Sabah Abu Halima, who lost her husband and four of her nine children in attacks on Gaza, prays for revenge and dreams of killing herself among Israelis
Sheera Frenkel in Gaza City and James Hider in Jerusalem
Two days after their last soldiers returned from Gaza, Israelis are asking increasingly whether the offensive had achieved anything other than spawning a new generation of potential suicide bombers. The three-week war enjoyed massive popular support at the time but, with the guns silent, scathing criticism is emerging from the Left and the Right of Israel’s political divide. The stated goal of Operation Cast Lead was to end Hamas’s constant rocket fire on southern Israel and weaken the Islamists’ grip on the territory. It has failed to achieve either. Hamas kept up its barrage of rockets to the very end of the campaign and has won new recruits for its cause. In Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Sabah Abu Halima, her body covered with burns from what are believed to be phosphorus shells, her husband and four of nine children dead, dreams of becoming a suicide bomber. “I pray to Allah that I will have revenge, I pray and dream of killing myself among the Israelis,” she says. “I hope that on the last day of my life I kill as many of them as possible and make myself a martyr.” Israel had hoped that its offensive would sow discontent with the Hamas movement, which had promised to turn the coastal territory into “a graveyard for Israeli soldiers”. Nearly 1,300 Palestinians were killed and thousands more wounded, according to local medics, while only 13 Israeli soldiers died — a statistic which allowed Israel to proclaim itself the victor of the war. The casualties have failed to dent support for Hamas, with many in the hardest-hit Gaza neighbourhoods pledging their allegiance to the Islamists. There have been muted calls for Hamas to show more flexibility in its ceasefire negotiations with Israel and allow time for residents to recover and rebuild their homes but most feel that Hamas has gained political and international legitimacy in recent weeks. “Hamas has reached a certain standing on the world stage. It is receiving attention and praise for what it did from other Arab nations,” said one Hamas activist. “Hamas’s political and military leaders are with the civilians. We are with the people. This is the victory of Hamas against the occupation,” said Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman. Some Israeli analysts tend to agree. “We have not weakened Hamas. The vast majority of its combatants were not harmed and popular support for the organisation has in fact increased,” said Gideon Levy, a prominent commentator for the centre-left daily Haaretz. “Their war has intensified the ethos of resistance and determined endurance.” Even Cabinet ministers who backed the offensive admitted that it had not achieved anything more than yet another shaky ceasefire with an Iranian-backed group that refuses to recognise Israel’s right to exist. “Hamas has not been taken out, nor will we be able to take them out,” said Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, the National Infrastructure Minister and veteran Labour Party politician. “Theirs is an ideology and not just a military organisation, and it will remain.” Criticism is even more scathing from the Israeli Right. “The soldiers succeeded, but the politicians failed,” said Avigdor Lieberman of the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu Party, which has seen its support grow since the conflict. “They didn’t let the army complete the operation. What was achieved here? Zip, nada.” Eli Yishai, the Finance Minister and head of the ultra-Orthodox religious party Shas, said that Israel should have kept fighting until Hamas was destroyed. “Now Hamas will rebuild its infrastructure with Iranian money and then they will resume the smuggling and continue firing at Israel. We should have finished the job – pull out the ground forces and continue striking from the air. “We should have hit thousands more houses and reached a point in which they don’t dare shoot at Israel ever again.” Gabriel Motzkin, an advocate of Israeli-Palestinian reform, said: “I’d say it was unclear what was achieved.” He pointed out that more than two years after the unpopular war in Lebanon critics label it a dismal failure while advocates claim that it has kept the northern border quiet. Hamas is believed to have about 1,000 missiles in its arsenal and there is no shortage of fresh volunteers at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. “I want to be a resistance fighter to avenge what has been done to my family,” says Yousef, Sabah Abu Halima’s injured 16-year-old son. “Nobody can guarantee that I will live anyway. The bombs can come back any day. I want to fight and I hope that I can be a member of the armed resistance.” TIMES ONLINE
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SANTIAGO, Chile, Diciembre 27 La comunidad palestina residente en Chile, la más numerosa fuera del mundo árabe, protestó este domingo frente a la embajada de Israel en Santiago, para expresar su molestia por los ataque israelíes en la Franja de Gaza que han dejado cerca de 300 muertos. El presidente de la Federación Palestina, Mauricio Abu Ghosh, dijo que estas movilizaciones se multiplicarán “de forma cada vez más creativa”, ya que en su pueblo “hay mucha efervescencia, porque lo que está pasando no se puede creer”. En declaraciones a Radio Cooperativa, la comunidad palestina también informó que se reunirá con el canciller Alejandro Foxley para manifestar su preocupación por el conflicto en Medio Oriente. En tanto La Moneda condenó “enérgicamente” los ataques perpetrados en la Franja de Gaza y que provocaron más de 280 muertos y 700 heridos, y expresó “su más profunda preocupación por la escalada de violencia que se vive en la región”. latam: reporte Copyright 2008 por United Press International
El presidente de la Federación Palestina en Chile, Mauricio Abu Ghosh, anunció que estas movilizaciones se multiplicarán “de forma cada vez más creativa”.
SANTIAGO.- La comunidad palestina residente en Chile protestó frente a la embajada de Israel en Santiago, para expresar su molestia por la ofensiva militar israelí en la Franja de Gaza.
El presidente de la Federación Palestina, Mauricio Abu Ghosh, anunció que estas movilizaciones se multiplicarán “de forma cada vez más creativa”, ya que en su pueblo “hay mucha efervescencia, porque lo que está pasando no se puede creer”.
De acuerdo a lo informado por Radio Cooperativa, la comunidad árabe también informó que se reunirá con el canciller Alejandro Foxley para manifestar su preocupación por el conflicto en Medio Oriente.
Ayer, el Gobierno condenó “enérgicamente” los ataques perpetrados en la Franja de Gaza y que provocaron más de 280 muertos y 700 heridos, y expresó “su más profunda preocupación por la escalada de violencia que se vive en la región”.
Protestas en el mundo
En esta jornada, las embajadas de Israel en varios países han sido objeto de protestas por parte de grupos que rechazan los ataques en Gaza.
En Londres, unas 700 personas se agruparon en las afueras de las instalaciones de la embajada israelí. La policía metropolitana dijo que hasta el momento se registran sólo tres detenidos.
En España, unas mil personas, entre ellas una importante representación de la colonia palestina en Madrid, se concentraron en la sede diplomática de Israel. Los manifestantes, convocados por la Asociación Hispano Palestina y Paz Ahora, y que portaban decenas de banderas palestinas y kurdas, corearon consignas en contra de la ocupación israelí y a favor de la lucha del pueblo palestino y la Intifada.
En un manifiesto, leído por la actriz española Alicia Hermida, se condenó duramente la pasividad de la comunidad internacional y la falta de apoyo al pueblo palestino.
Hana Cheikh Ali, de la Asociación Hispano Palestina, instó al Gobierno español, a la UE y al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU que pida a Israel que detenga los ataques contra la población civil palestina y le “exija responsabilidades”.
En Francia, en tanto, más de un millar de personas se manifestaron este domingo en sendas marchas en París para protestar por la ofensiva de la aviación israelí en Gaza. Según la policía, en la mayor de las manifestaciones participaron 1.300 personas, que ondearon banderas palestinas y banderolas con el lema “Stop a la masacre de inocentes”.
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DECLARAÇÃO DA VICE-PRIMEIRA-MINISTRA E MINISTRA DAS RELAÇÕES EXTERIORES DE ISRAEL, SRA. TZIPI LIVNI SOBRE OS CONFLITOS ENTRE ISRAEL E O GRUPO TERRORISTA HAMAS Embaixada de Israel 27 de dezembro de 2008 Os cidadãos israelenses estão sob ameaças de ataques partindo da Faixa de Gaza diariamente. Somente esta semana, centenas de míssies e morteiros foram lançados contra alvos civis israelenses incluindo o lançamento de 80 mísseis em um único dia. Até agora nós temos agido moderadamente. Mas hoje não há outra opção que não seja a operação militar. Nós precisamos proteger nossos cidadãos de ataques através de uma resposta militar contra o terror instaurado na Faixa de Gaza. Esta é a resposta de nossos direitos básicos de auto-defesa. Israel deixou Gaza em ordem para criar uma oportunidade de paz. Em retorno, o grupo terrorista Hamas tomou controle de Gaza e está usando seus cidadãos como cobertura, enquanto atacam deliberadamente comunidades israelenses e negam qualquer chance de paz. Nós temos tentado de tudo para alcançar a calma sem usar a força. Concordamos com a trégua após a intervenção do Egito e ela foi violada pelo Hamas que continuou a atacar Israel, mantiveram preso o soldado israelense Gilad Shalit e continuaram construindo armamentos. Israel continua a agir na prevenção de crises humanitárias e na diminuição dos danos causados aos civis Palestinos. Infelizmente o Hamas sinicamente abusa de sua população civil e os fazem sofrer com propósitos propagandistas. A responsabilidade dos danos causados aos civis é do Hamas. O Hamas é uma organização terrorista, apoiada pelo Iran, que não representa os interesses legítimos do povo Palestino, mas uma agenda Islamica radical que insiste a negar a paz para as pessoas daquela região. Enquanto confronta o Hamas, Israel continua a acreditar na solução de dois Estados e mantém seu comprometimento às negociações com a legitimidade da Autoridade Palestina no contexto do processo de paz, alcançado em Annapolis. Israel espera o apoio e o entendimento da comunidade internacional enquanto confronta o terror e avança no interesse de todos aqueles que acreditam nas força de paz e co-existência para derminar os interesses daquela região.
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, condemned the horrendous massacre perpetrated by Israel against unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip today, Saturday 27th December 2008. He pointed out that the recent Israeli massacre is a war crime that reflects Israel’s disregard for international law and for the Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. The massacre of innocent civilians reaffirms the urgent need for a serious and urgent action by the international community to put an end to Israel’s aggression against the Palestinian people and its disrespect for human values and for international laws and treaties that criminalize the targeting of civilians. He also called for the resumption and consolidation of the truce and for avoiding the targeting of civilians. Professor Ihsanoglu also urged the national Palestinian factions to engage immediately in a serious national dialogue in order to restore national cohesion, move out of their divisiveness, and face up to the difficult circumstances afflicting Palestinian cause. He emphasized that a call will be made to convene an urgent meeting of the OIC Executive Committee at the ministerial level to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip. He also called on the UN Security Council to move promptly in order to induce Israel to put an end to its violations and take action to protect the Palestinian people from the oppression and aggression of Israel.
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Palácio Itamaraty Nota nº 724 – 27/12/2008
Distribuição 22 e 23 Situação na Faixa de Gaza O Governo brasileiro acompanhou com apreensão a intensificação do lançamento de foguetes por milicianos do Hamas contra o sul de Israel e recebeu com grande preocupação a notícia do ataque aéreo israelense à faixa de Gaza na manhã deste sábado, que vitimou mais de 150 pessoas e causou ferimentos em outras 300.
A escalada da violência na região após o fim do cessar-fogo entre Israel e Hamas atinge especialmente a população civil e prejudica os esforços em favor de uma solução negociada e pacífica para o conflito israelo-palestino.
O Brasil deplora a reação desproporcional israelense, bem como o lançamento de foguetes contra o sul de Israel.
O Governo brasileiro conclama as partes a se absterem de novos atos de violência e estende sua solidariedade aos familiares das vítimas dos bombardeios desta manhã.
O Governo brasileiro reitera seu entendimento de que apenas a moderação e o diálogo construtivo poderão conferir ao processo de paz o impulso necessário para que avanços efetivos sejam alcançados, nos moldes do pactuado na Conferência de Annapolis.
December 29 2008, “Information Clearinghouse” — – It’s incomprehensible that a region such as the Gaza Strip, so rich with history, so saturated with defiance, can be reduced to a few blurbs, sound bites and reductionist assumptions, convenient but deceptive, vacant of any relevant meaning, or even true analytical value. The fact is that there is more to the Gaza Strip than 1.5 million hungry Palestinians, who are supposedly paying the price for Hamas’s militancy, or Israel’s ‘collective punishment’ whichever way the media decide to brand the problem. More importantly, Gaza’s existence since time immemorial must not be juxtaposed with its proximity to Israel, failure or success in ‘providing’ a tiny Israeli town – itself built on conquered land that was seen only 60 years ago as part of the Gaza province – with its need for security. It’s this very expectation that made the killing and wounding of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza a price worth paying, in the callous eyes of many. These unrealistic expectations and disregard of important history will continue to be costly, and will only serve the purpose of those interested in swift generalizations. Yes, Gaza might be economically dead, but its current struggles and tribulations are consistent with a legacy of conquerors, colonialism and foreign occupations, and more, its people’s collective triumph in rising above the tyranny of those invaders. In relatively recent history, Gaza became a recurring story following the 1948 influx of refugees, who were driven from their homes by Zionist militias or fled for their families’ sake, hoping to return once Palestine was recovered. They settled in Gaza, subsisting in absolute poverty, a situation that continues, more or less, to this day. The history of Gaza, and the place itself was largely irrelevant, if not revolting from the point of view of the refugees who poured into the Strip mostly from the south of Palestine, for it represented the pinnacle of their loss, humiliation and, at times, despair. It mattered little to the peasant refugees as they fled to Gaza that that they probably walked on the same ancient road that ran along the Palestinian coast when Gaza was once the last metropolis for travellers to Egypt, just before they embarked on an unforgiving desert journey through Sinai. So what if Gaza was described as the city, as told in the Book of Judges, where Samson performed his famous deed and perished. Christianity was relevant to the refugees insofar as a few of Gaza’s ancient churches provided shelter to the tired bodies escaping snipers, bullets and massacres. Even the strong belief amongst Muslims that Prophet Muhammad’s – peace be upon him – great-grandfather Hashem died on one of his journeys from Makkah to the Levant and was buried in Gaza, was largely sentimental. His shrine in Gaza City was visited by numerous refugees, who kneeled and prayed to God that they, some day soon, would be sent back to their humble existence, and their ways of life from which they have been forcefully estranged. But Gaza’s history became more relevant to the refugees when it appeared that their temporary journey to the Strip was likely to be extended. Only then the area’s many stories of conquerors, tragedies, triumphs but also sheer goodness, became of essence. A pilgrim to the Holy Land, who passed through Gaza in 570 AD, wrote in Latin, “Gaza is a splendid city, full of pleasant things; the men in it are most honest, distinguished by every generosity, and warm to friends and visitors.” Gaza’s history became even more relevant when the refugees realized that their violent encounters with Israel were not yet over, and that they needed the moral tenacity to survive what would eventually be viewed as one of most severe humanitarian catastrophes in recent memory. And indeed, there was much history to marvel upon, and from which to extract strength and substantiation. Conquerors came and went, and Gaza stood where it still stands today. This was the recurring lesson for generations, even millennia. Ancient Egyptians came and went, as did the Hyksos, the Assyrians, the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Ottomans, the British, and now the Israelis. And through it all, Gaza stood strong and defiant. Neither Alexander the Great’s bloody conquest of 332 BC, nor Alexander Janneus’s brutal attack of 96 BC broke Gaza’s spirit or took away from its eternal grandeur. It always rose again to reach a degree of civilianisation unheard of, as it did in the 5th century AD. It was in Gaza that the Crusaders surrendered their strategic control of the city to Saladin in 1170, only to open up yet another era of prosperity and growth, occasionally interrupted by conquerors and outsiders with colonial designs, but to no avail. All the neglected ruins of past civilisations were only reminders that Gaza’s enemies would never prevail, and would, at best, merely register their presence by another neglected structure of concrete and rocks. Now Gaza is undergoing another phase of hardship and defiance. Its modern conquerors are as unpitying as its ancient ones. True, Gaza is ailing, but standing, it people resourceful and durable as ever, defiant as they have always been, and hell-bent on surviving, for that’s what Gazans do best. And I should know, it’s my hometown. - Excerpts from this article will appear in Ramzy Baroud’s new book, My Father Was a Freedom Fighter – Gaza: The Untold Story (Pluto Press, London). -Ramzy Baroud ( http://www.ramzybaroud.net/ ) is an author and editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His work has been published in many newspapers, journals and anthologies around the world. His latest book is The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle (Pluto Press, London).
Hisham Abu Taha Arab News An injured Palestinian prisoner reaches for help after being buried in the rubble of the Hamas security headquarters and prison in Gaza after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike on Sunday. (AP)
GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes continued pounding the Gaza Strip yesterday as the casualty toll in the two-day offensive reached 296 killed and over 900 injured. At least 180 of the injured were in critical condition, Palestinian medical sources said. The UN Security Council urged an immediate end to all military activities in the Gaza Strip, but Israel brushed it aside and lined up tanks on the border of the coastal strip in apparent preparation for a ground invasion. Tel Aviv also called up reservists. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Jordan’s King Abdallah discussed Israeli hostilities in Gaza and other matters of mutual concern over telephone yesterday. The Saudi Shoura Council condemned Israel’s savage bombing in Gaza and called for immediate international intervention for the cessation of hostilities. In one airstrike yesterday, three missiles fired from an American-supplied F-16 fighter jet hit the main security compound known as Al-Sarayya in the center of Gaza City, completely destroying it. The compound included the Gaza Strip’s main prison. Dozens of Palestinian prisoners were seen escaping unharmed while others were trapped under the rubble. Shortly before targeting Al-Sarayya, the warplanes bombed a medical storage facility in Rafah city and a truck carrying fuel. On Saturday night, Israeli warplanes carried out 23 airstrikes including one on a mosque located near Al-Shifa Hospital. The warplanes also targeted the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa Television station. Israel’s Cabinet authorized a call-up of at least 6,500 reserve soldiers, suggesting plans to expand the offensive. Infantry and armored units were already headed to the Gaza border for a possible ground invasion. Defiant Palestinians kept up the pressure on Israel, firing dozens of rockets and mortars at border communities. Two rockets struck close to the largest city in southern Israel, Ashdod, some 38 km from Gaza, reaching deeper into Israel than ever before. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a fierce rival of Hamas, urged the group to renew a truce with Israel that collapsed last week. After meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, he told reporters: “We have warned of this grave danger and said that we should remove all pretexts used by Israel. We all hope to end the aggression and return to the calm. We want to protect Gaza.” Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said a renewal of the truce should be a priority. “There has been a calm and we should work to restore it,” said Aboul Gheit. Deputy Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk dismissed such talk and blasted Egypt for what he said was its attempt to weigh the actions of both sides equally. “Those who are calling for calm should tell the Zionist enemy to end the aggression,” Abu Marzouk told Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV from the Syrian capital of Damascus. Egyptian police fired in the air near the Gaza border town of Rafah yesterday to prevent Palestinians entering Egypt after Israel launched airstrikes to destroy tunnels along the tense frontier. “Dozens of civilians tried to break through the Barahma crossing after Israel launched airstrikes along the Gaza-Egypt border. They were repelled by Egyptian police firing in the air,” the official said. Some Palestinians managed to climb over the border wall into Egypt. Tensions on the border crossing, Gaza’s only one to bypass Israel, had risen during the day, with Egypt blaming Hamas for not letting wounded Palestinians through and Hamas asking for medical aid to be handed over. Hamas said it was drawing up lists of the wounded but it was proving difficult to transport them to the border because of the seriousness of their injuries and ongoing Israeli strikes. Several truckloads of aid are also waiting to be allowed into the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian security official said. — With input from agencies
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Não gosto dos termos “ateu” ou “agnóstico”. Quer dizer, não seus significados, mas quando utilizados como rótulos, mesmo quando são auto-conferidos. Fazendo uma pequena reflexão, ao ler os noticiários – pró ou contra Israel, Irã ou Hizbolá ou o Opus Dei – sobre as guerras, considero positivo que alguém passe a ficar com o pé atrás quando o assunto é religião e, mais ainda, declare não seguir nenhuma. O que não signifique, deixando bem claro, que não acredite em “algo maior que teria criado o Universo”. Mas, utilizando um chavão, religião serve de pretexto para mais e mais violência, cada qual “acreditando” fazer a vontade de seu Deus. Da mesma forma, julgo que o materialismo puro acaba servindo ao mesmo propósito, tornando-se assim – em meu modo de entender – pura crença.
( É duro ser leigo quando se tem a pretensão de falar sobre algo que não futebol ou automóveis )
Quando uma mãe reclama para a diretora do colégio que um professor de História ofendeu sua religião ao afirmar que – do ponto de vista disciplinar – a Bíblia é um ( bom, acrescento ) livro de História, temos uma bela amostra do obscurantismo invadindo o local em que este, em princípio, deveria ser colocado em questão. O mesmo vale para o Corão, Livro dos Mortos ou Torá – nem sei definir se tais leituras se incluem no quesito “religiosos”, pois também não sei definir “religião”, aquele “algo maior” a que me referi. Mas o materialismo puro não me comove – incluo aí a Ciência, a Razão, a Lógica ( da maneira que os entendo ) .
É duro ser leigo, etc…
Por quê essa conversa?
Bom. Para começar, acho intrigante que alguém possa “defender” as ações militares do Estado de Israel, sempre justificados como “legítima defesa”. O mesmo vale para as ações militares dos EUA no Oriente Médio.
Estou “defendendo” o terrorismo islâmico?
Não. Eu estaria inventando, se dissesse que o perigoso ( e bota perigoso nisso ) Bin Laden é cria do Ocidente? Não tenho de cabeça, mas acho que tornou-se clara a participação de ingleses e americanos nos conflitos, seja vendendo armas para grupos e países, tutelando reis, governos e ditadores, insuflando revoltas e golpes de Estado. Sou um comunista? Não. Mas não sou um “WASP” tupiniquim com espaço jornalístico a meu dispor e, se tivesse, não duraria muito. “WASP”? É. Outro dia, nesses blogs de “direita” ( outro conceito incompreensível para mim, como é “esquerda”, mas é outra história ) brasileiros, o cara falou que era “branco, heterossexual e cristão”. É? E devemos entender isso como virtude do cara? Olha, talvez, dependendo do nosso entendimento do que ele quis dizer com isso. Me pareceu excluir quem não fosse. Mas,o que percebi é uma total identificação com certo tipo de personagem, o tal “WASP”, mas adaptado para nossa, digamos, realidade: não se trata de um anglo-saxão, pra começo de conversa, e isso ele não se atreve a questionar; se procurar, deve ter sido pelo “NÃO” no Plebiscito ( como a direita americana ou aqueles caras que formam milícias e se escondem em cavernas, aguardando o Armageddon ), denuncia o Comunismo e o terrorismo islâmico e, muitas vezes, apesar de tentar passar a imagem de intelectual ( descolando-se, portanto da imagem de direitista bronco afeito a truculências, preferindo o confronto de idéias ) que vence facilmente as discussões teóricas com a esquerda, baixa o nível drasticamente, adquirindo a forma de um “rolo compressor” como aqueles colunistas de jornais ou TV americanos – tipo “O’Reily”, ou coisa que o valha, todos afinados com a democracia do Pentágono ( Aliás, teve um texto de um filósofo no jornal, que vi um praticamente semelhante num site direitista americano. Eu procurava levantar a capivara desse “Movimento Quero Mais Brasil”( sic ) e cheguei, sem esforço, a Oliver North. ) O Partido Democrata é a “esquerda” americana (“Two different parties, same financial bankers, same game, same corruption.”, diria Jello Biafra). O feminismo, os movimentos negros, os ecologistas, as Farcs, a Igreja Progressista – tudo é esquerda, para minha confusão. A referência a tão diversos sujeitos cria complicações para um leigo que, instintivamente, discorda do direitista. “Um tigre no seu tanque e um comunista debaixo de sua cama.”, deveria ser o mote desses caras. Em latim.
Por quê essas referências tão constantes à palavra “leigo”? Em minha curta vida, presenciei uma coisa me deixou eternamente na defensiva. Um sujeito, por meio de perguntas dirigidas a “X”, fez com que este concordasse com o primeiro, que disse que o nome de “X” era “Y”. Coisas que se aprendem no primeiro ano de Filosofia, mas aterrorizantes para mim: você não precisa ter razão!!! Tal forma de raciocínio tem nome, mas isso não interessa. Mediante alguma “manobra” intelectual, alguém que pôde se preparar antes de você ( ou seja, já vem armado ) pode te colocar em apuros, só para provar que você está errado, mesmo que ele propriamente não esteja certo. Alguns, em permanente disponibilidade e disposição para estabelecer uma discussão sobre algo que lhes interessa. O Vinícius diz que estes “defendem o indefensável”. Mas não me acalma. A disposição deles, em fazer disso seu cavalo de batalha me intriga. Mas, por outro lado, não surtem maiores efeitos, uma vez que não conseguem me convencer de seu ponto de vista. Eis o porquê de “leigo”: eu percebo claramente certos “furos”, muitas vezes claramente intencionais, com o propósito de confundir, mas me falta método, coisa que eles têm.
Mas, digam o que disserem, NÃO TÊM RAZÃO !!!
Agora, uma musiquinha.
***Religious Vomit*** Dead Kennedys
All religions make me wanna throw up
All religions make me sick
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All religions suck
They all claim that they have the truth
That’ll set you free
Just give ‘em all your money and they’ll set you free
Free for a fee
They all claim that they have ‘the Answer’
When they don’t even know the Question
They’re just a bunch of liars
They just want your money
They just want your consciousness
All religions make me wanna throw up
All religions make me sick
All religions make me wanna throw up
All religions suck
They all claim that they have the truth
That’ll set you free
Just give ‘em all your money and they’ll set you free
Free for a fee
All religions make me wanna throw up
All religions make me sick
All religions make me wanna throw up
All religions suck
They all claim that they have the truth
That’ll set you free
Just give ‘em all your money and they’ll set you free
Sabah Abu Halima, who lost her husband and four of her nine children in attacks on Gaza, prays for revenge and dreams of killing herself among Israelis
An injured Palestinian prisoner reaches for help after being buried in the rubble of the Hamas security headquarters and prison in Gaza after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike on Sunday. (AP)
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