tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292512.post6561418714786369567..comments2023-08-22T01:39:55.899-07:00Comments on I Saw it in Palestine: j_in_palestinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00569151668511843956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292512.post-55274056925833675302007-05-22T10:48:00.000-07:002007-05-22T10:48:00.000-07:00Thanks, Dean. This is one of the nicest comments ...Thanks, Dean. This is one of the nicest comments I've ever received. Glad to hear someone else is ready to engage. With lots of people doing what we're doing, things will get better. Maybe even soon.j_in_palestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569151668511843956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17292512.post-69841910544515950802007-05-18T07:01:00.000-07:002007-05-18T07:01:00.000-07:00I was ready for a good cry anyway, but this post a...I was ready for a good cry anyway, but this post absolutely opened the flood gates. <BR/><BR/>It's so nice to know that someone else is struggling to connect with their heart in a world filled with despair. I can relate particularly to your list - especially the nominees for president. <BR/><BR/>Don't worry. I think someone has a plan to get us out of this mess. There's a great scene in Brave Heart where Mel Gibson's character is hunkered down under a shield to repel a barrage of arrows from the English, and the Irish prince fighting beside him says from under his own shield - I talked to God this morning and he told me He is going to get me out of this mess. But He told me He doesn't know about you! <BR/><BR/>Your experiences feel so much like mine. I guess it's because we are all made of the same flesh. I have been trying to engage on the injustice in Palestine and I have been reading some of the Palestinian news feeds. I just go crazy knowing that my country is partly responsible for what is going on there and could put a stop to it in an instant if we had a just leader. I will spare you a rant on that and stay on you topic, which is how to find hope. <BR/><BR/>Besides checking in here regularly for a dose of inspiration, I am committed to talk about injustice in Palestine to anyone who will listen. <BR/><BR/>I had a blog going for a while and sometimes I posted on the topic at DailyKos ... but the proponents of Israel there are absolutely stifling. . <A HREF="http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2007/05/16/daily-kos-quote-iof-you-are-peace-maker-quote-palestinian-you-are-a-terrorist/" REL="nofollow">They've even started banning people</A> for speaking out for justice in Palestine. I never thought that would happen in my whole life. I always thought that progressives were interested in social justice until now. But they're acting like Philistines.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to poison your beautiful post with a sign post pointing to Perdition, but I believe as you do that people need to testify for justice no matter how many times we get struck down. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to start engaging too and if enough of us get busy the work will go much faster. I'm going to restart my blog and I'm going to sing to the mountain tops.<BR/><BR/>Many hands make short work.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your work for peace.<BR/><BR/>DeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com