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>> Hi Andres
>>
>> Your results list is identical to mine.
>> To truly understand your uncle's point of view, take a look at Maus,
>> also a graphic book, by Spiegelman.
>> I am firmly in both camps. I don't mean on the fence either. I'm in
>> total sympathy with both sides. Not so odd. There are many, even a
>> majority of Israelis and Palestinians who know they could get along as
>> in fact they once did.
>> Especially if you have kids, the docu movie, Promises, gives quite a bit
>> of insight into how even children feel about the whole mess.
>
> Ruth: I am also sympathetic to both sides. I understand that Israel
> will not disappear and that there are a lot of people there that are
> for peace and could get along. I will take a look at Maus. Right now I
> am slowly reading "A History of Israel" by Sachar. It is over 800 pages
> and will take me a while. I am also trying to read Deleuze's
> "Difference and Repetition". It is a lot of fun, but very difficult and
> I read at the rate of five pages a day. I am also suppossed to do a
> review for a friend who wrote "A Ring side Seat to the Revolution"
> (David Romo). Its a book about the history of El Paso and Juarez from
> the late 1800s until 1927, or so. It talks about the Mexican
> revolution, the history of immigration in this country and the not so
> great honor that El Paso has, of using Cyclone B with migrants before
> the Nazis used it with Jews. It is written from the perspective of the
> people, sort of a la Howard Zinn.
>
> Talking about people getting along, "Gorazde" by Sacco is very
> interesting. It shows how Serbians and Muslims who grew up playing,
> drinking, going to school, shopping, living and partying together
> can, from one day to the next, start killing each other for no reason
> beyond the fact that we are all a bunch of horrible, unprincipled,
> unethical and ammoral creatures.
Perhaps we are too easily manipulated by our politicians. This quote is from
a German
but it could easily be refering to here in the UK. How about the USA ?
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a
farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to
come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want
war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That
is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who
determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people
along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a
parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can
always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have
to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for
lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in
any country." -Hermann Goering
>
> Anyways, next week I'll be in Tulum, Mexico, swimming with the fish,
> snorkeling all day, and drinking colorful stuff with little umbrellas
> while catching up on my reading.
>
> Andres
>
Joskin
