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on 12/23/02 10:19 PM, flw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Your rationalization was obvious from the fact that you thought it
> somehow unfair of me not to also quote other incidents where
> Israelis were victimized.
Unfair? I think the word I used was brilliant, actually.
>As I pointed out, I do not consider
> the Israeli and Palestinian situations as morally equivalent.
> One is a rich powerful militaristic state that seeks to oppress and
> displace
> an entire people. The other entity is stateless, poor and has no military
> and seeks to prevent its destruction by an occupying colonialist power.
Morals? You keep bring these things up, but the rabid fanatics on all sides
of this conflict have used all the morals up, and you can't have any because
they are still using them.
Morals? Both sides have committed evil atrocious acts. Again I state ( I
know it's hard for this one to get through)- there is no moral high ground
to be had from any side here.
>
> You apparently consider the murder of an 11 year old Palestinian
> girl somehow not important as a solitary story but requires 'context'
> by reporting Israeli deaths. I see value in the story of the girl's death
> standing alone since I consider that story symbolic of the Israeli -
> Palestinian tragedy.
I find the story tragic. I find it of great import. It saddens me more than
you can imagine. If the shooters think they were behaving as good Jews they
were wrong. Completely and totally. Of course if they thought they were
behaving like good Muslims, they were also totally and completely wrong. In
fact, and in deed, if they think they were acting as good human beings they
were wrong. Completely and totally.
I also found the story, in the same article, about the rabbi, who now has 6
fatherless children tragic. So I posted it. Not because the story was
symbolic of the conflict. Because it was actual flesh and blood.
(If I wanted symbolic I could have posted the part about the gift wrapped
shrapnel surprise)
Maybe there is a rule that 2 people can't post information from the same
article. I must have missed it. Mea culpa.
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