Recent Gaza
I truly hate discussing anything about Israel/Palestinian relations because, quite frankly, there is absolutely no way in which the situation can be discussed without emotional blindness. Even if you have no interest in the region, somehow it affects you emotionally. Truly, this must be a war which is being waged by God versus Satan, with every human (on both sides) just caught in the middle.
That said, what I was interested on commenting upon today is the news (both radio and paper) - the articles that I have heard and read seem to take on a subtle yet noticeable anti-Israeli stance, in that they decry the loss of innocent lives (women and children) committed by Israel in its response to Hamas launching rockets into Israel.
OK, so - Hamas strikes first. Israel strikes back. Everyone says Israel bad. Hm.
Let me put this another way: I hate my next door neighbour. I mean I really hate the guy. I want him dead. He stinks and he shouldn't have been allowed to move in, because my grandfathers were forced out of that house and he lived for awhile in my house but we finally got him out, but right now I'm in my house and he's in his and I still hate him.
Now, three days ago, I threw a rock through his window, hoping to crack his skull. I mean, I really hate the guy.
The guy comes back immediately and shoots up my house. Did I forget to tell you? He has guns, real guns, and isn't afraid to use them. He kills my daughter and my wife.
See what a jerk he is?
Don't you think I'm just a little responsible? Just a little? I mean, I KNEW that he had more powerful weaponry. I KNEW he wasn't afraid to use them. I KNEW he WOULD use them - on me AND my family . . . so, why did I go ahead and throw that rock through the window?
Because hatred, my friends, blinds us. Hatred blinds us to the consequences of our actions, and what's worse - our hatred means we never have to accept responsibility for causing those consqeuences.
Lay off Israel. If everybody wants Israel to stop killing women and children, make all the others stop launching rockets into their dirt.
And now I'll post a picture. But instead of the ubiquitous pics of death and destruction, I found one today that's a little different - Gaza, on the coast, kids playing on the beach, from 2007 if I read it right. I figured everyone's seen enough of burned out cars and people running for their lives.
That said, what I was interested on commenting upon today is the news (both radio and paper) - the articles that I have heard and read seem to take on a subtle yet noticeable anti-Israeli stance, in that they decry the loss of innocent lives (women and children) committed by Israel in its response to Hamas launching rockets into Israel.
OK, so - Hamas strikes first. Israel strikes back. Everyone says Israel bad. Hm.
Let me put this another way: I hate my next door neighbour. I mean I really hate the guy. I want him dead. He stinks and he shouldn't have been allowed to move in, because my grandfathers were forced out of that house and he lived for awhile in my house but we finally got him out, but right now I'm in my house and he's in his and I still hate him.
Now, three days ago, I threw a rock through his window, hoping to crack his skull. I mean, I really hate the guy.
The guy comes back immediately and shoots up my house. Did I forget to tell you? He has guns, real guns, and isn't afraid to use them. He kills my daughter and my wife.
See what a jerk he is?
Don't you think I'm just a little responsible? Just a little? I mean, I KNEW that he had more powerful weaponry. I KNEW he wasn't afraid to use them. I KNEW he WOULD use them - on me AND my family . . . so, why did I go ahead and throw that rock through the window?
Because hatred, my friends, blinds us. Hatred blinds us to the consequences of our actions, and what's worse - our hatred means we never have to accept responsibility for causing those consqeuences.
Lay off Israel. If everybody wants Israel to stop killing women and children, make all the others stop launching rockets into their dirt.
And now I'll post a picture. But instead of the ubiquitous pics of death and destruction, I found one today that's a little different - Gaza, on the coast, kids playing on the beach, from 2007 if I read it right. I figured everyone's seen enough of burned out cars and people running for their lives.
posted by Verble Gherulous at 12/30/2008 02:46:00 pm
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