Comments on: Ezra Levant’s Two Minute Hate http://www.ecstaticist.com/society-and-polity/ezra-levants-two-minute-hate/ be the change you want to see in the world Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: evan http://www.ecstaticist.com/society-and-polity/ezra-levants-two-minute-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-10 evan Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:53:32 +0000 http://www.blurt.info/?p=42#comment-10 I agree with your comments on love and light. Levant is a ideological zealot, which is the same as a religious zealot. I was one, I've known many, so yes, I can identify them in the wild :-) If you use the word Evil the way he does, it means there is something essential being discussed, which is the supreme contradiction of what we agree on regarding light and love. People cannot be essentially Evil. I can't believe that to be the case based on what I have seen in the eyes of a child. I see how we have moved beyond nationalism to achieve the larger unity you describe. We have taken down barriers, learned eachother's languages, embraced eachother's foods and, to some extent, customs and religions. Nationalism is fading. Extreme nationalism still correlates with the most violent countries, in my experience. I agree with your comments on love and light.

Levant is a ideological zealot, which is the same as a religious zealot. I was one, I’ve known many, so yes, I can identify them in the wild :-)

If you use the word Evil the way he does, it means there is something essential being discussed, which is the supreme contradiction of what we agree on regarding light and love. People cannot be essentially Evil. I can’t believe that to be the case based on what I have seen in the eyes of a child.

I see how we have moved beyond nationalism to achieve the larger unity you describe. We have taken down barriers, learned eachother’s languages, embraced eachother’s foods and, to some extent, customs and religions. Nationalism is fading. Extreme nationalism still correlates with the most violent countries, in my experience.

]]> By: peiman http://www.ecstaticist.com/society-and-polity/ezra-levants-two-minute-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-9 peiman Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:41:25 +0000 http://www.blurt.info/?p=42#comment-9 As I understand my faith there is no such a thing as Evil. Shadow does not exist it is the lack of light and hate is the lack of love. Survival of every creature depends on this love. People that on the outset seems to have a lot of hate contrary posses a lot of love. No doubt a love that is directed to themselves and their own kind. Just because Levant uses the word 'Evil' does not make him a religious zealous ( it takes one to know one) or that he thinks all Muslims are like Bin Laden (he did not say that even said that). It seems the events of last 5 years have solidified our old positions. If you did not like US foreign policy now you don't like them even more. If you did not like Islam now more reason why. As in life when there is a calamity, it is for a reason. I often noticed if I don't learn the lesson the test is repeated over and over until I learn to respond differently. Perhaps we can look at this turmoil as a learning opportunity. Look how nationalism that once caused the world into fires of war is now becoming a source of commerce, innovation and unity. As I understand my faith there is no such a thing as Evil. Shadow does not exist it is the lack of light and hate is the lack of love. Survival of every creature depends on this love. People that on the outset seems to have a lot of hate contrary posses a lot of love. No doubt a love that is directed to themselves and their own kind.

Just because Levant uses the word ‘Evil’ does not make him a religious zealous ( it takes one to know one) or that he thinks all Muslims are like Bin Laden (he did not say that even said that). It seems the events of last 5 years have solidified our old positions. If you did not like US foreign policy now you don’t like them even more. If you did not like Islam now more reason why.

As in life when there is a calamity, it is for a reason. I often noticed if I don’t learn the lesson the test is repeated over and over until I learn to respond differently. Perhaps we can look at this turmoil as a learning opportunity. Look how nationalism that once caused the world into fires of war is now becoming a source of commerce, innovation and unity.

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