re: #99 Obdicut

…Propaganda can be reversed. Japan went from our dire enemy of evil monkey-men who all had twisted brains to our ally and international friend, full of funky fun people and weird comedy shows.

I think that analogy won’t work. Japanese were not “evil” in Americans’ eyes until the late 30’s, and even then it took government propaganda to convince them so, in light of Pearl Harbor made an easy job.

America prized Japan so much we sent war ships there in the 19th century to force them to open up to us.

There are no productive parallels between Japan-US and the feelings of those in Gaza towards Israel.

The anti-semitism we see today in Gaza has very deep roots, was not invented in 1948 but taps into much older hatred.

It’s that religious/ethnic hatred that I am quite convinced I am powerless to fix. First, its too far removed from me, secondly the participants are hardly listening.