The people who live on the land - Israelis and Palestinians - have a right to live in security and peace.

The drones are a terrorist weapon, they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.

I don't think all thinking is a kind of rational structure. But I don't think it is correct to identify the rational-nonrational dichotomy with the linguistic-nonlinguistic dichotomy.

Some kind of settlement in Kashmir is crucial for both India and Pakistan. It's also tearing India apart with horrible atrocities in the region which is controlled by Indian armed forces. This is feeding right back into society even in the domain of elementary civil rights.

Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically.

[After Vietnam] the type of interventions that are carried out are designed so as not to elicit public reactions.

When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins the football game? I don't know anybody on the team, they have nothing to do with me... why am I here and applaud? It does not make any sense." But the point is, it does make sense: It's a way of building up irrational attitudes of submission to authority and group cohesion behind leadership elements. In fact it's training in irrational jingoism. That's also a feature of competitive sports.