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Members of Bloggers Parliament in order of their joining, starting Sept.29, 2003
Ongoing Conflicts
Attacking The Roots Of Terror
Terrorism Is A Reaction, Not An Action
Stop Making The Middle East Blind
How To End Terrorism
Morality & Responsibility
A Peaceful World Wonât Happen By Itself
Categories
Members of the Bloggers Parliament (MBPs) post solutions to difficult social problems. The solutions fall into one of the following categories:
1. On-going conflicts, wars and post-war chaos.
2. Threats or dangers to individuals, countries or the planet.
3. Local issues specific to one country or area.
4. Race or religious conflicts.
5. Poverty, hunger, illiteracy.
6. Health & environment problems, local or global.
7. Economic imbalances / Money / Unemployment / Consumerism.
8. Lack of communication and/or reliable information.
9. Corruption and crime: on small or vast scale.
10. Individual and collective morality & responsibility.
11. Technology: problems it causes or which it could solve.
12. Psychological blocks and blind spots.
13. Spiritual issues.
14. Problems in Education, Arts or Culture.
MBPs
Members of Bloggers Parliament in order of their joining, starting Sept.29, 2003
5. Robin Good
11. Lilith C. Devlin
13. Coup de Vent
14. Demian Stimson
15. Jan Darke
16.Tom Rogers
17. Dennis Patten
18. Roger Eaton
19. Deb Ramage
20. Frank Paynter
21. Charles Perez
23. Ryan Fugger
24. Mattis Manzel
NTodd's Collection of Solutions
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Stop Making The Middle East Blind
File Under: Ongoing Conflicts - Israel/Palestine
Excerpt:
The Israeli-Palestinian War has shown that each step of escalation leads to further asymmetries in tactics, weapons, and targeting. These asymmetries in turn convince the opposing side that the others' actions are not only immoral and illegitimate, but that it cannot be trusted to move back towards peace.
Can this cycle be stopped? I believe it can, but it requires us all to commit to changing our current approach. Certainly the onus for finding a new path is mainly on the parties to the conflict, but the United States can play a constructive role as well.
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