Judith Your post made me very sad. I do not know how to answer it. It is true. What the people who oppose you say is also true, I think. At least, I think you are both sincere in believing your culture's stories. And so I will just tell you a story that came of the violence in my own culture.
Click the link and look at the face of that child. http://lyrics.interference.com/u2/lyrics/albums/war/sunday-bloody-sunday.html with great respect, Dana How long... How long must we sing this song? How long? How long... On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:38:46 -0500, Judith Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got an email from the Ayn Rand institute (one of their op-eds) that > really addresses this subject. The title of the op-ed is "Arafat's Undeserved > Honor: The West's Shame." Unfortunately, I don't have a political blog to put > it up, and it's really quite inappropriate for Fusion Authority. > > Here are three paragraphs from that op-ed that reflect my position and > Michael's (and Jerry Johnson's, it appears) exactly: > > "This extravagant tolerance of Arafat, given his blood-soaked record, is not > due to ignorance on the part of our politicians. It comes from the precept > that moral judgment is an obstacle to action. This is the view that moral > principles are an impediment to achieving practical aims, such as peace. One > should, on this view, remain morally neutral--even though one side may be > clearly in the right--and try to engage both sides in gentlemanly > negotiation--even though one side may be a murderous thug. > "Because moral neutrality is such an obviously immoral policy, its > perpetrators must blacken the good while whitewashing the evil. Hence, world > leaders condemn Israel, the innocent victim who refuses to submit, and > lionize Arafat, the ruthless killer. > > "Arafat's elevation to the dignity of a peace-seeking statesman is due to our > politicians' moral corruption. Were he judged properly, Arafat would long ago > have been dealt the punishment he deserved. By sustaining him and > perpetuating the delusion that Arafat was really a well-meaning statesman, > politicians committed treason to his innocent victims." > > Judith > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > No, we tell them that the man who has raped them for years and has led them > > to a > > dead end is dead. It's time for a change. If they give respect, they'll get > > respect. If they stop the attacks on Israel, Israel will not retaliate. If > > they > > want peace, they'll get peace, a state, land, world recognition, the whole > > ball > > of wax. The first thing is to show that they are not following in the > > murderous > > path of Arafat. > > That seems rather simple, doesn't it. Ask them to show respect in return for > > respect. > > But look what's happening. There have been attacks on cars, on hospitals, on > > civilians across Israel since Arafats death. There has been terrorist groups > > renaming themselves in his honor. There is no move towards peace, there's > > just > > more of the same. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135818 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
