Controversial Issues

I have been occupied with life in general lately, with NUS application, ballooning activities, keeping up with the news and elections issues.

I have been visiting quite a few political blog and sites lately, will post them up soon and also update my links. They offer refreshing point of views which offer my mind more food for thoughts. I visited a few rally sites during the election period, and was "surprised" by the crowd. I guess this just show I don't REALLY understand the society I live in. More room for improvement here.

I have also developed a craving or habit of discussing highly controversial issues, i.e: evolution, is killing ever justifiable, is war ever justifiable, homosexuality, politics, stem cell research, abortion, nuclear development, global warming...ect

Guess I'm so use to bounding ideas and auguring with a few people that I've come to expect eveyone to discuss things the same way. I may be lossing friends this way, but I just can't seem to resist the chance to hone my thinking/auguring skills.

Oh well, what can I say? Just like what I keep telling everyone, young people should have a little fire inside them. A desire to change the world, an anger to right injustice.

And for heaven sake, No dogma! One of my favorite zen riddle goes like this:

If you see the Buddha coming down the road, what should you do?
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Kill the Buddha.

Quite a surprising respond for such a peaceful religion. Can you catch it?


p/s: On a side note, I'll be going on In-Camp Training the whole of next week and will be back for a balloon event for the girl guides' carvinal on Sat.