Poor child. Of course, we'll hear that it's all the fault of the evil A-rabs and besides, only Israeli children count, and Israeli bombs are gentler than Palestinian ones, and we should only be paying attention to Israeli children...
It takes me beyond anger into the deepest of sorrow, to be honest.
We're not even allowed to say things about Israel that some Israelis say about Israel. That would make us Nazis.
The moral blackmail used is that if we're not on the side of Israel we're on the side of Hamas. It's depressing that so many cannot see the logical absurdity of that deduction.
And it depresses me too that so many cannot understand that, while we expect Hamas extremists to act like barbarians, we expect Israel to act like a civiized people.
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Date: 2009-01-04 04:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-05 05:09 pm (UTC)And it also begets hatred. Does the Israeli Govt honestly think this child will grow up to love Israel?
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Date: 2009-01-04 09:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-05 04:47 pm (UTC)Mine too.
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Date: 2009-01-05 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-05 05:03 pm (UTC)Funny you should say that. Charles Klodhopper has been saying very much the same thing in his latest column: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090105_Israel_s_moral_clarity_in_Gaza.html
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Date: 2009-01-06 04:21 am (UTC)But of course we're not allowed to criticize Israel here in the U.S.
We're not even allowed to say things about Israel that some Israelis say about Israel. That would make us Nazis. Or something.
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Date: 2009-01-06 05:42 am (UTC)It takes me beyond anger into the deepest of sorrow, to be honest.
We're not even allowed to say things about Israel that some Israelis say about Israel. That would make us Nazis.
The moral blackmail used is that if we're not on the side of Israel we're on the side of Hamas. It's depressing that so many cannot see the logical absurdity of that deduction.
And it depresses me too that so many cannot understand that, while we expect Hamas extremists to act like barbarians, we expect Israel to act like a civiized people.