I do not pretend to know who's in the right in the Middle East, in Northern Ireland, or indeed on AWADtalk. What I am sure of is that in all these conflicts both sides are in the wrong through sheer bloody intransigence and an unwillingness to cry a halt and let peace be declared before they've had the last word,thrown the last bomb, fired the last shot or whatever. What kind of a species are we, for goodness' sake, that we revel so much in holding grudges against each other and seeking revenge?

On a more optimistic note, peace does seem to be breaking out in Maluku and Poso, where Christians and Muslims have been slaughtering each other for the past two or three years.

Bingley

Bingley