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Saturday, September 30, 2006

Afflicting the Soul


The name "Yom Kippur" means "Day of Atonement," and that pretty much explains what the holiday is. It is a day set aside to "afflict the soul," to atone for the sins of the past year. This year, Yom Kippur is October 1.

I'm not Jewish. If I were, I'd need more than one day. "The Day of Atonement absolves from sins against God, but not from sins against a fellow man unless the pardon of the offended person be secured." Some Jews in Israel might need a bit more than a day, too.
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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 2, 2006 at 4:00 PM

    This would appear to be a pro-Hezbollah, pro-Fatah, pro-Hamas, pro-PFLP post.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 2, 2006 at 10:29 PM

    Propose a policy alternative, Bernie. You can't attack people who hide among civilians without hitting some civilians - I know you don't intend to be pro-Hezbollah (hell, for those of us who are progressives, Hezbollah's worldview is totally anathema) - and you can't give 'em a free pass. What would you do?

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  3. Bernie O'HareOctober 2, 2006 at 10:45 PM

    There is little that Israelis can do when Hezbollah integrates into the civilian polulation. I understand. And I understand that Israel was dealing with missles being launched indiscriminately by barbarians. But an attack on a hospital? A lot of what happened was indiscriminate killing. And the assertion that Hezbollah had blended is not entirely accurate. Most of the missles launched came from bunkers, at least that is what Robert Fisk says.

    I know I would not attack a hospital. I would not attack an apartment building loaded with Lebanese civilians to get at a few Hizbollah fighters. I'd look for the bunkers.

    I think some of the Israelis overreacted in Lebanon.

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  4. Bernie O'HareOctober 3, 2006 at 9:38 AM

    FtHillDem, It's funny. My short posts usually yield many more comments than the long ones. I thought this was going to be an exception to that rule until yesterday.

    You make an important distinction. There's a big difference between Israel the state and Judaism. I don't believe that some of Israel's actions are consistent with Jewish principles. And I do think some Jews in Israel need to atone.

    Ehile Condi Rice, finally started working out the terms of a cease fire, Israel was launching missiles against an apartment building. There was no need for that.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 5, 2006 at 2:12 AM

    f/d--the point is the Arabs have caused this trouble from 1948 thru 1967, 1973 and present. Israel is always reacting, same as we are now.

    Religion is the mask of sanity behind which is the utter lunacy which has us killing each other over nothing.

    After 7000+ years of a thousand failed gods, it might be time to try something else.

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