World, Thoughts, Flummoxed

Standoff between the Beaver/Moose and Kamadhenu/sacred cow.         Recently, there has been a diplomatic spat between Canada and India mildly reminiscent of the Cold War. The expulsion of India's High Commissioner, Sanjay Kumar Verma from  Canada along with 5 other officials was responded to with quasi-revenge expulsions of 6 Canadian diplomats including the High Commissioner, Stewart Ross Wheeler from India.       This originated from the murder of a prominent Canadian Sikh activist last year. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was assassinated by masked gunmen outside a Sikh temple in Vancouver. Shortly thereafter in the Canadian parliament, it was announced that there was credible evidence that the Indian government was connected to the murder. Nijjar had been designated to have been a terrorist because of his support for the Sikh homeland movement calling for Khalistan in Punjab state to be an independent nation. Nijjar had organized an informal ...

        The Middle East has long been a brutal cauldron  of mutual loathing and battles. This is/ has always been brought on by territorial claims, in large part 'justified' through use of theological arguments about who has been there longest and why the other has never had the right to be there at all, and is merely an occupier . That this region's history started from the earliest human settlements make this effectively a draw, lethal arguments have beset this region for most of its history.  This has become deadlier recently, making many wonder about the true nature of this heavily-armed shouting match.            Judaism/Zionism/State of Israel/State of Palestine, etcetera...         Contrary to what many believe or want to believe, Judaism's texts, traditions, and values have had a profound influence over Christianity and Islam. According to Jewish and Muslim tradition, th...