does not call harm love.
But condemnation is not clarity.
And worship is not love.
The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.
The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.
One is not a monster.
The other is not an idol.
The halo and the horns are both projections.
Harm can be stopped without hatred.
Goodness can be honoured without worship.
No one needs to be made more or less than human.
Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.
#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI
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THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK
When harm appears, it should be named.
Sometimes a door must close.
Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.
Sometimes, consequences are necessary.
Forgiveness does not deny what happened.
It does not call harm love.
But condemnation is not clarity.
And worship is not love.
The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.
The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.
One is not a monster.
The other is not an idol.
The halo and the horns are both projections.
Harm can be stopped without hatred.
Goodness can be honoured without worship.
No one needs to be made more or less than human.
Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.
#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI
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THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK
When harm appears, it should be named.
Sometimes a door must close.
Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.
Sometimes, consequences are necessary.
Forgiveness does not deny what happened.
It does not call harm love.
But condemnation is not clarity.
And worship is not love.
The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.
The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.
One is not a monster.
The other is not an idol.
The halo and the horns are both projections.
Harm can be stopped without hatred.
Goodness can be honoured without worship.
No one needs to be made more or less than human.
Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.
#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI
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THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK
When harm appears, it should be named.
Sometimes a door must close.
Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.
Sometimes, consequences are necessary.
Forgiveness does not deny what happened.
It does not call harm love.
But condemnation is not clarity.
And worship is not love.
The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.
The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.
One is not a monster.
The other is not an idol.
The halo and the horns are both projections.
Harm can be stopped without hatred.
Goodness can be honoured without worship.
No one needs to be made more or less than human.
Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.
#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI
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Iran condemns Turkish FM’s ‘astonishing’ comparison with Israel
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s comparison of Tehran’s regional policy with Israel’s actions,…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #baghaei #condemnation #criticism #HakanFidan #Iran #Israel #Turkish
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/188367/ Türkiye condemns attack in Syria’s capital as death toll hits 9 #attack #Condemnation #Damascus #DamascusBlast #DeadlyAttack #Syria #türkiye
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Türkiye condemns attack in Syria’s capital as death toll hits 9
Türkiye on Thursday “strongly” condemned a deadly attack in Syria’s capital that health authorities said killed at least…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #attack #condemnation #Damascus #damascusblast #deadlyattack #syria
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/167119/ Muslim-majority countries slam Israel for W. Bank mosque attacks #Arson #Condemnation #Israel #OccupiedWestBank #SettlerAttacks
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/42810/ Sir Jeffrey Donaldson accused of telling ‘sinful and deceitful lies’ | UTV News #attack #BALLOT #Belfast #bma #ChiefConstable #Children'sCommissioner #condemnation #court #disorder #doctors #DUP #Health #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #JonBoutcher #knife #news #NorthBelfast #NorthernIreland #police #politics #PSNI #SirJeffreyDonaldson #SirKeirStarmer #stabbing #Stormont #strike #Trial #UTV #UTVLive #violence
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/41409/ ‘Totally unjustified’ violence and disorder after Belfast knife attack | UTV News #attack #Belfast #ChiefConstable #condemnation #court #disorder #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #JonBoutcher #knife #news #NorthBelfast #NorthernIreland #police #politics #PSNI #SirKeirStarmer #stabbing #Stormont #UTV #UTVLive #violence
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/40772/ Appeal for calm after Belfast knife attack | UTV News #attack #condemnation #court #courts #Crime #DUP #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #knife #Newry #news #NorthBelfast #NorthernIreland #police #politics #PSNI #SirJeffreyDonaldson #stabbing #Stormont #UTV #UTVLive
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A quotation from Samuel Butler
The limits of vice and virtue are wretchedly ill-defined. Half the vices that the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar
The Way of All Flesh, ch. 52 (Pryer) (1903)More about this quote: wist.info/butler-samuel/787/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samuelbutler #abstinence #binary #condemnation #extremism #moderation #Prohibition #via media #vice #virtue
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A quotation from Baltasar Gracian
There is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others: nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them.
[No hay defecto sin afecto, ni se ha de desconfiar porque no agraden las cosas a algunos, que no faltarán otros que las aprecien; ni aun el aplauso de estos le sea materia al desvanecimiento, que otros lo condenarán.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #baltasargracian #applause #approval #booing #condemnation #differenceofopinion #disapproval #error #fault #opinions #pleaseeveryone #strength #supporters #weakness
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A quotation from Baltasar Gracian
There is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others: nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them.
[No hay defecto sin afecto, ni se ha de desconfiar porque no agraden las cosas a algunos, que no faltarán otros que las aprecien; ni aun el aplauso de estos le sea materia al desvanecimiento, que otros lo condenarán.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #baltasargracian #applause #approval #booing #condemnation #differenceofopinion #disapproval #error #fault #opinions #pleaseeveryone #strength #supporters #weakness
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A quotation from Baltasar Gracian
There is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others: nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them.
[No hay defecto sin afecto, ni se ha de desconfiar porque no agraden las cosas a algunos, que no faltarán otros que las aprecien; ni aun el aplauso de estos le sea materia al desvanecimiento, que otros lo condenarán.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #baltasargracian #applause #approval #booing #condemnation #differenceofopinion #disapproval #error #fault #opinions #pleaseeveryone #strength #supporters #weakness
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A quotation from Baltasar Gracian
There is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others: nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them.
[No hay defecto sin afecto, ni se ha de desconfiar porque no agraden las cosas a algunos, que no faltarán otros que las aprecien; ni aun el aplauso de estos le sea materia al desvanecimiento, que otros lo condenarán.]Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #baltasargracian #applause #approval #booing #condemnation #differenceofopinion #disapproval #error #fault #opinions #pleaseeveryone #strength #supporters #weakness
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/136225/ Iran condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon, blames international silence #AlAlam #baghaei #Condemnation #correspondent #death #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #strikes #tv
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Tel Aviv Trapped by “Sumoud”; A Major Defeat Without Direct War
Islam Times – The Zionist regime’s attack on the humanitarian “Sumoud” f…
#Israel #News #a #An #And #attack #Aviv #Aviv’s #Both #by #condemnation #deepened #defeat #Deterrence #Direct #flotilla #global #humanitarian #incident #Iran’s #Islam #isolation #major #necessity #of #ON #preserving #regime’s #sparked #Sumoud #Tel #telaviv #that #the #Times #trapped #underscored #war #wave #without #Zionist
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/125777/ Iran denounces US sanctions on its envoy to Lebanon #Condemnation #GazaStrip #IranFM #IsraeliWarOnLebanon #Lebanon #USTreasuryDepartment #WarOnGaza
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A quotation from Richard Steele
It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #appraisal #censor #condemnation #contention #critic #criticism #critics #focus #judgment #objections #sentence #trivia
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A quotation from Richard Steele
It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #appraisal #censor #condemnation #contention #critic #criticism #critics #focus #judgment #objections #sentence #trivia
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A quotation from Richard Steele
It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #appraisal #censor #condemnation #contention #critic #criticism #critics #focus #judgment #objections #sentence #trivia
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A quotation from Richard Steele
It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #appraisal #censor #condemnation #contention #critic #criticism #critics #focus #judgment #objections #sentence #trivia
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Mehr News Agency – Iran, Italy condemn US-Israeli aggression against Iran
According to Habilian, the statement issued by these two Iranian and Italian institutions, condemning the aggression and war…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #condemnation #Iranatwar #iran-war #Minabschool #USAggression #US-IsraeliaggressiononIran
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#vatican #usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #violence / #repression / #condemnation / #humanrights
„Leo, the first U.S. pope, … decried the deaths of "so many" civilians in the war and lamented the collapse of U.S.-Iran #peacetalks (…).
"I condemn all actions that are unjust. I condemn the taking of people's lives," the pope said in response to a question in a press conference about reports that Iran has killed thousands of protesters.“ -
#vatican #usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #violence / #repression / #condemnation / #humanrights
„Leo, the first U.S. pope, … decried the deaths of "so many" civilians in the war and lamented the collapse of U.S.-Iran #peacetalks (…).
"I condemn all actions that are unjust. I condemn the taking of people's lives," the pope said in response to a question in a press conference about reports that Iran has killed thousands of protesters.“ -
History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #atrocity #cause #condemnation #endsandmeans #history #justification #nationalism #ourside #partisanship #politics #takingsides #tribalism #truthiness #usvsthem #warcrime
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History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #atrocity #cause #condemnation #endsandmeans #history #justification #nationalism #ourside #partisanship #politics #takingsides #tribalism #truthiness #usvsthem #warcrime
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History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #atrocity #cause #condemnation #endsandmeans #history #justification #nationalism #ourside #partisanship #politics #takingsides #tribalism #truthiness #usvsthem #warcrime
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History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #atrocity #cause #condemnation #endsandmeans #history #justification #nationalism #ourside #partisanship #politics #takingsides #tribalism #truthiness #usvsthem #warcrime
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History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
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"In this exploration, I have come to understand why one would use #generativemodels to accomplish a specific goal, and how they can be successful in doing so. I don't think condemning people for using them is that helpful to anyone, or to whatever cause you're fighting for so fervently that condemning someone seems worthwhile.
These models, like the people who use them, are not one thing. They look different in different lights, held at different angles. Dangerous, awesome, seductive, effective, beneficial, corrupted—all this and more. And we of course are all sinners. The only way I have found to survive this world is together, reaching out with grace and understanding to those who do not see the world as we do, who do not act as we do. It is much harder than anger and #condemnation. That's part of why I'm sure it's the right thing to do. It also feels a lot better to reach out a hand than strike with closed fist."
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"In this exploration, I have come to understand why one would use #generativemodels to accomplish a specific goal, and how they can be successful in doing so. I don't think condemning people for using them is that helpful to anyone, or to whatever cause you're fighting for so fervently that condemning someone seems worthwhile.
These models, like the people who use them, are not one thing. They look different in different lights, held at different angles. Dangerous, awesome, seductive, effective, beneficial, corrupted—all this and more. And we of course are all sinners. The only way I have found to survive this world is together, reaching out with grace and understanding to those who do not see the world as we do, who do not act as we do. It is much harder than anger and #condemnation. That's part of why I'm sure it's the right thing to do. It also feels a lot better to reach out a hand than strike with closed fist."
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. In a word, the man in a high post is never regarded with an indifferent eye, but always considered as a friend or an enemy. For this reason persons in great stations have seldom their true characters drawn till several years after their deaths. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunity of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.
It is therefore the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious persons, and to set matters right between those antagonists who by their rivalry for greatness divided a whole age into factions.Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/83215…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #assessment #biography #condemnation #criticism #critics #factions #flattery #greatman #greatperson #greatness #history #loyalists #perspective #posterity #praise #divisiveness
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. In a word, the man in a high post is never regarded with an indifferent eye, but always considered as a friend or an enemy. For this reason persons in great stations have seldom their true characters drawn till several years after their deaths. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunity of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.
It is therefore the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious persons, and to set matters right between those antagonists who by their rivalry for greatness divided a whole age into factions.Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/83215…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #assessment #biography #condemnation #criticism #critics #factions #flattery #greatman #greatperson #greatness #history #loyalists #perspective #posterity #praise #divisiveness
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. In a word, the man in a high post is never regarded with an indifferent eye, but always considered as a friend or an enemy. For this reason persons in great stations have seldom their true characters drawn till several years after their deaths. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunity of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.
It is therefore the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious persons, and to set matters right between those antagonists who by their rivalry for greatness divided a whole age into factions.Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/83215…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #assessment #biography #condemnation #criticism #critics #factions #flattery #greatman #greatperson #greatness #history #loyalists #perspective #posterity #praise #divisiveness
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. In a word, the man in a high post is never regarded with an indifferent eye, but always considered as a friend or an enemy. For this reason persons in great stations have seldom their true characters drawn till several years after their deaths. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunity of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.
It is therefore the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious persons, and to set matters right between those antagonists who by their rivalry for greatness divided a whole age into factions.Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/83215…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #assessment #biography #condemnation #criticism #critics #factions #flattery #greatman #greatperson #greatness #history #loyalists #perspective #posterity #praise #divisiveness
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A quotation from Joseph Addison
If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. In a word, the man in a high post is never regarded with an indifferent eye, but always considered as a friend or an enemy. For this reason persons in great stations have seldom their true characters drawn till several years after their deaths. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunity of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.
It is therefore the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious persons, and to set matters right between those antagonists who by their rivalry for greatness divided a whole age into factions.Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/83215…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #assessment #biography #condemnation #criticism #critics #factions #flattery #greatman #greatperson #greatness #history #loyalists #perspective #posterity #praise #divisiveness
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#Israel Enacts Controversial #Death #Penalty #Law for #Palestinians Amid Global #Condemnation
https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/03/israel-enacts-controversial-death.html
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#Israel Enacts Controversial #Death #Penalty #Law for #Palestinians Amid Global #Condemnation
https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/03/israel-enacts-controversial-death.html
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Drone strikes in Haiti that killed 1250, 17 children, condemned by rights group
https://haitiantimes.com/2026/03/11/hrw-condemns-haiti-drone-strikes-killing-children/
#HackerNews #DroneStrikes #Haiti #HumanRights #ChildrenViolence #Condemnation #News