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The gunmen demanded an apology from Denmark and Norway and said
citizens of the two countries would be prevented from entering the Gaza
Strip.>>
What ??? Do Scandinavian people actually see the Gaza Strip as a major tourist destination ???
I think we have the case of one group of people who've probably eaten
too much smoked fish and spent too much time in the cold, vs. another
group who've probably drunk too much black coffee. You know
you're slipping when you're burning Norwegian flags and banning people
from coming to a war zone.
I do not think it is a major world tourist destination.
Personally speaking, the Middle East isn't anywhere on my "list of
places I want to go" record. If I want to each Shawarama,
I can do it in Akihabara... And if I want to go some place hot
and with a lot of sand, I should point out that Atlantic City, NJ
happens to have not only the Atlantic Ocean and a beach full of broken
seas shells, monstrous jelly fish, remarkably salty water, and a
whole miscellaneous hodge podge of fun from discarded condom wrappers
and hyperdermic syringe needles to play with, but amusement parks and take out
Chinese restaurants to boot. And if you want danger, try going a
block from the casino 10 seconds after dark. It is not the
Israelis or Arabs who are going to kill you but good warm hearted
Americans who will mug and kill you just because they like your
sneakers (or need the money to buy CRACK.) Of course, a mile or
so
down, there is somewhat of a Jewish
occupation (a relative of mine has a house there) but the natives don't
really care much and they're probably smart enough to realize that they
get flooded every time it rains anyway, which is one of the advantages
to living in the low income high rise housing project .
But as for J. vs. A. (the Jews vs. the Arabs)
the way I see it is this. Both these people were once a
consortium of Nomadic Tribes who wandered back and forth around the
sweaty desert since the beginning of time. Like balls in a
pachinko machine,
yes, on occasion the cousins did battle and collide, but that was life
for them. They didn't have TV or video games to amuse themselves
in pre-Biblical times. Fighting over concubines, wells and
who did what in who's sand was the only entertainment they had. I
think the big problem came when the Toffee Eating British from N.
Europe came along and decided to SETTLE the land, as in building a
permanent infrastructure. The problem with this is that in
traditional Middle Eastern culture, the tribes set their tents, and
when the time came picked up and moved on. Maybe they left their
unseperatable trash behind, but the next people to come along were
probably delightful to pick through it for scraps. In the
case of the
Europeans, picking up and moving may have been in the agenda, but in a
different way. It was like a game of "tag" - - once they claimed
the land and said "you're it", in their view, it was theirs forever,
meaning you had to live by their rules and pay rent to them whether
they were there or not, and just to make sure you do, they'd always train goons (from among your people) to look over your shoulder...
With the advent of Judaism and Islam this became an even greater issue
since it united many of the tribes into a smaller number of peoples, all who
all their own land to claim and cling to. - - so when
things heated up, the Toffee Eaters decided to get out, but have one
last laugh... since they couldn't return things to the way it was, they
simply promised the same land to both people, went on their way and had
a jolly good laugh about it. Eventually, the Jews who
had been away on a milenium long vacation (ironically themselves in
Europe and later the Catskills) decided to come back home, and boom...
everyone was wanting to CLAIM and SETTLE the same land permanantly so they'd
have really nice places to play with the sea shells and build
sandcastles. Only the Jewish people got really good at
developing the land (doing to the Middle East what the Italian and
their own respective mafias did to Las Vegas) and they built some
pretty enviable cities that swung and were a real gas (atleast from a
middle eastern perspective.) And soon, people started playing
musical chairs, trying to grab whatever they could and push out whoever
they thought was necessary. Each time a land was claimed, a
chair was removed and the fight for the remaining chairs (or reclaiming
already claimed chairs) became more intense. Tribes fought
tribes, and in the end, even though tribal and ethnic differences
existed, the difference between the Jews and Arabs were enough to unite
all the fighting factions on one side against the other... and now
everyone is trying to take over the same casino and resort - - and all
being able to legitimately say that their ancestors once occupied the
land. SHIT, they all did... they were nomads. That's what nomads do... they wander in circles.
In the end, I think it is funny. After WWII many Jews
wanted their own land... Though the "Holy Land" had more of a
religious significance, and Siberia was just - - well well too freeze your balls off,
I think the whole problem could have been solved by giving the Jews NYC
and the Catskills... and letting the Arabs keep the Middle East and let
them Schvitz and fight among each other. Unfortunately, back
then even the U.S. was discriminatory and didn't EXACTLY want the Jews (or in that case the Arabs)
either (read VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED.) As a result, the Jews
wound up reclaiming their ancestral homeland.... and that is the mess
we are in Today... Two Nomadic peoples trying to claim each and every
piece of real estate that any of their ancestors ever shit, showered
and shaved at over a 10,000 year history, each and everyone believing
that not only do they own the same land, but being all too
willing to fight for and defend the sanctity of their land.
Personally speaking, I think both the Jews and Arabs need to come to
their senses. In terms of being a "Holy Land", yes, the
wonders of the middle east are culturally significant.... but trust me,
if you want to have, see a show, and enjoy the girls.. Las Vegas is the
place to be ! Both could unite and take it over in a day. As a foot note, the Chinese have taken over
my neighborhood back in Philly, and London is now over-run by the
Indians. Go figure...
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