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Skriven 2010-01-11 13:40:08 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
   Kommentar till text 2921 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
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Hello Bob,

>RB>About the only thing we haven't tried yet is the profiling used by
>RB>the Israelis...

>PK>Do you remember the book "Animal Farm", with its famous statement "All
>PK>animals are equal, but some are more equal than others..."?

RB>I know "Animal Farm" and can't see the parallel.

The animals overthrew their oppressors.  Much to Stalin's chagrin.

>PK>Seem pretty close to what you are describing, to me......;-)

RB>Not from my viewpoint. The Israeli method is merely pragmatic: there have
RB>been attacks by any number of young moslem men, but none
RB>yet by little old ladies or men. Why treat everyone the
RB>same as the high-risk group, wasting time and manpower, and
RB>diverting attention from those most likely to present a
RB>danger?

Palestinians view all Israelis as being "the enemy".
The mentality of Israelis is very much the same.
The only difference being the type of weapons used
to defeat "the enemy".

RB>The answer is pure emotion, the same kind of thing as what you wrote above.

Why are the animals "heroes" rather than the oppressors?
The oppressors were trying to maintain law and order, thus
keeping peace throughout the land.  But the animals wanted
mayhem.  Which is what they got in the end.  Until they
themselves became the oppressors and a new group of animals
rose up in revolt...

RB>So we'll go on running old grannies and grand-dads through the security mill
RB>as if they bombed planes every other day - and letting
RB>ourselves be diverted from the real risk groups, allowing
RB>things like the near miss in Detrroit to happen.

RB>And all because we want to be "nice"...

The "nice" people in the world are usually the meanest and cruelest.
Even without meaning to be.  Take a soldier, for example.  A nice kid.
Brought up properly by his parents to always do good, and be kind to
strangers.  That nice kid is drafted into the army, taught to kill
indiscriminately, and becomes a cold-blooded killer no different than
the serial killers who walk the streets in today's society.  That kid
was brainwashed by the state to do a service for his country, and to
do that service without question or reservation.  And once that kid
(who has become a man) returns home after his years of service to his
beloved country is discarded.  Like a broom.  And never cared for, or
wanted, by the society in which he lives.

--Lee


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