2009-01-08 10:01![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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You know, there's a reason that people have developed a stereotypical view of middle-eastern dudes as hot-headed jackasses.
"We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our brothers and sisters, our children, our loved ones for what we believe in." - Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader
I'm all for standing up for one's beliefs, but indiscriminate, cross-border rocket fire? Really? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ASSHOLES?
And don't think I'm just blindly siding with the Israelis on this; they, and the Palestinians, are like two unruly kids in the back seat of a station wagon on a cross-country trip, poking each other with their colored pencils over and over again out of pure, spiteful antagonism, not trying to do anything but piss the other one off.
I don't have an answer that borders on anything like practical terms, but, you know, "Not being complete cocks about everything to everyone in the immediate vicinity" shouldn't be so wildly untenable as a first step.
You know, there's a reason that people have developed a stereotypical view of middle-eastern dudes as hot-headed jackasses.
"We are ready to sacrifice our souls, our brothers and sisters, our children, our loved ones for what we believe in." - Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader
I'm all for standing up for one's beliefs, but indiscriminate, cross-border rocket fire? Really? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ASSHOLES?
And don't think I'm just blindly siding with the Israelis on this; they, and the Palestinians, are like two unruly kids in the back seat of a station wagon on a cross-country trip, poking each other with their colored pencils over and over again out of pure, spiteful antagonism, not trying to do anything but piss the other one off.
I don't have an answer that borders on anything like practical terms, but, you know, "Not being complete cocks about everything to everyone in the immediate vicinity" shouldn't be so wildly untenable as a first step.
