re: #238 Killgore Trout

A lot of our newer Lizards may not be as supportive. They probably avoid the debate because it can get ugly pretty quick.

I’d have to agree with you there. I don’t consider myself to be either pro- or anti-Israel (or Palestinian for that matter) becuase, as I’ve stated numerous times, I don’t really have a good understanding of the situation. I’m certainly against terrorism, but that hardly qualifies me as pro-Israel. I’m working on filling in the knowledge that I lack, but it’s going to take time as I intend to look into both sides of the story as fully as possible.

It does indeed get ugly here when the subject comes up, so, yeah, I’ll one of those be staying away if comes up as I don’t find strong emotional reactions particularly useful (that includes my own emotional reactions).

That being said, I guess this is as good a time as any to bring this up since no one is angry at the moment: One thing that does puzzle me is the strong attachment some people have to Israel. Obviously, I’m not surprised when Jews—regardless of how secular or religious they are—having a strong attachment to Israel. Ditto for people who have friends or family that are impacted by events there. But the rest…? *shrugs in bewilderment*

There is terror and slaughter and genocide going on all the time in the world, but it doesn’t seem that the same people feels as strongly about those instances as they do when it happens in Israel. I’m not criticizing anyone—as I said, I just find it puzzling.

So there you have it. Fire away.