Lowlight
09-28-2004, 12:05 PM
Today as i walked through the centre of the city i spotted a group of people waving Palestinian flags (most of whom were not Palestinian, they were white english guys and girls). There was also a man with a loud speaker shouting out about Israeli use of military force. There were cartoons as well poking fun at Israel's justifications for defensive/offensive actions.
Now im not Jewish, nor am i Arab or Muslim. I am just a self trying to understand the world to whatever extent i can. But one thing i can say about this situation is this. Why do people jump upon such issues, with such zeal when they dont even present an understanding of the conflict. I can understand people wanting to end the conflict, but i cant understand there lack of knowledge on the situation. There is such a bandwagon thing going on at the moment about this particular conflict. Its like the people who wear Che T-shirts and yep you guessed it, they cant tell you 3 things about the guy. What ever happened to trying to understand the reasons behind events?
[ September 29, 2004, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: LowlightOracle ]
Now im not Jewish, nor am i Arab or Muslim. I am just a self trying to understand the world to whatever extent i can. But one thing i can say about this situation is this. Why do people jump upon such issues, with such zeal when they dont even present an understanding of the conflict. I can understand people wanting to end the conflict, but i cant understand there lack of knowledge on the situation. There is such a bandwagon thing going on at the moment about this particular conflict. Its like the people who wear Che T-shirts and yep you guessed it, they cant tell you 3 things about the guy. What ever happened to trying to understand the reasons behind events?
[ September 29, 2004, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: LowlightOracle ]