Lamb of God Who Takes away the Sins of the World, Grant us Peace.
Being Roman Catholic, I've respected all previous Popes of modern times but Pope Francis is the first Pope I've loved--the man is batting a thousand. Mind you, I look for evil everywhere but I have yet to see even a smudge of it with regard to our present Pope.
Vatican to Recognize Palestinian State in New Treaty - NYTimes.com
The Palestinians deserve their homeland and they deserve recognition from the entire world. Israel got it's status and they should back away from their imperialism. They should stop buying unnecessary weapons and use their money to rent land from the Palestinians until they can figure out a way to extend their shoreline into the sea like the Japanese are doing, or build vertically like everyone else has done.
Come on, Israelis, find the solution!
I've supported the Palestinian unconditionally in the past but I've gotten a wee bit of sympathy for Israel because I've encountered difficulties with my Palestinian neighbor--mostly due to his English-speaking wife. I don't know if this is a characteristic of the woman or of the race but in any argument, she comes up with the most ridiculous logic I've ever encountered. For instance, a few months ago, I said to her, "you got paint on my truck when you did your porch." "Oh," she replied, "It was my daughter." I expected an apology being that there was an admission of having been involved but she continued, "it was windy. What did you want her to do?" "Duh, how about not paint when it's windy." At this point I raised my voice and she said, "Why are you getting all huffy and puffy?" I left.
More recently, their family car entered my driveway and I went out there to claim my rights and to impress upon the husband that they may get away with that in Palestine but here in the U.S., you can't trespass. The daughter's explanation was that she found herself hemmed in by traffic on the narrow street where we live. "What was I supposed to do?" she asked me. I told her what she should have done but she would have no part of it and started getting nasty with me. I then told her father that I would call the police if they put their car in my driveway again. "No problem," he said with his limited vocabulary. Now, prior to heading out, I had seen on my CCTV that they had had their side door open and had stayed there for several minutes. Unfortunately, I had been drinking (I find it a necessity when playing any instrument) and not all the facts were clear in my mind but, in retrospect, I seriously doubt that she would have entertained any of MY logic--inebriated or not. The whole thing was also unfortunate because she had seemed sympathetic when I initially mentioned to her that I had reinforced my fence to prevent her little cousins from crossing my property to get to her house (I had explained what I knew lawyers could do in the event any of them were injured on my property) but with regard to her illegal parking, she had spoken with a sense of absolute privilege. In my heart of hearts I believe that the Father has no idea what despotic women his wife and daughter are.
There is something more to the Palestinian woman, I think. They act as if it's their gender against ours but in their own homes, they are unable to express their frustration because with a Muslim husband, they can't cross "that line" as readily as American women do. So, I believe they are prone to take it out on non-Muslim males (just a thought).
I say this because the wife had wanted some apples from my tree (the tree was barely two years old and I had not had any apples myself). Rather than approach me about it, she went to my mother-in-law to ask for apples. Now, that's another thing the Palestinian doesn't know about the average American who, after a decade of living with his in-laws, loses all respect for them (I had been with mine for 40 years). I believe the Palestinians revere their in-laws and, why not, they share a great deal of DNA but that's not the case here in the U.S. where nationalities and races are constantly intermarrying and in-laws are foreigners even when they speak the same language.
From that Macintosh moment on, it has been downhill and I've struggled with finding a way of telling the husband why I threatened to call the police on him--a man whose only weirdness was that one day as we exchanged pleasantries, he suggested that we tear down the fence between our yards.
Perhaps he thinks that the U.S. should be different and not have fences like those that Israel keeps putting up and he figured he could start with me. That's noble but it comes from a man whose ancestors were itinerant. That may be the crucial Middle East difficulty right there. The Palestinian wants to remain free to come and go as he pleases but its a way of life that very few people in Western society embrace for themselves or tolerate in others. But I believe there is hope because that Bedouin spirit is fast becoming vestigial in the Palestinian. One can only hope. [this does not in the least excuse Israel's fences on land which no other country has said they could have].
Finally, my advice when dealing with a Muslim man who does not speak English is to get a translator who is not a female member of his family for they are really something to reckon with.
Vatican to Recognize Palestinian State in New Treaty - NYTimes.com
The Palestinians deserve their homeland and they deserve recognition from the entire world. Israel got it's status and they should back away from their imperialism. They should stop buying unnecessary weapons and use their money to rent land from the Palestinians until they can figure out a way to extend their shoreline into the sea like the Japanese are doing, or build vertically like everyone else has done.
Come on, Israelis, find the solution!
I've supported the Palestinian unconditionally in the past but I've gotten a wee bit of sympathy for Israel because I've encountered difficulties with my Palestinian neighbor--mostly due to his English-speaking wife. I don't know if this is a characteristic of the woman or of the race but in any argument, she comes up with the most ridiculous logic I've ever encountered. For instance, a few months ago, I said to her, "you got paint on my truck when you did your porch." "Oh," she replied, "It was my daughter." I expected an apology being that there was an admission of having been involved but she continued, "it was windy. What did you want her to do?" "Duh, how about not paint when it's windy." At this point I raised my voice and she said, "Why are you getting all huffy and puffy?" I left.
More recently, their family car entered my driveway and I went out there to claim my rights and to impress upon the husband that they may get away with that in Palestine but here in the U.S., you can't trespass. The daughter's explanation was that she found herself hemmed in by traffic on the narrow street where we live. "What was I supposed to do?" she asked me. I told her what she should have done but she would have no part of it and started getting nasty with me. I then told her father that I would call the police if they put their car in my driveway again. "No problem," he said with his limited vocabulary. Now, prior to heading out, I had seen on my CCTV that they had had their side door open and had stayed there for several minutes. Unfortunately, I had been drinking (I find it a necessity when playing any instrument) and not all the facts were clear in my mind but, in retrospect, I seriously doubt that she would have entertained any of MY logic--inebriated or not. The whole thing was also unfortunate because she had seemed sympathetic when I initially mentioned to her that I had reinforced my fence to prevent her little cousins from crossing my property to get to her house (I had explained what I knew lawyers could do in the event any of them were injured on my property) but with regard to her illegal parking, she had spoken with a sense of absolute privilege. In my heart of hearts I believe that the Father has no idea what despotic women his wife and daughter are.
There is something more to the Palestinian woman, I think. They act as if it's their gender against ours but in their own homes, they are unable to express their frustration because with a Muslim husband, they can't cross "that line" as readily as American women do. So, I believe they are prone to take it out on non-Muslim males (just a thought).
I say this because the wife had wanted some apples from my tree (the tree was barely two years old and I had not had any apples myself). Rather than approach me about it, she went to my mother-in-law to ask for apples. Now, that's another thing the Palestinian doesn't know about the average American who, after a decade of living with his in-laws, loses all respect for them (I had been with mine for 40 years). I believe the Palestinians revere their in-laws and, why not, they share a great deal of DNA but that's not the case here in the U.S. where nationalities and races are constantly intermarrying and in-laws are foreigners even when they speak the same language.
From that Macintosh moment on, it has been downhill and I've struggled with finding a way of telling the husband why I threatened to call the police on him--a man whose only weirdness was that one day as we exchanged pleasantries, he suggested that we tear down the fence between our yards.
Perhaps he thinks that the U.S. should be different and not have fences like those that Israel keeps putting up and he figured he could start with me. That's noble but it comes from a man whose ancestors were itinerant. That may be the crucial Middle East difficulty right there. The Palestinian wants to remain free to come and go as he pleases but its a way of life that very few people in Western society embrace for themselves or tolerate in others. But I believe there is hope because that Bedouin spirit is fast becoming vestigial in the Palestinian. One can only hope. [this does not in the least excuse Israel's fences on land which no other country has said they could have].
Finally, my advice when dealing with a Muslim man who does not speak English is to get a translator who is not a female member of his family for they are really something to reckon with.
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