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shanshee_allures Mar 3, 2009 18:24:48
Replying to handofdave

handofdave wrote:
Well, I'm in agreement with Jim on this. I think the Holocaust looms hugely in the mind of Israelis. How can it not?
I ain't disagreeing with either of you. I don't see why what I am saying is clashing in any way with what you are. All I am saying is ain't it possible that a government can use the 'device of the threat of terror' to keep a nation pinned to a certain way of seeing itself and the world in genreal. Obviously that would never happen, would it?
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handofdave Mar 3, 2009 18:39:01
Replying to shanshee_allures

shanshee_allures wrote:
handofdave wrote:
Well, I'm in agreement with Jim on this. I think the Holocaust looms hugely in the mind of Israelis. How can it not?
I ain't disagreeing with either of you. I don't see why what I am saying is clashing in any way with what you are. All I am saying is ain't it possible that a government can use the 'device of the threat of terror' to keep a nation pinned to a certain way of seeing itself and the world in genreal. Obviously that would never happen, would it?
The difference here is that the USA's perception of threat is based largely on government-encouraged hysteria, and the threat in Israel is based on daily reality. They're a tiny country surrounded by people that make no bones about their intention to slaughter Israelis.
Israel doesn't have to hype the threat of terrorism like the right wing in America does, because they've been living in the thick of it for years.