[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I see a Palestinian on TV, or a native Israeli, I cannot tell the > difference. They look alike. They eat the same food. Their languages are very > similar. They are the same goddamn people, and they want to annihilate each > other!
This reminds me of a Star Trek episode with Captain Kirk sitting at a table with two men whose faces are one-half black and one-half white, divided down their nose. It's a negotiation session, looking for peace between two groups that have been at war for generations. The men are leaders of the warring groups and are adament about being so different from each other that they could never get along. A dramatically exasperated Captain Kirk finally says something like, "but you look exactly alike!!!" and one of the men says, "No, can't you see?! The left side of his face is white and the *right* side of mine is!" I don't remember how the show ends but do remember being shocked at that statement when I saw that episode the first time. Even Captain Kirk, who's really seen it all, was shocked. Debra Shea
