> Michael is a very vocal proponent of the interests of Israel and I > have seen what appears to me to be anger at those who appear to ignore > the plight of jews in Israel and elsewhere, anger at those who > equivocate the actions of Isreali's in the West Bank with Palestinian > suicide bombers, etc.
Yes, because Michael is angry at any who would distort truth. That is who he is. And what you're talking about is denial of what's going on and distortion of events... equivalence of two things that are not equivalent at all. But I don't want to go into that argument. > > I don't always agree with his points on those issues, but I can > understand the frustration and anger. We are talking about people > dying, about people who say they want to exterminate an entire race of > people you connect yourself with. > No, we are talking about people who say they want to exterminate me. Me personally. If they caught me in Gaza and knew I was a Jew, they would kill me. They would not care who I am or whether I was Israeli, American or Venezuelan. Point me out as a Jew and they would kill me. However, I don't want to discuss that either... That's another ball of wax I really don't want to touch. > Blacks in America have the same issues. They are frustrated and angry > and dealing with people dying, dealing with unreasonable hatred and > fear. If you don't see the parallels, you don't. But I think they are > closer than you might otherwise want to believe. Right.. I am not denying their frustration nor am I saying that the issues don't exist. I am simply pointing out that Michael and I are not angry. We don't hold a grudge... We want justice done and truth to win out. >> And I could never, ever admire someone like Reverend Wright. Actions >> are what define a man, not oppression -- or past oppression. > > I think that you may be blinded to the extent of Rev. Wright's > character however. He is not all about victimization. Far from it, the > philosphy of his church was heavily invested with the notion of > community, self reliance and the fundamental strength of a people to > stand up for themselves and create their own destiny. > Right... His community at the expense of others. He would build up his community and tear down mine. I've heard it all before, Judah, and I cannot ignore that facet of the man and admire him even though he may be helping his people in one way... and hurting them in another. Fostering that kind of hatred is not good for his community, no matter what else he is doing. Judith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276814 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
