Serious thought

[oakfarm]

When I posted the photo of soldiers in my last entry and wrote: “not our streets”, I more or less assumed anyone seeing that would find the photo scaring. But, well, is it true that the Talmud say something like this: “we don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”? Weapons, uniforms, and covered faces is a very macho way to project power. For me that’s scary, for others it is not.

Perhaps naturally, I first thought this could be a culture thing. I come from a small country and therefore don’t believe in “Might make right”. For someone from a country that glorifies the military, it might be different. As I am, I see power projection as scary. Others are not in that way. (Ok, we all know what country I’m talking about, we will miss Pax America when it’s gone, actually with the current regime, it’s already gone.) However, the safe thing to write is that it’s just me, not my culture.

Comments

[matrixmann]

It may also have other reasons that someone may and may not find that view scary... Outside of culture.
Personal backgrounds are also a very decisive factor in this, so the phrase "we don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are" fits very much. Psychologically, this is correct.

[oakfarm]

Thanks for your comment.