Squeek
connoisseur of tidbits
Palestinians remind me of my brother, Tom, whom I loved dearly and the way he suffered in his brief life. Blessed with abundant intelligence and charm, he stood out as a child and as a teenager everywhere he went and was often admired.
But he became a victim of drugs and alcohol, things that ruined his life and bestowed him with a skewed perspective. He became less and less capable and eventually reached a point where all he managed to do was hold on.
Throughout his life his family and friends all offered him help, but he would have none of it. It reached a point of crisis when he began living on the street. I went to him, determined to make a breakthrough. I poured my heart out to him, but he didn't seem to understand. He finally reacted to my persistence with violence.
All I could do was turn around and walk away. That's a feeling I will never forget.
Palestinians need what my brother needed, and that's a clearer perspective. Offering reason to them while their society is dominated with its current violent mindset will get the same kind of results I got by offering reason to my drug-addicted brother. It just won't work, not until they get out of their destructive bind.
There are those that claim their cause can be championed equally on the Internet, and some seem to believe it. But it's all just "stinkin thinkin" to me.
But he became a victim of drugs and alcohol, things that ruined his life and bestowed him with a skewed perspective. He became less and less capable and eventually reached a point where all he managed to do was hold on.
Throughout his life his family and friends all offered him help, but he would have none of it. It reached a point of crisis when he began living on the street. I went to him, determined to make a breakthrough. I poured my heart out to him, but he didn't seem to understand. He finally reacted to my persistence with violence.
All I could do was turn around and walk away. That's a feeling I will never forget.
Palestinians need what my brother needed, and that's a clearer perspective. Offering reason to them while their society is dominated with its current violent mindset will get the same kind of results I got by offering reason to my drug-addicted brother. It just won't work, not until they get out of their destructive bind.
There are those that claim their cause can be championed equally on the Internet, and some seem to believe it. But it's all just "stinkin thinkin" to me.