Comments on: Terror Conference http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/07/terror-conference/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Wed, 23 May 2012 08:22:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymoushttp://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/07/terror-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Anonymous Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:34:19 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/07/terror-conference/#comment-2076 Sigh. What saddens me most about this posting is not the palpably passionate racism behind it, but the fact that the author seems so stubbornly set against considering how those on the other side of the aisle might view the issue.Look at it this way: Even if you -are- convinced that Palestinians and those who support the rights of Palestinians are your mortal life-long enemies, knowing and understanding that enemy and their feelings and motivations can only help you.You're looking so hard for terrorism in even the most innocent Palestinian gatherings and media, with no views from outside to provide perspective, that you're finding terrorism wherever you look. You're painting the world in stark black and white... This is precisely the mindset that spawns and supports terrorism.(For whatever it's worth, I'm not a Palestinian, I'm not a Middle East activist of any flavor. I'm an outsider who knows wonderful human beings in Israel and in Palestine, who's saddened to see yet another disturbingly casual instance of this destructive tunnel-vision extremism. It's the same disease that appears on both sides of the controversy, and it's such a shame that the more reasonable majority on both sides have to pay the price.)Good luck.Sean Sigh. What saddens me most about this posting is not the palpably passionate racism behind it, but the fact that the author seems so stubbornly set against considering how those on the other side of the aisle might view the issue.

Look at it this way: Even if you -are- convinced that Palestinians and those who support the rights of Palestinians are your mortal life-long enemies, knowing and understanding that enemy and their feelings and motivations can only help you.

You’re looking so hard for terrorism in even the most innocent Palestinian gatherings and media, with no views from outside to provide perspective, that you’re finding terrorism wherever you look. You’re painting the world in stark black and white… This is precisely the mindset that spawns and supports terrorism.

(For whatever it’s worth, I’m not a Palestinian, I’m not a Middle East activist of any flavor. I’m an outsider who knows wonderful human beings in Israel and in Palestine, who’s saddened to see yet another disturbingly casual instance of this destructive tunnel-vision extremism. It’s the same disease that appears on both sides of the controversy, and it’s such a shame that the more reasonable majority on both sides have to pay the price.)

Good luck.

Sean

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/07/terror-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-2075 Anonymous Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:22:11 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2004/09/07/terror-conference/#comment-2075 I passed this on to a friend in Sweden. Thanks for the heads-up. I passed this on to a friend in Sweden. Thanks for the heads-up.

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