Survival of the Fittest: September 11th, 2001.
Early morning one day, at the age of 10, sitting down in a 5th grade classroom I had my first lesson on the destructive power of hatred, the meaning of terror, and war. I had heard all those words, but never had I seen them in action. Hatred was associated to vegetables and math, terror with Chuckie movies and the darkness of my … Read more
Adolescents or Terrorists?
Adolescence is described as the transitional period between puberty and adulthood– right? Kind of. In reality adolescence is a label meant to excuse the stupidity and insolence that characterizes the years of pubic hair growth and party animal behaviour. Some teenagers can develop antibodies that neutralize otherwise wild and stupid behavior, but in other cases not only does … Read more
Christmas Day Terrorism
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is the newest face in the war between Western civilization and radical Islam. Taking away protagonism from Santa Clause and the Grinch, the 23 year old Nigerian born allegedly attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas day. But perhaps what is even more aggravating is that US Intelligence– Intelligence: figuratively speaking of course– had … Read more
Heroes & Villains: Fort Hood Massacre
Why bother turning on the news anymore? Everything is desolation and calamities– haven’t we had enough? Yesterday, at Fort Hood in Texas, a US army psychiatrist– who definitely needs therapy himself– loaded some guns and shot dead 13 people and wounded some 28 more. Major Nidal Malik Hasan was a perturbed man, unfortunately lately the earth is filling … Read more
Free Gilad Shalit
Translation: “Hello, I’m gilad son of Noam and Aviva Shalit, Brother of Hadas and Yoel that lives in Mitzpeh Hila. My ID # is…, Today is Monday, September 14h 2009. As you can see I’m holding in my hand the today’s “Falastin” (Palestine) newspaper which is published in Gaza. I’m reading it in order … Read more
