tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post4991651099561528301..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: I will never understandtowniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-38006936826533177112009-01-09T10:05:00.000-05:002009-01-09T10:05:00.000-05:00Some logical part of me does understand. The histo...Some logical part of me does understand. The history, the politics, the religion. I'm not an unintelligent man (I hope).<BR/><BR/>But then there are days when, logically, it makes perfect sense to me if that part of the world simply slipped into the Mediterranean.<BR/><BR/>And Jackie, one of my favourite quotes from my time as a jouralist comes from despair.com - There are No Stupid Questions. But there are a LOT of Inquisitive Idiots.towniebastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-85675859374199912572009-01-09T01:40:00.000-05:002009-01-09T01:40:00.000-05:00The Guardian's coverage is the best so far of most...The Guardian's coverage is the best so far of most of the western media. Again horrible images but you really need to remember Israel is not the rah rah good guy that they are so often potrayed as. The article that SRD linked to should be required reading for people looking to understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-278959221484263262009-01-09T00:52:00.000-05:002009-01-09T00:52:00.000-05:00Two words: asymmetrical warfare. No defending it,...Two words: asymmetrical warfare. <BR/><BR/>No defending it, but these are not our grand dad's wars any longer. <BR/><BR/>Out of desperation that comes from facing an over-whelming enemy, the desensitizing of thousands mercilessly killed, and simmered-in through generations of squalor, ignorance, and hatred, they reach for anything and everything that works as a weapon.<BR/><BR/>There is no understanding any of this. The majority of Canadians haven't grown up in such a culture so steeped in hate. The only end game will be one eliminating the other. <BR/><BR/>Given the slow, grinding, rate of the killing, there are plenty that get the time needed to arise (on both sides) to carry on the culture of death.<BR/><BR/>It's still shocking however that human beings can do this to one another, and then go home and kiss their kids goodnight.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-36478416191646688132009-01-08T11:37:00.000-05:002009-01-08T11:37:00.000-05:00Sigh. I experienced the following emotions during ...Sigh. <BR/><BR/>I experienced the following emotions during your post:<BR/><BR/>Empathy for Cathy: I often find myself "buffering" questions with the "This may be a silly question but..."<BR/><BR/>Empathy for you: I am realizing more and more that I'm this disgusting wealth of useless knowledge (I was at a new year's eve party and somehow ended up discussing the merits of the NFL vs the NHL franchises. I don't watch either, but somehow managed to pull out this totally cohesive argument), but like you say, it runs a mile long but only a centimeter deep (:P I'm not as knowledgeable as you yet, haha)<BR/><BR/>Frustration, because I'll never really fully understand things like the Israle/Gaza conflict, or the reason why the American real estate sector is related to the economic downfall for an entire planet (I'm being over-dramatic). <BR/><BR/>And then nausea and confusion when I clicked on the photo and had to deal with the fact that this child not only had to suffer a premature and unfair/unjust death... but abuse after death as well.<BR/><BR/>Again, Sigh.Jackie S. Quirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470854932663182657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-24185318388316336642009-01-08T10:53:00.000-05:002009-01-08T10:53:00.000-05:00Oh my god. Thanks for the warning on that picture,...Oh my god. Thanks for the warning on that picture, after the link. Clicked through and saw it first. It's all just so sad.<BR/><BR/>I have always been interested in, fascinated and horrified by the situation in the middle east, Israel/Palestine in particular and took several courses in University on middle eastern history and politics and I still have no clear idea why. <BR/><BR/>Everyone thinks they are right, and their faith supports this belief. Messy, horrifying and deadly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-52432145582736029932009-01-08T10:16:00.000-05:002009-01-08T10:16:00.000-05:00The best thing I have read recently is Avi Shlaim ...The best thing I have read recently is Avi Shlaim in yesterday's Guardian:<BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/07/gaza-israel-palestine <BR/><BR/>saraSara Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062772751850705696noreply@blogger.com