Sunday, February 26, 2006
Stages of Conflict
While some are busy arguing whether or not civil war exists in Iraq, we might want to look a little closer to home on the topic.
Perhaps the abandonment of dialogue for annihilation is useful in defining this type of domestic conflict that climaxes in the exhaustion of a willingness to endure endless slaughter. Earlier stages of the conflict that act as prelude to the most lethal aspects include demonization, discrimination, and criminalization of the other side.
Malign neglect by the federal government toward blacks in Florida and New Orleans, scapegoating of immigrants by the GOP, and state-sponsored terror directed at gays and lesbians through faith-based initiatives emanating from the White House, are warning signs people in the US had better heed soon.
Perhaps the abandonment of dialogue for annihilation is useful in defining this type of domestic conflict that climaxes in the exhaustion of a willingness to endure endless slaughter. Earlier stages of the conflict that act as prelude to the most lethal aspects include demonization, discrimination, and criminalization of the other side.
Malign neglect by the federal government toward blacks in Florida and New Orleans, scapegoating of immigrants by the GOP, and state-sponsored terror directed at gays and lesbians through faith-based initiatives emanating from the White House, are warning signs people in the US had better heed soon.
