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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| The Israeli system of control over the Palestinian people and their land |
| 2005-11-20 |
| If you throw a frog into boiling water, it will jump out and save its life. But a frog swimming in room temperature water that is gradually heated will grow used to the heat; by the time the water boils, it's too late and the frog dies. That's another metaphor for the resilience of the Palestinians against any new weapon with which they are attacked, a new Israeli regulation further limiting them, a land expropriation. True, the frog doesn't die, but it is exhausted. But there's an absentee present making sure the temperature constantly rises. In the development of the Israeli system of control over the Palestinian people and their land, the Israeli occupation has raised to the level of genius the use of gradualness as a means of making people grow used to something. The gradualness is implemented over a period of time, but it is also spread out over space. The Israeli assault on the chances of the Palestinian people to lead normal lives is evident in millions of different ways. Here, a family is hurt, there, a village. Here it's from ammunition, there from settlers, here it's a new military order. A lot of it is reported on our side, but spread out. The assault is intensified gradually. But the overall totality of the damage is not felt, because of the way it is gradually applied, dispersed over large areas. |
| Posted by:Gluper Thager2969 |
| #6 Yup, 2b. If the Palestinians stopped all aggression against the Israelis right now, does anyone think for one minute that Israel would keep ratcheting up the pressure? Only the most insane and brutal loons like Idi Amin and Mugabe can possibly compete with the zenith of mindless atrocity that the Palestinians embody. May their endless hatred be the death of them. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-20 21:43 |
| #5 I'm tired of their victim-driven death cult. If they wanna die, I wouldn't cry if they did. Die and go away |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-20 21:42 |
| #4 zenster lol! I truly enjoy the mental gymnastics that the Palestinians employ to blame the Jews for everything wrong in their life. What would they do if every Jew was wiped from the earth? That's an easy answer: They'd continue to be miserable and blame the prior existence of the Jews for their fate. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-20 21:29 |
| #3 The article overlooks one simple thing. The Palestinians love being in the pot. They could have jumped out of the pot long ago. But noooooooo. It's their pot and they can't possibly imagine giving it up no mater how hot the water gets. Even as they gradually succumb to their own idiocy, they stay in the pot. If the Israelis had a mind to, they easily could have speared the frog many moons ago. Instead, seeking peaceful coexistence, they have been obliged to slowly increase the pot's temperature in response to initiation of escalating violence by the frog. At some point, the frog must either abandon such actions as promote any temperature increases to the pot or simply wind up on the menu. That the Palestinians are stupid enough to play leapfrog with a unicorn is their own d@mn fault. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-20 21:22 |
| #2 Haaretz has the anglican and RC self-flagellation down along with the ability to say: " Our enemies are enemies for reasons we cannot change without extinction" F*&k the Paleos - crush them until THEY change their sick death cult and learn to co-exist |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-20 20:41 |
| #1 Oh the poor Palestinians. Poor poor Palestininas. They only blow up busloads of women and kids. All they want is the removal of every Jew from "their" land, is that too much to ask for? I'm starting to feel like I should apologize for even breathing air. If this is what a democrat feels like eery day I think I would kill myself! My mom once told me you get what you give, I think this should be the story: The Palenistians are getting what they have dished out - lots of pain and suffering. Once they realize this, then they might stop blowing themselves up and try to live in peace, and then hell will freeze over, and the Dems will put up an honest Pres candidate. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2005-11-20 19:29 |