Originally posted by Aristotle
We are so overwhelmed by our apologistic, nuanced, "nobody is different they are just misunderstood" way of thinking that we have totally lost our ability to understand that some things actually ARE absolute.
This is well said. Sadly it will take a larger tragedy than 9/11 to get us all on the same page.

Personally I am actually amazed at the Israeli people for their tolerance. Can you imagine if some Mexican drug cartel started crossing the border and abducting U.S. citizens? Or sending suicide bombers into our cities? It would quickly demonstrate just how militaristic our culture is, and how armed our citizens are. We would not be as tolerant as Israel.

Basically I do feel for Israel having to deal with that shit. You know, having neighbors that want to kill you so badly they commit suicide.