4/3 Extra: Palestinian Girl

[Tobiasly]

Originally posted by jaguar
Its not that they are confused they are just _pissed off_

You can try to justify it all you want Jaguar.. no one is saying the Israelis are squeaky-clean. I'm sure you're correct on many of your points.

Regardless, walking into a nightclub and blowing up a dozen teenagers will never be justified. Besides that, it will never get the extremists anywhere. It will just continue the spiral of violence.

You say people are justified to be pissed off in retaliation for soldiers destroying property and making unwarranted arrests. Don't you think someone has a right to be pissed off if someone's child is killed by a religious extremist for something they had nothing to do with?

Sharon is in power because there are enough Israelis who either know someone who has been killed or is, as you put it, too scared to ride the bus, and they're tired of living in fear.

You see, senseless violence begets more violence and it's never justified. I agree that it's not justified when it's done by Israelis, but I also know it's unjustified when it's done by Palestinians. No matter how just their cause, no matter how pissed off they are, no matter whether you say others would do the same thing in the same situation.

P.S. I hope you realize your signature about Mariah Carey isn't true.. http://www.snopes2.com/quotes/carey.htm