Posted by
gnome1special on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:57:15 AM
It has begun. Somewhere between, 'the desire to preserve a culture at all costs' and, 'the desire to embrace (or force) change no matter what' must be a balance. Alright, so what is the gnome prattling about now?
On the news tonight I saw something I didn't think I'd ever see again; violence against someone's interests due to skin hue. It was senseless to the extreme. A restaurant specializing in Mediterranean cuisine was hit by arsonists who left the words 'Go home Arab', on the walls inside. The restaurant owner was from Israel! Now he's in the hospital and his restaurant ... who knows.
What is going on here? Not only would it be wrong to do such a thing to any person, but the people involved didn't take time to get their facts straight. It is the kind of thing that I fear when I see well-meaning conservatives ranting about how incompatible Islam is with Judeo-Christian society! Shame on us! Haven't we learned from our own history? Haven't we learned from world history?
Fear mongering is not the answer. I have certainly seen some valid and well-thought-out points out there about how to preserve our society during this changing time. But I have also seen too often people just venting in a way that is not so carefully worded. These times demand our care, not our carelessness! Let us THINK before we speak ... or type.