Thriller wrote:I was not defending terrorism... I was trying to kick you from your high horse.
okay. let's get down to brass tacks.
yow know, i consider myself a liberal and a humanist. i'm living in a socialite society, and the sufferings of man disturbs me (not as much as hypocrisy and self rightousness, but still).
i really do appreaciete and sympathise with your "Imagine there's no countries" attitude, and would be very happy if it was practical.
but it's not.
and maybe you would have understood that, had you lived here in the last 20 years. had you seen peace offer after peace offer rejected. truce after truce broken. had you met people traumatised by suicide bombing. kids traumatised by rockets.
now, Israel is a fact. some of its borders are disputed, but as a sovereign country it is widely accepted.
what is also widely accepted is that the Palestinian nation deserves a land of their own.
and here's the catch.
while most Israelis accept that there will be a two state solution (some of them might not like it, or not see it as ideal, but they accept it), there is no such acceptance among most Palestinians. definietly, not among either Fatah or Hamas.
and here's the other catch.
while Israel does its best to avoid hurting civilians, the Hamas and some organisations affiliated to Fatah sees acts of terrorism as a legitimate policy.
and the third catch:
while Israely soldiers attempted to use the least amount of violence possible, and (I assure you) regret every life lost on those ships, Hamas rejoiced at the violence and will cynically use the names and photos of the man lost for its own selfish propaganda.
what am i getting at?
simple really.
it's easy and almost natural to sympathise with the underdog. but that doesn't mean he didn't pick the fight.
Pathetic mindless analphabetic suburbs thugs. Sad because those people aren't meant to be brainless hoodlums from streets but people coming to help Gaza, not to pick a fight like hooligans or hoodlum thugs would.
