tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post6453411498315161361..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Puños de Gaza and mestizo children on our border.Contributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-63135850549926265392014-07-21T13:04:01.623-06:002014-07-21T13:04:01.623-06:00Thelma, you are so right about our global civiliza...Thelma, you are so right about our global civilization not yet evolving. I was shocked and horrified when I first learned about honor killings, and the abuse of women which are tolerated in some of these societies. The persecution of guys is also intolerable. At least women and gay people have more rights in Israel. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07153574014877743619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-60025434522071214082014-07-20T21:36:17.967-06:002014-07-20T21:36:17.967-06:00Thelma and Sandra, I welcome your words and sentim...Thelma and Sandra, I welcome your words and sentiments. Colonialism--ours, Israel's, others'--created the present situations. They will be eventually solved by those who are being oppressed. The remainder of us are important only to the extent that we assist those oppressed.<br />RudyGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-37949365597487805002014-07-20T18:41:12.000-06:002014-07-20T18:41:12.000-06:00My ancestors from the southern region of New Mexi...My ancestors from the southern region of New Mexico did not want to coexist either with their occupier. Eventually my people were able to find a way to coexist peacefully, in spite of a history of early persecutions. Since it appears that Israel is not going away, it would benefit both sides to find a way to live in peace and avoid bloodshed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-50539189215542916332014-07-20T14:25:32.044-06:002014-07-20T14:25:32.044-06:00Rudy, what you say is all true. It's heartbrea...Rudy, what you say is all true. It's heartbreaking that our global civilization has not yet evolved to the point that the proverbial "red line in the sand" is the massacre or abuse/neglect of children--all children, any children, anywhere in the world. Imagine how different global society would be if not one country--not ONE anywhere on earth--allowed the maiming, terrorizing, or slaughter of children. If this red line stopped everyone dead in their tracks, caused them to stop whatever they were doing...to protect the children. Oh yes. How very, very different the world would be!Thelma T. Reynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301689369632221130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-5420994969262376952014-07-20T10:52:43.825-06:002014-07-20T10:52:43.825-06:00I don't blame families for sending their kids ...I don't blame families for sending their kids out of dangerous countries: the Jews did it with their children and many countries opened their doors. The rabid response on the part of some Americans to the plight of these children is shameful. There is no easy answer to the immigration question. Obama is following the law; the kids must go through the mandated procedure to find legal relatives in this country . . . until the law is changed. Let's put some economic sanctions on Latin American countries until they deal with this problem in their own countries. I fear that suitcases of American money goes into the wrong hands. Also, we should decriminalize drugs in the U.S. sramosobrianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182308696816343866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-74443383428860893442014-07-20T10:46:53.627-06:002014-07-20T10:46:53.627-06:00Reading a history of 19th century Richard Burton, ...Reading a history of 19th century Richard Burton, translator of Arabian nights. He traveled in the Middle East disguised as an Arab way before Laurence (of Arabia). The maps of Asia and the Middle East were way different back then. "Palestine" was plastered across a huge swath of land, including what is now Israel and Gaza. England had been busy for some time colonizing this and that, and let's not forget what America did with Manifest Destiny. I'm not saying this as an excuse for what's happening in the world now: in Palestine, in Russia,Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. Only that "history" makes it seem long ago, different people and a different time. Now, w/instantaneous news and cell phone feeds the brutality is up front and "living and dying" history. Colonization is so passe. It needs to stop.sramosobrianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182308696816343866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-66213553037195221302014-07-19T18:34:34.488-06:002014-07-19T18:34:34.488-06:00In response to the Anonymous, above: Both sides ca...In response to the Anonymous, above: Both sides cannot coexist, under the present conditions, because one side is the colonialist-style occupier and the other side is the Palestinian occupied people. I don't know any people individually nor as a group who would want to "coexist" with their occupier. The "change in position" that the oppressed is to throw off their oppression. Always has been. Poor children should be fed and well-treated--whatever that costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-64558463441998313682014-07-19T11:07:32.946-06:002014-07-19T11:07:32.946-06:00If Palestinians would stop shooting rockets at Isr...If Palestinians would stop shooting rockets at Israel and lay down their arms, there will be peace. Then both sides can coexist, but Hamas is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. They do not want to coexist with Israel, which is why there won't be peace in this area until Palestinians change their position. As for those poor children at the border, we need to feed them, treat their health issues, and secure the border because we cannot sustain the world's poor. That's just a sad reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com