For all intents and purposes, I am against violence. I wish it did not exist. But violence is inevitable. The psychology of retaliation causes war to be answered with war, violence to be answered with violence. It’s a circle, and once the circle was started it was bound to continue forever.
What I mean is, violence is immoral, but for the sake of good, it is necessary. Ironic, isn’t it, that the good in the world needs to fight and kill to stay alive. Evil prevails when good men don’t act.
Microcosms of this happen everywhere, everyday. A shop owner shoots dead a goon trying to hold up his shop. A kid punches out a bully in the schoolyard. The most recent, and loudest example of this is Israel’s targeting of Hamas.
I have very strong feelings about that. My parameters: Firstly, I have nothing against Islam, Muslims, or normal, peaceful Palestinians, okay? Nothing. Secondly, my background is partially Jewish, so I have a bias towards Israel. Third, I hate political hindrances, red tape…which is another reason I like Israel: no red tape. Lastly, and most importantly, I have zero tolerance for stupid shit. Absolutely none.
Now, unfortunately, Hamas, the leadership of Gaza, is a giant, reeking pile of stupid shit. They are terrorists. They are the ones who build rockets in their garages like kids planning a water gun fight, and then lob their useless, monkey-brain toys over the border at Israel, and blow up schoolrooms, bus stations, and, every once in awhile, somebody’s grandma Hadara who was hanging the clothes on the line to dry. They are the ones who stockpile weapons in sacred places, in Mosques, so they can stick out their sick tongues as Israel. They are filth.
If you could get my personality and build it into a country, it would end up being very similar to Israel. Much like my own philosophy, the Israelis do not tolerate stupid shit either. This is unfortunate, because as intolerant as they are, they must live next to the Gaza strip, where there are people who are intolerant of Israelis. This is Francium living next to Oxygen here; it’s a highly volatile relationship.
Keep that in mind. Now, imagine that you and I are like-minded. Perhaps you have been picked on a lot at school. Some kid comes up to you on the playground and shoves you. You are patient and do not react. The kid grabs your ball, and throws it over the fence. Still, you do not rect. Then, he grabs your backpack, and lights it on fire. That’s it. When you go to rip his face off, though, he hides behind the teacher and sticks out his tongue.
Imagine that you and Israel are like-minded. You have been picked on for thousands of years, your people tortured and killed, your beliefs persecuted. The Hamas-led Palestinians burn your flag, but you don’t flinch. They throw rocks and shout slogans. No reaction. Then, they fire hundreds of rockets over the international border, day after day, night after night. They kill some of your civilians. They damage buildings and destroy houses. They make peace impossible, they make daily life irritating. They’re obnoxious.
This is the point where I grab the kid by the throat and beat him to the edge of life. This is the point where Israel launches airstrike after airstrike, gathers troops and tanks at the border, destroys Hamas buildings, kills Hamas apes, and brings general hell to the Gaza strip.
But the kid is behind the teacher—Hamas is in the Mosques. No matter. When your beliefs have been persecuted and your people killed for years and years, there is no invisible shield over any building, sacred or not. There is nothing stopping that 1500-pound American-made bomb from eliminating a supply depot. Once weapons are in the sacred place, it is not longer sacred. It’s not a Mosque. It’s a fancy-looking, well-disguised supply depot. The Germans bombed churches across Europe in WWII, and Israel will not have qualms about doing it now.
You need to understand that Israel is not attacking Palestine, or even Gaza—their target is Hamas. Hamas is a problem. They are why Israelis are dying, and why Palestinians are dying. They are selfish bastards, confined to the psychopathic revelations of a made-up religion. They are not Islamic terrorists; that is an insult to Islam. That’s like saying the insane polygamists in their fairy castles in the Arizona desert are Mormons—that’s an insult to Mormonism. These people are not human. They’re not animals either, that is an insult to animals. They are piles of shit. And that, even, is derogatory towards piles of shit.
Unfortunately, when you fight a traditional war against a guerilla force, there is collateral damage. Civilians will die, they always do. This is why people worldwide riot in the streets, because Israel kills children. The truth of the matter is, 75% of casualties on the Palestinian side are active targets, and roughly a quarter are civilians. Near 100% of all casualties in Israel are civilians, thanks to Hamas. Who are the child-killers now? Also, finger pointing works in this case. Who started it? Israel never starts conflicts, but they always end them, permanently. Hamas started it. Hamas, Hamas, Hamas. I’m sick of this stupid shit. Sick of it.
You people and your criticism of Israel for pounding Hamas into the dirt. You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re naïve. Peace isn’t something that can be negotiated in that part of the world. You have to kill to get it.
“Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.”
~Golda Meir
“We kill for our future. We kill for peace.”
~Ephraim, Munich
Current Mood: Infuriated
Listening To: "Empty Walls" by Serj Tankian
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