Too bad the mother hates
She doesn't! And the brownies made it too, I'm just saving them for later. And feel better~ma. And when reading the cookies posts with Typo Boy's tagline... makes one ponder.
Typo Boy, I'll read that link later. But as for now, first: Israel is responsible, sure. But it's not the only responsible, and I think that's where we differ.
Second, I know Hamas aren't just terrorists. I know they did good things, too. I'm not sure how the situation you described will make the situation worse: it'll just make it different. Maybe actual "war", army vs. army (and it'll be suffice to say that no army ever won a guerrilla organization). But say that Hamas wouldn't have used the time, money and energy into terror since Israel evacuated the settlements from the Strip in the summer of 2005 (something that, btw, I was recruited to and was supportive of). Say it would have had invest them in building constructions, make the lives of the population there better. Even with the closure. Wouldn't the whole situation looked different by now? Now, I know that isn't the case, since it was one-sided. But they could have used it for so much more than just building up with weapon and gear.
How very Clueless!
I know! But that was the thing I admired most about that movie, so ...
Plus, it would be helpful on thrifting expeditions! I would (theoretically) stop picking up jackets and blouses that are almost exactly the same as stuff I already own! (Really. It would help. Why are you giving me that look?)
Writing a new GCS lesson, going dancing (I think - I'd better go email the Stunt Husband), and playing the create new outfits from the overstuffed wardrobes game. Which I find soothing.
Sounds fun! Your lesson before last broke me. I need to learn how to play the new outfit game. I've bought some pretty new pieces lately, but I need to make outfits out of them.
Maybe buying a stereo.
Mine's all 10-7.
Shir, never said Israel was only one responsible. I say Israel hasthe main responsibility.
Um and when I said Hamas was not only terrorist, my point was that terrorism was not the worst thing about them, that if they stopped being terrorist because they had more military power that would make them worse, not better. So I was being more critical of Hamas in one way than you are.
The point is that to focus on terror is to focus on the wrong problem Right now you have an enemy actively seeking to eliminate Israel by force. That force being terror is not the worst thing about them. It is a sign of their weakness and one reason a deal is still possible, because they are still dealing from a position of weakness.
Hamas has many factions, but they fall into two categories. There are the factions who don't want a deal who the conflict to go on a long long time in hopes that something will happen to change the balance of power. And you have the factions who want a deal now to spare their people decades of suffering. A serious and genuinely generous offer of a deal by Israel would strengthen the second over the first. There are a lot of other factors. For example a more rational U.S. that reached out to Syria and Iran might be able to get them to put some pressure on Hamas to respond to such an offer if it were made.
In case you've run out of fantasies.
Hmm, a fanfic character generator . . .
What are people doing this weekend?
Hanging out with my sister, mostly. Maybe going to synagogue. Arguing with my sister about where to go for brunch. (She wants to go somewhere "nice," most likely meaning Georgetown and expensive. I want to go somewhere where they actually serve brunch food I eat, which means Adams Morgan and kind of grungy. If she wins, I get a fruit cup for brunch.)
The menu at my sister's choice for brunch includes a bananaccino smoothie, smoked salmon omelet, and Eggs Chesapeake (which is Eggs Benedict with crabmeat instead of the Canadian bacon.) The menu at my choice includes chili cheese tofu scramble, tempeh bacon, and Texas toast. I'm not sure we can compromise. (And I'd thought my suggestion WAS a compromise, since it also serves eggs and meat and stuff -- I could have suggested Soul Vegetarian, which is all vegan.)
Point taken now, Typo Boy. Got nothing more to add.
