tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post5521411143145970796..comments2024-03-12T19:57:41.861+00:00Comments on THINKING CATHOLICISM: ARE YOU FOR ISRAEL OR PALESTINE?Thinking Catholicismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-22137333984270610292014-07-24T22:34:21.559+01:002014-07-24T22:34:21.559+01:00I don't think you should be quite so judgmenta...I don't think you should be quite so judgmental about others. Silence often means many things. Many a true statement is followed by silence as one has nothing more to add. I read this and it reminded me of a conversation with a friend this week and about Israel and Palestine. I very quickly wanted to keep quiet as I realised we were debating someone else's nightmare and terror. Sometimes like this blog says we should stop the remote commentary. It seems to me that we today have all too much to say and little wisdom. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-1314052983951491792014-07-24T14:22:06.248+01:002014-07-24T14:22:06.248+01:00Further reflection (while running in the forest, ....Further reflection (while running in the forest, ...best place for thinking!) led me to wonder if the absence of comment you lament of may be related both to the fact that the conflict is seen as "far off", not particularly relevant to people "here", mostly in Ireland, and being far removed from readers' personal experience, they don't feel they can usefully contribute.<br />Other factors may be a realisation both/either of the sheer hopelessness of it all and the pointlessness of contributing?<br />MournemanMichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-63049446801382290012014-07-24T11:09:37.723+01:002014-07-24T11:09:37.723+01:00Hi Anonymous.
Had I not been away for a few days, ...Hi Anonymous.<br />Had I not been away for a few days, and "wi-fi'd" out, (cycling around Rathlin Island), I certainly would have complimented Pat's spot on comments on this unfolding tragedy. <br />I've learned a lot recently from other on line blogs and commentaries on the Israel/Palestine conflict, particularly about the Hamas tactics and apparant provocation. While we certainly cannot condone excessive "defensive" (?) retaliation by Israel, we can place it in perspective.<br />Pat's blog is very fair comment, and correct in that the only resolution is through give and take negotiation. Unfortunately, the future of the ordinary people are in the hands of the extraordinary, .....the power hungry versed in the dark arts of manipulation.<br />MourneMan MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-67195290157980786742014-07-24T09:58:14.115+01:002014-07-24T09:58:14.115+01:00You make an excellent point.
Its one of the probl...You make an excellent point.<br /><br />Its one of the problems about being a Blogger<br /><br />PatThinking Catholicismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589713565062075036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543129696041324861.post-79486820324395346162014-07-24T07:55:22.010+01:002014-07-24T07:55:22.010+01:00I find it very sad, yet very telling, that this ex...I find it very sad, yet very telling, that this excellent and important posting has attracted not one single comment until now. I have been waiting to see if anyone would post one. Yet when you post blogs about the church, popes, bishops, scandals, priests with big penises...inundated with comments! What does it say I wonder? Children being murdered as we speak by the state terrorists of Israel = no comments. Ecclesiastical tittle tattle = numerous comments. We are a fickle and shallow lot on here. (not even the ever present, ever vocal Sean has anything to say). Oh the pity of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com