In Gaza’s Culture of Self-Destruction Yael Kaynan writes (via memeorandum):
The people in Gaza need to stop and take a good look at the culture and society that they are creating and begin to think hard about how they might begin to undo the damage to their social fabric that is, with every day that passes, increasing. They should begin their social re-engineering not for the sake of their Israeli enemies across the border, nor to increase their standing on the world stage, but rather for their own sakes because inculcating blind hatred, with a murderous twist, against another group has some unintended side effects for the culture that does the inculcating.When children are raised on a steady diet of hatred, disrespect for human life, and violence, those children grow up to be violent and with no regard for the life, or well-being, of others. And not just for “those†others but for all others, including those within their own society.
Of course when you live in a world more than 70 people get injured in a non-violent demonstration, that realization is pretty far away.
I find the Israeli demonstrations of non-violence a lot more convincing.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
