Comments on: Memories of Israel The Last Time http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/30/midlifeblogger-talks-about-our-world/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Laura http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/30/midlifeblogger-talks-about-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2409 Laura Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:51:51 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=506#comment-2409 From the mouths of babes: Last night a third grader in my religious school class asked: "Aren't there good people there?" To which I immediately replied "of course there are." To which she replied, "WHY CAN'T THEY GET THE BAD PEOPLE TO STOP?" If only! At this point, the most that can be hoped for seems to be negative peace, which is the lack of hostilities. People on both sides need to change their conceptions of what the future will be, because for many those future pictures are too different. And then, like my student said, the good people on both sides need to be more forceful. Again. And again until the cyle of violence is stopped. Regarding the news, even the facts are not facts. So much of the information that comes out is skewed and then when the truth is found, that is not told. From the mouths of babes: Last night a third grader in my religious school class asked: “Aren’t there good people there?” To which I immediately replied “of course there are.” To which she replied, “WHY CAN’T THEY GET THE BAD PEOPLE TO STOP?” If only!

At this point, the most that can be hoped for seems to be negative peace, which is the lack of hostilities. People on both sides need to change their conceptions of what the future will be, because for many those future pictures are too different. And then, like my student said, the good people on both sides need to be more forceful. Again. And again until the cyle of violence is stopped.

Regarding the news, even the facts are not facts. So much of the information that comes out is skewed and then when the truth is found, that is not told.

]]> By: Margaret (Nanny Goats) http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/12/30/midlifeblogger-talks-about-our-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 Margaret (Nanny Goats) Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:48:17 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=506#comment-2402 This whole Israel/Palestinian conflict is so complicated and goes back so far and so deep, I'm not sure peace will ever reign. One thing I found frustrating about the news when it was coming out about the recent events in Gaza is that the anchors simply reported the most recent violence. Not what started it or why it was happening. It left me confused, befuddled, and frustrated. It made the events seem completely random. How am I supposed to FEEL about it, if they don't tell us who did what and why? I'm sure you have a much better understanding of things having lived there, but if you studied Conflict Studies and still sound hopeless about it, I'm not about to be very optimistic. Great post, Laura! This whole Israel/Palestinian conflict is so complicated and goes back so far and so deep, I’m not sure peace will ever reign. One thing I found frustrating about the news when it was coming out about the recent events in Gaza is that the anchors simply reported the most recent violence. Not what started it or why it was happening. It left me confused, befuddled, and frustrated. It made the events seem completely random. How am I supposed to FEEL about it, if they don’t tell us who did what and why?

I’m sure you have a much better understanding of things having lived there, but if you studied Conflict Studies and still sound hopeless about it, I’m not about to be very optimistic.

Great post, Laura!

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