10-01-2009, 03:49 AM
Not only is the analogy inaccurate but the general flavor is wrong. Palestinians have suffered, at the very least, ethnic cleansing for 60 years. Twain, I imagine, was thinking of the War Between the States. Further, 60’s demonstrators, as noted above, were not particularly deprived. I know. I was one at Kent State.
But Gaza, in spite of the debatable issue of Hamas, clearly has the moral high ground here. In spite of the obvious bias of MSM. Of course, when isn’t it biased?
I’ve always liked that passage from Twain. But the Weltanschaunng in which he existed is not the one we experience.
It’s kind a strange, you know, looking at this portion of our ‘New World’ being formed before our eyes.…. (and its essence expressed in front of our eyes). Of course, because I relate the right wing controllers in Israel to the Likud sympathizers here … and see that small whole as part of a larger whole … with which I do not sympathize, I cannot wish well towards Israel. A lot of good people in Israel. But neither do I wish well towards the American Empire. A lotta good people here too.….
But not enough. There are never enough.
But Gaza, in spite of the debatable issue of Hamas, clearly has the moral high ground here. In spite of the obvious bias of MSM. Of course, when isn’t it biased?
I’ve always liked that passage from Twain. But the Weltanschaunng in which he existed is not the one we experience.
It’s kind a strange, you know, looking at this portion of our ‘New World’ being formed before our eyes.…. (and its essence expressed in front of our eyes). Of course, because I relate the right wing controllers in Israel to the Likud sympathizers here … and see that small whole as part of a larger whole … with which I do not sympathize, I cannot wish well towards Israel. A lot of good people in Israel. But neither do I wish well towards the American Empire. A lotta good people here too.….
But not enough. There are never enough.