I will always empathize with my brothers and sisters as long as the persecution continues
And so will I. I have thought long and hard about what it would be like to be in thier shoes. I also have thought long and hard about similiar statements I have heard like the one you made about suicide bombers. I mean
really thought about it. And I tell you this, grown men have ability to change things. And targeting them is one thing, they make the choices to oppress or not. But killing children is
never an option. Never. Any person with a bomb that could sit on a bus beside a mother and her children, and not break down in tears at the thought of ripping thier innocent bodies apart with thier device of hatred, is no better than a rabid dog. An abomination even to god the forgiving.
Akulion, You list the atrocities against muslims in the world, and I agree completely. These terrible things must be stopped. But I offer my own list,
2/6/02 Israel , Three people including a mother and her 11-year-old daughter are killed in a home invasion
2/6/06 Thailand ,Three villagers are shot to death by Muslim militants
2/5/06 Israel , A Palstinian stabs an Israeli woman to death as she is riding a bus. Four others were stabbed as well.
2/5/06 Turkey, A Catholic priest is murdered by a muslim assailant
2/4/06 Iraq , A Sunni fires into a crowd of Shiites marching in a procession, killing three.
2/3/06 Thailand , A Buddhist teacher is gunned down by Muslim militants and four others are wounded in a separate attack on teachers.
2/3/06 Philippines , Islamists massacre a family of Christians after confirming their religious identity. The victims included an infant and other young children.
The point I am making in offering a list that is the same as yours is that everybody is hurting, and everybody is hurting everybody else. No race or religion is innocent. And no race or religion is ammune to the pain. We all are responsible. You, me, jews, africans, we share the responsibility. If I were a palestinian, I would be extremely angry and frustrated. But suicide bombs only provide Israel with evidence to continue thier behavior. The world community would have no choice but to get behind palestinians if they were being attacked but not attacking. You see, the violence must stop somewhere, that begins with you and me, and Prawned, and Ladee_Maryam.
Individual attitudes must change before the attitudes of countries can change.