Comments on: Motorcycle Diaries Part VIII http://arabcomment.com/2007/motorcycle-diaries-part-viii/ where the Arab world thinks out loud Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Iron Lion http://arabcomment.com/2007/motorcycle-diaries-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Iron Lion Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:24:14 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/arabcomment.com/?p=37#comment-791 <strong>Posting articles in comment sections is extremely poor form. Try expressing original thought on the matter instead. - Editor. </strong> Posting articles in comment sections is extremely poor form. Try expressing original thought on the matter instead. – Editor.

]]> By: Mahmud Al Yaseeny http://arabcomment.com/2007/motorcycle-diaries-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Mahmud Al Yaseeny Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:34:32 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/arabcomment.com/?p=37#comment-790 man you whip ass. god bless you and Palestine . LONG LIVE PALESTINE man you whip ass. god bless you and Palestine .

LONG LIVE PALESTINE

]]> By: Owl http://arabcomment.com/2007/motorcycle-diaries-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Owl Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:40:17 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/arabcomment.com/?p=37#comment-788 That gave me goosebumps. Thank you. That gave me goosebumps. Thank you.

]]> By: Gene M. http://arabcomment.com/2007/motorcycle-diaries-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Gene M. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:53:27 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/arabcomment.com/?p=37#comment-787 Excellent! Well thought out, well written. A bit of a masterpiece, really. Excellent! Well thought out, well written. A bit of a masterpiece, really.

]]> By: lowrads http://arabcomment.com/2007/motorcycle-diaries-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-786 lowrads Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:01:57 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/arabcomment.com/?p=37#comment-786 Attachment to place is a pathology virtually unknown in deracinated cultures predominant in North America, and Australia. The sooner people and governments become non-sectarian, the more likely they will survive the challenges of the coming decades. While both the governments of Israel and Palestine in no uncertain terms endorse and pursue ethnic cleansing, Israel is the worrying example of a regressed liberal society. The recently failed maneuver to block minority parties in the Knesset is the clearest example of what is gripping a virtually rogue nuclear power. I don't have any ill will against Jews or Arabs. If there is such a thing as a "model minority," Jewish people have certainly been that in liberal societies, and have been key supporters of democracy tempered by minority and individual rights. I could learn to love Arabic culture if they would learn to love something besides themselves and religion. I should reserve that criticism for my own culture as well. Learning to love one subject is usually the start of all higher attempts at education. Most of the Jihadists are middle class though, and that complicates my hopes for a more just and secure future. Regardless, if conflict between the theocratic world and the liberal world is an Hegelian inevitability, then Israel is a poor proxy. Attachment to place is a pathology virtually unknown in deracinated cultures predominant in North America, and Australia. The sooner people and governments become non-sectarian, the more likely they will survive the challenges of the coming decades.

While both the governments of Israel and Palestine in no uncertain terms endorse and pursue ethnic cleansing, Israel is the worrying example of a regressed liberal society. The recently failed maneuver to block minority parties in the Knesset is the clearest example of what is gripping a virtually rogue nuclear power.

I don’t have any ill will against Jews or Arabs. If there is such a thing as a “model minority,” Jewish people have certainly been that in liberal societies, and have been key supporters of democracy tempered by minority and individual rights. I could learn to love Arabic culture if they would learn to love something besides themselves and religion. I should reserve that criticism for my own culture as well. Learning to love one subject is usually the start of all higher attempts at education. Most of the Jihadists are middle class though, and that complicates my hopes for a more just and secure future.

Regardless, if conflict between the theocratic world and the liberal world is an Hegelian inevitability, then Israel is a poor proxy.

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