No one seems to be writing opinion pieces quite the way I would, so I decided to do it myself.

The name? Taverns are places where one goes to discuss the interesting events and things in the world, so this is my tavern.

I will offer my views on politics, economics, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
I will occasionally publish the entire article from another journal for purposes of causing discussion.

 

Was the Madrid Bombing a Result of a Centuries Old Grievance?

Any so-called "centuries' old resentment." is an effort by currently living politicians to convince more people to become their supporters. Otherwise all of Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Europe would currently be blaming Mongolia for the depredations of the Huns and of Genghis Kahn's hordes. History, rewritten history, and their Running Dog, political propaganda, are the tools used today by one faction of today's politicians against another faction. That is why Communist countries and the Bush administration work so hard to rewrite history (or in the case of the Bush administration, simply try to prevent the facts from being collected and analyzed. Or remove them from reports, as they did to the Global Warming parts of the EPA report. )

To believe otherwise is to ignore cause-and-effect.

Anytime someone mentions a "centuries' old resentment" it is time to grab your wallet and lock up your women, because some political propagandist wants to you take you for a ride and get you to perform an illogical action that is most likely against your own best interest.

posted by Richard at 9:34 PM