Not in the least surprising. Violence is rarely the answer. Either side can come up with more than enough rationalisations to explain why it's necessary to perpetuate the situation. There's precedent in Cyprus, the Balkans, Ireland, etc., etc.
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 08:47:39PM -0400, graywolf wrote: > As far as I can see all almost 60 years of violence have gotten over > there is more violence. > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Juan Buhler wrote: > >This sucks. Sorry Boris to see all that pointless violence where you live. > > > >AP says the bomber was a 21 year old college dropout: > > > >http://tinyurl.com/qjju4 > > > >Hard to understand what mixture of superstition and hardship can make > >someone want to do something like that. It would seem so easy to > >provide for means for people like this guy to study and have real > >lives and not be trapped into all this idiocy. > > > >As long as both sides don't try to acknowledge and understand each > >other, this will go on. The bombings, as well as the coming Israeli > >retaliation, are like trying to get rid of homelessness by putting > >homeless people in a bus and taking them out of town. > > > >Just yesterday, I was in a workshop by Antonin Kratochvil, where among > >other people, there was someone who's regularly working in Palestinian > >refugee camps. Her stories, from the other side, are also sad, > >chilling and outrageous. > > > >A vicious circle. > > > >j > > > >On 4/17/06, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi! > >> > >>>I haven't seen the news yet today so this is the first I've heard of it. > >>> > >>>My thoughts are with you and all the others who might be at risk or > >>>already affected by this latest act of cowardice and aggression. > >>> > >>>Quoting from C. S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia, "All men find what > >>>they truly seek..." > >>>May these people, whomever they are, find the just retribution they seek > >>>swiftly. > >>Here how it looked about half an hour after it happened from the top of > >>the building where I work: > >> > >>http://www.photoline.ru/photo/1145295801 > >> > >>Boris > >> > >> > > > > > >-- > >Juan Buhler > >Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > >Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com > > > >
