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Apr. 27th, 2007
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I'm not really sure how to write what I'm thinking, since it's subject I've written about before and will most likely write about again, but I need to say a few things and for some reason my brain is thinking in quotes, or at least one very specific quote that just won't go away.
I don't know if it's from the demonstration I attended on Monday night, or the fact that the army sent me a reserve order (which they sent on the day they called me to come and I told them no and also got my reserve exemption reinstated) making them very cheeky indeed. I'm, quite obviously, not going to be attending the drill.
In any event, I've been thinking about Mahatma Gandhi - "There is no way to peace, peace is the way".
Which is, I think, quite profound.
Another quote that popped into my head is that old 60's slogan that popped up in America during the Vietnam war - "Fighting for Peace is like Fucking for Virginity".
Yes we are surrounded by enemies, and yes we must be prepared to defend ourselves.
So let's begin by teaching our children that we are surrounded by people and not monsters and showing our neighbors that we are people and not animals.
How about we try opening a dialog, be the "bigger man" take the first step.
*shrug* My faith in the current administration and IDF generals are very much out the window, I can see it struggling to stand on it's feet after it had been pushed and shoved and basically beaten into the ground. And not just because of the War, but for many other reasons, some of which would be the religious extremism that is rapidly growing in Israel, in the Knesset, in the Beit Din, in other official institutes.
I have little faith in a country that legitimizes the burning of tires and graffiti that calls the LGBT community an abomination and "beasts". That we are threatened by violence by these people and we're the ones who are punished, by being told we're bringing it on ourselves by being "provocative".
That Rabbis basically "excommunicate" people for asking questions that aren't "talked about", that a family will grieve and sit Shiva if a son or daughter decides to take off the Streimel and/or skirt.
That a guy will come up to me during a demonstration and try to convince me that my sexuality is a perversion. And that Jerusalem is a religious city more than a Capitol city.
What-the-fuck-ever.
This country is faltering into oblivion fast and the government is so concerned with security and creating fodder for the Israeli Satire community that our problems at home (social issues, human rights, civil rights, education, etc. etc. etc.) will eventually engulf us and our enemies without will just have to sit back and watch as we become our own downfall.
Meanwhile, I'll do what I can do make a stand and be firm in my beliefs. That's all we can do, isn't it.
I don't know if it's from the demonstration I attended on Monday night, or the fact that the army sent me a reserve order (which they sent on the day they called me to come and I told them no and also got my reserve exemption reinstated) making them very cheeky indeed. I'm, quite obviously, not going to be attending the drill.
In any event, I've been thinking about Mahatma Gandhi - "There is no way to peace, peace is the way".
Which is, I think, quite profound.
Another quote that popped into my head is that old 60's slogan that popped up in America during the Vietnam war - "Fighting for Peace is like Fucking for Virginity".
Yes we are surrounded by enemies, and yes we must be prepared to defend ourselves.
So let's begin by teaching our children that we are surrounded by people and not monsters and showing our neighbors that we are people and not animals.
How about we try opening a dialog, be the "bigger man" take the first step.
*shrug* My faith in the current administration and IDF generals are very much out the window, I can see it struggling to stand on it's feet after it had been pushed and shoved and basically beaten into the ground. And not just because of the War, but for many other reasons, some of which would be the religious extremism that is rapidly growing in Israel, in the Knesset, in the Beit Din, in other official institutes.
I have little faith in a country that legitimizes the burning of tires and graffiti that calls the LGBT community an abomination and "beasts". That we are threatened by violence by these people and we're the ones who are punished, by being told we're bringing it on ourselves by being "provocative".
That Rabbis basically "excommunicate" people for asking questions that aren't "talked about", that a family will grieve and sit Shiva if a son or daughter decides to take off the Streimel and/or skirt.
That a guy will come up to me during a demonstration and try to convince me that my sexuality is a perversion. And that Jerusalem is a religious city more than a Capitol city.
What-the-fuck-ever.
This country is faltering into oblivion fast and the government is so concerned with security and creating fodder for the Israeli Satire community that our problems at home (social issues, human rights, civil rights, education, etc. etc. etc.) will eventually engulf us and our enemies without will just have to sit back and watch as we become our own downfall.
Meanwhile, I'll do what I can do make a stand and be firm in my beliefs. That's all we can do, isn't it.
