"Fear thy neighbor, humans incapable of peace..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's word #355)

 

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer  

and amongst other things is a satirist.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i.

                                                                             

  

                                            Sunrise/Weather Photos, October- 2023

                                         These photos appeared on Hawaii News Now

                   Blog #2109~Kimo's world #355                                         

           Fear thy neighbor, humans incapable of peace

 

How can we expect peace in the world when we combat it daily in our own backyards? 

We fight with spouses,

significant others, friends, and neighbors and call the cops.  There’s even a show about this on cable TV called, “Fear thy neighbor.”

We divorce our spouses and have domestic disputes with significant others at times requiring

emergency care, other times resulting in murder. Siblings fight and at times result in bloodshed and broken bones. Schools, shopping malls and houses of worship have all been targets of mass shootings. Many of these real-life stories can be seen on TV shows like Dateline and 48 Hours.

Social media is full of hate

and if you've ever written an opinion piece for a periodical comments sections are full of evil and even murder threats with the vitriol thrown out by the readers. 

How can we expect

peace in the Middle East amongst Jews and Muslims, Israel and Palestine, even our own political system if we can't even have peace with family, friends, and neighbors or write an opinion piece without attacks?

Peace is something great

for politicians and hippies to campaign and talk story on but is something that humans will never achieve on planet Earth.

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A shortened edited version of this blog appeared in the

Tuesday, October 31, 2023 edition of the 

Honolulu Star-Advertiser!

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/10/31/editorial/letters/letter-fear-thy-neighbor-incapable-of-peace/?HSA=36110b0db455f63ad8c290ae46541b7c8abcee1a

Hana Hou!(Encore)

"If I wanted a Big Mac I’d go to Micky D’s..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #354)

 

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer  

and amongst other things is a satirist.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i.

                                                                             

   

                                            Sunrise/Weather Photos, October- 2023

                                         These photos appeared on Hawaii News Now

                   Blog #2108~Kimo's world #354                                         

           If I wanted a Big Mac I’d go to Micky D’s

Sushi is right up

in there in the top 10 of my favorite cuisines. 

I lived in Japan once upon a time for a year teaching English as a second language.

The sushi was so fresh that even the 7-11 store sushi was better than some of the best sushi restaurants in Hawaii. 

The rice is so superior to American rice, once you come back to America, even Hawaii, it’s hard to eat the rice here, it’s so starchy compared to pure Japanese rice. 

The fish on the Japanese sushi is so fresh you’d expect it to swim. 

Supermarket sushi

will be marked down to half price (Han Gaku) after it sits for a few hours. 

I never saw Big Mac sauce

on Sushi when I lived in Japan.  Now everywhere you go in Hawaii you see this Big Mac Sauce, (Russian Dressing) call it what you want drizzled all over your sushi. 

For me it’s a sin to drizzle  Big Mac sauce on sushi, even American sushi deserves better. 

After all, if I wanted

Big Mac sauce on my sushi, I’d go to Micky D’s and order two all-beef patties, special sauce, cheese, lettuce, on a sesame seed bun!

Bon Appetit.

Hana Hou!(Encore)