RE: Israeli forces kill medic, wound 100 protesters in Gaza unrest, Palestinian ministry
June 5, 2018 at 6:03 pm
(June 5, 2018 at 1:49 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote:(June 5, 2018 at 1:06 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Israeli's live in a tiny country surrounded by much bigger countries who all want to kill them.I'm all for the civilians. But we (US government)shouldn't be supporting governments that steal land that legally belongs to others and goes on bomb fests every so often while regularly using automatic weapons on minimally armed protectors that usually can't harm a hair on their head.
If you try to imagine their circumstances, you can kind of understand why they are overly defensive and even paranoid at times. I imagine they feel their lives and their community literally depends on getting the message out loud and clear that they will not tolerate being messed with. This is why I'm not anti Israel like a lot of liberals seem to be. With that being said, what happened here is clearly tragic and wrong.
A person's survival mode is very strong. Do I think everything they do is right? No. But I do think it is human. It stems from defensiveness.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
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