If I were Jesus or Harry Potter, we'd have peace in this world.

[kpete]

01/16/2011 - 9:35am.

* Guest Commentary

JANE STILLWATER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT

If I were Jesus or Harry Potter, we'd have peace in this world.

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And last, I'd really get to the real heart of the matter and magically change mankind into becoming more like Christ than the Devil, more like Harry Potter than Lord Voldemort. Guns, knives, bombs, poisons and trans-fats don't kill people. People kill people. No more killing! And no more mean, cruel, violent, vicious or evil types of misbehaving out there either, you hear? It's time to grow up and evolve, guys -- or else Harry Potter or Jesus will make you disappear too.

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In all of human history, there has never been a time when mankind has been blessed with so much individual wealth as we are today. The affluence of each average American citizen, even in these very economically-troubled times, would have been unequaled even by ancient emperors, pashas and Khans.

And what have Americans become as a result of all this mind-boggling, unheard-of excess of wealth? We've become lying, greedy killers -- never satisfied; always lying, cheating and killing in order to grab up even more stuff.

One million Iraqis now lie dead in their graves because of us -- not to mention the millions of dead corpses that we have created in far-off places like Chile, Vietnam, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Haiti, Palestine, Cambodia, Africa, Korea, South America, Wounded Knee....

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[MineralMan]

1. Since they're both fictional characters, there's not much they

could do, really.

[Xipe Totec]

6. The logic is flawless though.

False implies True (F->T) is always a true statement in logic.

[crikkett]

2. why did I unrec this story rather than click through? Because it's guilt-ridden blather

"And what have Americans become as a result of all this mind-boggling, unheard-of excess of wealth? We've become lying, greedy killers -- never satisfied; always lying, cheating and killing in order to grab up even more stuff."


Pththt.


If I'm going to entertain an article that starts off "if I were Jesus OR HARRY POTTER" it had better have a punchline. This is just full of punches.

[kpete]

3. i am so sorry for your pain

but, you made me laugh, so thank you, kpete

[Ozymanithrax]

4. Wish in one hand and shit in the other...

and see which one gets full first.

Magical thinking does shit.

Conflict is wired into the human genome, and war will end a few moments after human extinction.

[dawg]

5. ... and destroy free will in the process.

An omniscient magical force for good, if one does really exist, would instead create a world with both good and evil - a place where choices could be made and people could decide for themselves which path they were to follow. Yes, there would be suffering. But it would be necessary. Ideally, there would be some sort of eternal reward for those who chose love over selfishness ('cause that's the real choice, you know).

[AnnieBW]

7. Harry Potter didn't fix everything

He only defeated one bad guy, who was in control of one country. Granted, Voldemort was pretty badass, but he hadn't gotten to the "total world domination" phase yet. He only had control of the UK.

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. Unfortunately...

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(and, BTW... I would almost certainly be inclined to "unrec" -- rather than clicking through --
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Because it would almost certainly be just, well you know... unsupported blather.
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DAMMIT!!! If I could, I would almost certainly be inclined to "unrec" my own post -- rather
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But since I can't -- PLEASE... be merciful and forget you ever read my post.)
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[hunter]

9. I'd rather be Captain Kirk on the Starship Enterprise...

...enthusiastically violating the Prime Directive.

Who Mourns for Adonais, kids? Stop this fighting now, or I'll kick your ass.