Great post, Mo, and so true....and it answers Gel's question, if he'd be able to see that.
Why do some people tolerate stuff from Israel that they don't from other countries? Because Israel's very existence throughout history has been one long giant act of sheer WILL against enemies counting into the billions who would just as soon have them destroyed. Get stung a million times by wasps, and you might find yourself with an itchy trigger finder on the bug spray. I'm not excusing anyone, just answering the "why is israel viewed differently" question. On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > They play the Chosen People card, which buys them lots of supporters. > In some places it is political suicide to make any statement against > Israel.. In some churches they teach that any opposition to Israel > will send you straight to hell. > > Inn fairness to the Israeli people, they are surrounded by a lot of > enemies. But their tactics often consist of actions that should not > be tolerated. But they are, for the reasons above. > > I never understood the failure to reconcile the differences until I > read a book by John Michener called The Source. Really good > explanation of the troubles in that area. I never understood the > reason for the failure of diplomacy until I tried to have some > conversations about it with people on both sides. There is simply no > getting them to see the issues of the other side. Rarely have I > encountered such strong confirmation bias on both sides of an issue. > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And that, is my point. > > > > I am lost as to why simply because this is Israel, we are willing to > accept > > what would be considered unacceptable within and by any other nation. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371405 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
