paulsol wrote:
Apologies for ressurecting what would be considered 'old' news. But because I think this is important.
My point exactly.
In schools in Palestine, little 6 tear old kids sing Hamas songs, and are taught by their teacher that "resistance is not terrorism". There was a TV documentary on the BBC not long ago about this school in Gaza who's headmistress was also a Hamas candidate that had been elected to the Palestinian Assembly. Outside the school were two flags of Hamas, and inside pictures of their leaders. The crew doing the documentary asked the kids in school how many would want to grow up to be fighters, and over half raised their hands.
It doesn't mean that much, but it shows that hatred towards the opposite side is instilled at a very young age. All their lives, both Israeli and Palestinian kids are taught to hate the other side. The History they are taught in school is completely one-sided. Their heros are either "martyrs" or "leaders". And, from an extrmely early age, they attend funerals of other kids killed in the conflict.
This is one of he reasons this conflict has been going on for 50 years. Kids are taught their parent's hatred. And, in the process, are condemened to the same life of hatred and death. These kids die for their parent's mistakes.
In a funny way, this kinda relates to the gay foster home parents situation. "Normality" is whatever a child grows up with. Wether it's homosexual-love, or war, or hatred, or happy-peaceful community.
Kids are the future of man. Some people have understood this far too well.