Of course it is my anger that counts. My anger influences my vote, and the votes of those around me.
Those votes dictate who is elected to our local, state, and federal institutions. They also affect policy while the current officeholders are in place (looking towards the next election cycle) The federal and state elections directly influence the policies of our government in regards to diplomatic, military and financial support for either Israel or the Palestinians. Since we are a World Superpower (maybe the only one left), the actions of my government have a direct and serious impact on the lives of the people on both sides of the conflict. So my anger does count. Of course, if I had my way, I'd shift every dollar of support to the Palestinians to finishing the wall ASAP. Once that was up, I would shift those dollars back to the Palestinians, in the form of Education and Home Building. I would encourage the UN to provide peacekeepers in the newly established Palestinian state until such time as they could train their own police force. But that's just me. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/22/04 10:50AM >>> > Mr. Johnson wrote: > Walking up to a child with a bomb and detonating it is not the same as accidentally > killing a child > with a stray bullet in a combat zone. For many reasons. Israel recently killed 30 civilians in the process of killing terrorists. I'm guessing the some of families of those dead civilians are, as we write, planning to exact revenge on Israel. If it was a child that died then they'll target an Israeli child. If it was a sister that died, then they'll target Israeli women. So you can get angry, but it's not your anger that counts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=37 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132286 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
