Wednesday....
Its the day before "Thanksgiving". We work tomorrow, but are off and paid for the Holiday on Friday. I've gotten myself a little bummed out trying to educate myself about the ...about all the crap that is going on in this world. I have a sister who doesn't read this, but is completely sold on the whole religious war deal set forth in the bible. Muslims vs Christians. The Paris idiots I've read were not refugees, were not Syrian, but European Nationals. The little news I see out here on TV (the AFN or armed forces network) always refers to them as "terrorists". I'm not sure how they know their religious beliefs, but they are reported to be Islamic extremists. I have a "Facebook friend", who now proudly lives in TX, loves Donald Trump, and posted a picture of an atomic bomb (orange reddish mushroom deal) with the text "We have been at peace with Japan since (insert actual bomb dropping dates), Its now time we make peace with Islam". WE completely suck as a species. A friend of mine posted an Onion article that had a picture of a earthish planet with the headline ...Distant planet worries that it may someday be habitable by humans.
I don't get it. I mean how can we be so cool as individuals to each other, but separate us into groups and we become complete jackasses. This island is a great example. There were a number (I'd guess a very small but extremely vocal) of people (long time residents of Kwaj (say at least 4 or 5 years)) that convinced the overseer' of the island (Commander, ....?) construction workers were all idiots and we should be quarantined to this side of the island. In March, there were a few houses in the residential section that got "invaded". We were blamed first, even though there were only about 40 of us here, and I was nearly the youngest. It turns out it was some of their kids. How does it start, I don't know, but someone starts it, and so many follow like sheep with the hate, never really questioning things...
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