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Clash of Civilisations…hardly.
Posted by: serge waimann on 03/22/11 01:38 AM
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serge waimann

When the Berlin Wall fell I was only three years old and although still a child to hear and understand what was happening, now I can certainly feel the ripples of the crumble.

This latest trend has sparked numerous theories, on the re emergence of regionalism, xenophobic ideals, tribalism, religion awakening and fundamentalism not to mention the effects of globalisation and how these unprecedented turn of events will unfold. From The Clash of Civilisations by S. P Huntington, to the Revenge of God, by G. Keppel and The West and The Rest by R. Scruton there is this growing sense of a deeper divide between the East and West. And as many politicians now speak out; “the present attack on our way of life” as T. Blair has repeatedly said in Parliament corroborated by G. Bush in Washington.

On the surface one would find plenty of evidence to concur with such thesis by opening any news paper and reading about Iraq, Afghanistan and Chechnya just to mention a few hot spots. In one hand we boast that our liberal democracies should be the paradigm where by the rest of the world should aspire and emulate them. In the other hand these are the same democracies that now control economically and occupy directly or indirectly militarily every single oil producer nation in the Middle East with the exception of Iran, the democracies that have imposed their will and interests above all else regardless of general national and international opposition.

Undoubtedly this geo-political strategy have generated a few decades of uninterrupted prosperity for the developed nations hindered on creating a slave labour camp in the developing nations from Congo to China.

So, one must go back to the initial equation and ponder about the geo-politics dynamics of today; is there today a real threat, or clash between the East and West, Muslims and Christianity, Capitalism and Communism? The answer would have to reflect the lack of evidence to justify such an accusation. Isolated extreme actions cannot cloud our views on the pertinent issues that affect us. The West will continue with its ambivalent policies with only one permanent stand; the ultimate interest in financial gains to the usual suspects.

However there is a fact that has emerged throughout this transformation that has received little attention of the world. The questionable backing of the West to totalitarian regimes that exploit their national resources on behalf of a privileged minority at the expense of a massive human and social costs ; such as oil in the Middle East and slave labour in China . This is the same global policy that has prompted one factor all across the world.  A present and eminent silent clash namely; the ever growing divides between the have and have-nots. Ironically this division is now ever increasing all across the globe.

Now the West is trying to reposition itself in dome occasions, backing selected  revolutions in  places like Tunisia, Egypt and more recently Libya, while doing the same old strategy backing totalitarian Regimes elsewhere for as long as profit flows the right direction . As the old proverb: old habits die hard. Is there really any new stand or a cultural revision in the way the new global order is being drawn in the west? And the answer would have to be a unmistakable no.  It’s all business as usual.

 

 
Posted by: murat danis on 03/24/11 03:02 AM
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...S  o, what is this  " any new stand or a cultural revision  "..

 

1-   " WALL  problem:

It is e a s y to build a  " wall "..in the world..( brake down the B e r l i n  W A L L, so problem is solved) there are still cities buildings t o brake down..We still need big armies to clean all the WALLs..in the world..n a t u r e  is still  N A K E D.while we are building walls into it..

S o we of course have gains being with the walls but what do they take away from us; do we know..The " WALL concept  " is not solved properly, y e t..

...O p a q u e  " glass WALLs " are not answer to the question,either.(because we can not pass through a " glass door " or a " glass wall " ..)Transparency is not enough to overcome corraption..REAL TRANSPARENCY MUST COME FROM  A R T.

2-  N A T U R E   iS   BEiNG T O U C H E D; so d o e s EveryONE touches too, unNATURALLY :

UNTOUCHED NATURE MUST COVER EVRYTHiNG  for W e HAVE UNTOUCHED  TİSSUEs, yeT..   ( Whatever you touch must be natural if you are to keep your natural tissues..)If everyone is being TOUCHED by unnatural things,,t h e n they become,,UN natural and when they touch or when they are being tıuched,,unnaturality sails i  n    U S..(How hard U.S.A. people work it is not possible to overcome unnaturality from the people of the world.. aLTHOUGH,GENUINE WORK PUSHES THE UNNATURALITY OUT OF HUMAN BODY AND MIND.This means to make people work, or WORK alone is not solution to the UNnaturality ,s p r e a d..

 

3 -  A R T   TODAY, is  n o t  P u r e,NATURAL ; for it is beeing T O U C H E D..  :       ,,by

RATiO,Knowladge,conscious,Social life, cultur,,line of sight,viewpoint,,e.c.P  e  o p l  e   has  rights to " g i v e " away,, what has TOUCHED  them  , so they have rights to roll them over..from their BODiES.( If you are touched you have right ,t o   t o u c h )

4-   SOCiALiSM & NATURE OF A R T..  :

S o c i a l i s m, couldn't    a c h i v e   a    n a t u r a l  t o u c h  of   A R T..to cover the walls in the world..(every wall in every room are still " white screan " for people to act their own movies, but they stay empty most of the time,television is not enough to cover and paint the walls to human nature..)

5-    MUSLiMS THE LAZY PAiNTERS OF THE OTHER WORDS AND  THE OTHER SiDE..  :

M u s l i m s, do not  p a i n t; Painting is forbidden for them, for their religion is to make the paintings of the " o t h e r  s İ d e "..  b u  t,,   t h e y   didn't    a p p e a   r     Y   E   T....(Capitalism offers US the  treasures of "the OTHER S iD E "too ,,but it is too slow what we get,we coluldn't goeven  to Mars that means we can not see OTHER WORLDS with our own eyes,..even the picture of OTHER WORLDS CREATURES..when we are alive)..(Capitalism, is to achive to build OTHER WORLDS here in the world..without being  M u s l i m.S o if there will  be M u s l i m s  living in this world,as they claim they can l i v e   and be ; in the  o t h e r   side  or OTHER WORLDS,,they at least have to make painting, for I d e a l    C  a p i t a l i s m  and the " a b s o l u t e  S p a c e  "  can  o c c u r  or  be established; i n  the " Companies " or Holdings.in  t h e  world..MINDs WiLL B E  O P E N  iF  M U S L i M S CAN MAKE THESE " OPEN M i N D PiCTURES " TO O W N THESE WALLS AND THUS WE SHOULD HAVE OWNERS TO THE UNCONTROLED POWER OF LORDLESS WALLS..for there is a hard strugle and ideology war ongoing in the world for what is being thought behind the WALLs of IDEOLOGIES..boundaries of minds..

....problems,  affect ," uneducated " p e o p l e in the world,,if they can not be solved by intellects..

 

6 -   So, OPiNiON   is;  to MAKE a  N E W   DEFiNATiON;  o f  " W A L L   CONCEPT " ....  :

There must  B E  , at least ONE; Wall ;" OPEN DOOR " to the other S i d e ,OTHER WORLDS around you..for YOU..(So you do not have to LOOK FOR, other side,other worlds ,in other human brainS.or lives..U can pass over yours,,when U need O t h e r side, or otHER Worlds,U even do not need other sex to change your world a little..even Computers are not that o t h e r side..OTHER WORLD ,DOOR ..WAY.. )MIND USE RATİO AS AN EYE TO S E E ...U WiLL BE iN THE W i S D O M, WHEN LOOKiNG iNTO A  OTHERSİDE;  " MİND OPEN "D O O R..PAiNTİNG,, OR P i C T U R E..

7-   iMPROViSATiON FAST " AT O N C E "  STRATEGY  OF  N E  W     ART.. :

ALL PAiNTiGS must be made by  " s p a t u l a " improvised and very quickly,,(Jackson Pollock has said once dripping paint can not be controlled b y  knowladge,, SO  D O E S the  SPATULA,,but spatula shows US the way, that N A T U E  can Flow, f r e e ly..for Pollock represented- the WAY-,the m i n d  of M a t t e r   too..not only the  w a y  of nature...)

8-   " NATURAL   A R T  "  ; TO  COVER  AND CONTROL  OUTSiDE STRUCTURE  OF HUMAN :

O  u  r     "H   u  m  a  n    M   i n d    NATURE";   i s   to be  On   EVERY STATE  WALL;  who should ask continously   AND N A T U R A L L Y     "  i  f    Y O U  ARE   H U M A N "...( State police check up people with i d e n t i t y Card, or with their hands  b u t,,  i f  someone  from other worlds is hiding in the wall o f  his M i n d,, what can he do..wait till it attacs..if  w e do not invite them politely,,  t o  o u r  world thet they can  l i v e  too,, they shall attack...Problem is,,,s t a t e  needs, to  c o v e r  H u m a n  M  i  n  d; continously  when anyone LOOKiNG AT  A  WALL;  of State...We need HUMANiZER WALLS after WOMANiZER WOMENS.U do not have right people to make themselves Humanized if you do not HUMANing WALLS that can naturally  g  o   into  our,,,SUBCONSCİOUS..eS..because OUR subconscioUS is  O p e n  to OTHERWORLS & other S i d e;  i n any moment especially when sleeping..WE need to build our, SUBCONSCioUS,,  AUTOmatically,,with our enViRONMENT,,that is WALL in the STATE...

9-  THE N A T U R E  OF   " THE M i N D "  :

O U R  MiNDS MUST FLOW NATURALLY , O R  THEY WiLL BE  " iNVADED "  BY OTHER WORLDS..OR THE  O T H E R  S i  D E..     .N A T U R E  of our world is not enough for H U M A N BASED;  life.. We need  ART  to take  control " genuine natural flow "   of our  M i n d s..                        .A R T 's   M i s s i o n,,  i s to  reflect  the nature of human M i n d  that is   "  s  l  o  w   "    &   M  o  d  e r n,,   and  S i  m  p l  e..   when  " s p o n t a n e o u s l y " occured  UNTOUCHED....S  o   ART Must be created very very fast, so it can be H e a v e n l y  UNTOUCHED..(M i n d is n a t u r a l l y  SLOW, when we act in the speed o f  L i g h t..when making ART)

..   this can be a MANiFESTo; to world's  ART TODAY..

 

.....sincerely   y o u r s..

 

 

 

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