The nastiest most vile and wretched creature to ever walk this earth is man. Everything animals do they do out of necessity. There is relatively little that we do in which we can claim necessity as a valid excuse.
That's quite an indictment of an entire species. What do you recommend ... we all commit suicide before the sun goes down? From your post it sounds like that might save the earth.
As much as we like to think we are beyond the beasts, we are the most dangerous, heedless, and self-destructive of any creature.
We are "the most dangerous, heedless, and self-destructive of any creature" on earth exactly
because we are the most capable and intelligent creature on earth. Quite a paradox, eh?
"As much as we like to think we are beyond the beasts," takes a lot for granted and is not a logical conclusion from intelligence alone.
That said: Which other life forms on this planet wonder about their origins? Which other species' on this planet worry about the fate of other species? Notwithstanding the cruelty and greed of some humans, which other species can you show that exerts considerable time and effort to insure the continued existence of others of their same species and other species'?
I like my home too but I'm more attached to my head.
Humans engage in many activities that are not logical or not based on a logical outcome, but are based in tradition and are emotionally driven.
As for Israel, how far back do you go? The primary event in recent history the Arabs seem remember is the force used by Britain to establish the
regime in Israel. Want to read about the quintessential terrorist? Look up Moshe Dayan ... Ole One Eye. If you keep going back far enough in human history, the rationale (justification) for occupation of the region called Palestine, or alternatively Israel, goes back and forth from one side to the other. It is a land where revenge is sacred and hatred is noble.
It is an intellectual quandary for many of us, but emotionally speaking it is an ever present temptation to say, "Let 'em at each other and may the best man win."
I had a coworker once that was an natural-born American of Palestinian immigrant parents. This fella was not a dark complected, swarthy type. You would never associate him with his mid-East origins by way of stereotyping his appearance. We talked a lot about Palestine. I learned a great deal which I had not even suspected prior to that. That's also about the time I read
HAJ, by Leon Uris. His family had at one time a successful business in Lebanon. They lost everything in the early 50s and immigrated. "
In the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Lebanon became home to more than 110,000 Palestinian refugees after being expelled from the newly formed Israel and Jordan" (quote from Wikipedia).
Knowledge of history is an awful thing. Government propaganda is worse.
. I can't argue with logic. I'm not one of those people. At the very least I certainly hope they get better weapons than we do. Like RPG's & M60's. Do they?
