tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post8402953008310262858..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: All Borders Serve the Purpose of WarJack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-81921372647734905242010-06-05T22:58:06.643-04:002010-06-05T22:58:06.643-04:00Thx, Richard.
On Israel - it's hard to break ...Thx, Richard.<br /><br />On Israel - it's hard to break down to one single factor, I think.<br /><br />A former co-worker of mine makes a yearly pilgrimage to Auschwitz (lost both grandparents, IIRC), and takes her heritage very seriously.<br /><br />But could give a rat's ass about Israel and doesn't attend Temple because "the fees are too high."<br /><br />One of our employees didn't have any Jewish forebears, was a red headed daughter of Eire, read the Bible literally (as a believing Protestant Christian convert from Catholicism) and would get visibly upset (as in, shaking) when we good and bad Jews had no positive opinions about Israel, but would plan going out for drinks after work.<br /><br />There were seven of us of some sort of Jewish extraction, and the only who one cared about Israel in any way was on her way into the Coast Guard, had a fundamentalist Christian mother (convert), and was from the South.<br /><br />I really think that religion plays a major part. If the theology in question places a high value on Israel (for prophetic reasons, or in the case of practicing Jews, as a homeland)than Israel means more.<br /><br />But I doubt it's just that.<br /><br />Respect,<br /><br />JackJack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-5385238095760555352010-06-05T22:16:58.303-04:002010-06-05T22:16:58.303-04:00Fucking great post.
I also liked how Caruso names...Fucking great post.<br /><br />I also liked how Caruso names Israel's "liars" and "conservative loon fellow-travelers". The latter trouble me more than they should, or some do. There is a blog I read occasionally, the writer is clearly smart, clearly <i>moral</i>, and yet very clearly wrong on most any political issue. And completely off in space about Israel. I waste too much time wondering a) how someone gets such wrong coordinates of belief and b) what it would take for such a person to see what Israel is.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-70831104179676754802010-06-05T18:38:10.697-04:002010-06-05T18:38:10.697-04:00They hold us by force - and that includes the colo...They hold us by force - and that includes the colonization of our minds with national identity - or they lose their wealth and power, methinks.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-78840698749536561032010-06-05T18:36:20.323-04:002010-06-05T18:36:20.323-04:00Jesus. The deployment of the National Guard along ...Jesus. The deployment of the National Guard along the border was bad, but I thought we were a ways away from the predator drone proposal becoming reality. Things are worse than I thought.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.com