tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post6461569574406773113..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: An Extra-Credit Mitzvah, In Memory of The Fogel Family, HaYa"DBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-31567296661790577982011-03-14T19:55:35.492+02:002011-03-14T19:55:35.492+02:00Bloue, I'd be more careful than that. I don&#...Bloue, I'd be more careful than that. I don't go into just any car.<br /><br />HS, you have a very distorted way of seeing things. I'm planning a post that may answer some of your points. It will be about the Arab reaction, based on what Arabs told a friend of mine.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-78522964015652679072011-03-14T19:38:07.744+02:002011-03-14T19:38:07.744+02:00Well, you know, some time ago, I stumbled on the p...Well, you know, some time ago, I stumbled on the paradoxon that ku-klux-klan members might be the best neighbours: friendly, affable, caring, always ready to help.<br /><br />Somehow I could not wrap my head around this: if they are so friendly, why are they ready to lynch innocent black people?<br /><br />The solution is really easy: They have a "Friend" modus and a "foe" modus: they are nice and helpful towards friends and hostile and agressive towards those they consider their foes.<br /><br />If you look back to humankinds history, you will find that humans tended to assemble into groups that often fought wars against other groups. So this behaviour makes sense in this context.<br /><br />Arab hospitality is legendary, and I suppose it still exists. But that does not keep them from fighting their foes, which might be us.<br /><br />The settler movement is also based on a lot of solidarity inwards, and a strong feeling of friend vs. foe outwards... As far as I understood, the settlers identify the following groups as foes:<br />1) Arab terrorists<br />2) Arabs in general<br />3) Muslims in general<br />4) Israelis who are ready to dismantle settlements<br />5) All foreign persons, nations or Institutions who think israel should go back to the pre-six-day-war-ceasefire linesHSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-87131745950515842162011-03-14T18:39:26.124+02:002011-03-14T18:39:26.124+02:00HS,
truth is, we, as living in yehuda or shomron w...HS,<br />truth is, we, as living in yehuda or shomron would give a lift to almost anyone who don't looks dangerous.<br />Can't count the times I helped people not religious or even arabs (help, yes, lift, never, too dangerous).<br />Because yes, most of our neighbours would love to gave us frees rides... to hell.Blouenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-69787638375597618172011-03-14T16:58:11.079+02:002011-03-14T16:58:11.079+02:00Shy, thanks
HS, who are you and why do you think t...Shy, thanks<br />HS, who are you and why do you think the Arabs are so nice?Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-31129472153882285802011-03-14T11:10:28.444+02:002011-03-14T11:10:28.444+02:00Aren't you a bit too quick in your comparisons...Aren't you a bit too quick in your comparisons?<br /><br />Did you check if your arab neighbours gave each other rides for free? I trust they do!<br /><br />Quite similar to your neighbouring arabs, the settler community has great solidarity "inwards", but also clear limits "outwards". <br /><br />I sometimes wondered how such gentle people as you describe here could be so cold, dismissive and even cruel towards people who do not belong to their group or share their opinions. There are gentle and good people who think the Goldstein massacre was a good thing. There are gentle and good people who say it is allowed to slay arabs, no matter who they are, how old they are. There are even very religious people who say it is a mitzwa.<br /><br />I am sure those same people will gladly give you a lift even go out of their way if you need it.<br /><br />I suppose your "neighbouring arabs" function more or less along the same lines: generous, giving and caring towards the members of their group and hostile towards the outside.HSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-39618199587566963622011-03-14T07:08:36.825+02:002011-03-14T07:08:36.825+02:00If I'm not mistaken, Rav Melamed, in one of hi...If I'm not mistaken, Rav Melamed, in one of his Revivim columns in B'sheva last year, stated that giving a ride to someone is Hachnasat Orchim. Letting someone come into your car is the same benefit as inviting someone into your home.<br /><br />Of course, needless to say, you still have to maintain the usual precautions of whom to let into you house and car in this day and age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com