What do normal people - think of Israel?

President Rivlin: Time to admit that Israel is a sick society that needs treatment.

Rivlin was speaking at the opening session of a conference entitled "From Hatred of the Stranger to Acceptance of the Other," on the escalation of tensions between Jews and Arabs.

"The time has come to admit that Israel is a sick society, with an illness that demands treatment", President Reuven Rivlin said at the opening session on Sunday of a conference on From Hatred of the Stranger to Acceptance of the Other.

Both Rivlin and Prof. Ruth Arnon, president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, which organized the conference at its premises on the capital’s Jabotinsky Street, spoke of the painful and bloody summer, and the resultant resurgence of animosity between Arabs and Jews that had escalated to new heights.

Referring to the mutual expressions of hatred and incitement, Arnon said that Jews, who in the Diaspora had been exposed to anti-Semitism and persecution, should be more sensitive to the dangers of incitement. “But are we?” she asked.

Rivlin wondered aloud whether Jews and Arabs had abandoned the secret of dialogue.

With regard to Jews he said: “I’m not asking if they’ve forgotten how to be Jews, but if they’ve forgotten how to be decent human beings. Have they forgotten how to converse?” In Rivlin’s eyes, the academy has a vital task to reduce violence in Israeli society by encouraging dialogue and the study of different cultures and languages with the aim of promoting mutual understanding, so that there can be civilized meetings between the sectors of society.

He urged the academy to take on this challenge and to eradicate the violence that threatens to scar Israel’s image.

President Rivlin Time to admit that Israel is a sick society that needs treatment


I have to say, he has expressed things very clearly.
And it is refreshing to hear voices from Israel that do not advocate increased violence to "solve" issues that past levels of violence have been unable to solve.


"I have to say, he has expressed things very clearly....."



"What do normal people think of israel.."




"The time has come to admit that Israel is a sick society, with an illness that demands treatment"






..and speaking of "a sick society..."



 
Gee, I wonder why that is.
They're just jealous because I'm not married and can say whatever is on my mind. They're married and have to watch their mouths'. And on a few occasions, they used it to their advantage.

One time when we all went to Lake Havasu and me and the boy's went over to a place called Copper Canyon. It's a pretty famous spring break hangout where people tie their boats together, party like crazy and girls take their tops off. They got this big rock that goes up about 60 feet off the water and a lot of people like to jump off it (I did twice). Anyway, to make a long story short, the "wives", had warned my buddy's not to go there. I don't know how they found out, but when we got back, they were breathing fire and loaded for bear. They go, "Why the **** did you go to Copper Canyon, when we deliberately told you not to?" And my friends responded, "What do you expect, we were with him!" As they pointed to me.
 
Gee, I wonder why that is.
They're just jealous because I'm not married and can say whatever is on my mind. They're married and have to watch their mouths'. And on a few occasions, they used it to their advantage.

One time when we all went to Lake Havasu and me and the boy's went over to a place called Copper Canyon. It's a pretty famous spring break hangout where people tie their boats together, party like crazy and girls take their tops off. They got this big rock that goes up about 60 feet off the water and a lot of people like to jump off it (I did twice). Anyway, to make a long story short, the "wives", had warned my buddy's not to go there. I don't know how they found out, but when we got back, they were breathing fire and loaded for bear. They go, "Why the **** did you go to Copper Canyon, when we deliberately told you not to?" And my friends responded, "What do you expect, we were with him!" As they pointed to me.


"They're just jealous because I'm not married and can say whatever is on my mind. They're married and have to watch their mouths.'"



"THEY'RE" - must be miserable then.....................................is it for tax purposes ? "property" issues ? is it the money ? how come "they're:" "have to watch their mouths?"


 
"They're just jealous because I'm not married and can say whatever is on my mind. They're married and have to watch their mouths.'"



"THEY'RE" - must be miserable then.....................................is it for tax purposes ? "property" issues ? is it the money ? how come "they're:" "have to watch their mouths?"


Haven't you ever heard the saying, "A happy life, is a happy wife?"
 
Gee, I wonder why that is.
They're just jealous because I'm not married and can say whatever is on my mind. They're married and have to watch their mouths'. And on a few occasions, they used it to their advantage.

One time when we all went to Lake Havasu and me and the boy's went over to a place called Copper Canyon. It's a pretty famous spring break hangout where people tie their boats together, party like crazy and girls take their tops off. They got this big rock that goes up about 60 feet off the water and a lot of people like to jump off it (I did twice). Anyway, to make a long story short, the "wives", had warned my buddy's not to go there. I don't know how they found out, but when we got back, they were breathing fire and loaded for bear. They go, "Why the **** did you go to Copper Canyon, when we deliberately told you not to?" And my friends responded, "What do you expect, we were with him!" As they pointed to me.

If you were kind enough to share your personal life, you won't mind me asking why you chose not to marry? you're gay or you just want to be an eternal bachelor? never mind, I personally don't get what's so great about that, but I'm a girl, so we naturally see marrige in a different way.

I'm not against having fun, boys are like that, but when I was a little girl, my english teacher was a very old lady from south africa, a very nice woman. Anyhow, one day when I passed her house, I saw her and her huband Max on their way back home from buying Challah for Shabbat, and they were walking slowly, holding hands, careless, oblivious to the world.

Both of them over 80.

And I thought, how nice it must feel, to have that kind of marriage. When you grow old it's not about sex or beauty or popularity, it's about trust, and friendship, and someone to share your last days with. I dunno, it sounds pretty awesome to me.
 
If you were kind enough to share your personal life, you won't mind me asking why you chose not to marry? you're gay or you just want to be an eternal bachelor? never mind, I personally don't get what's so great about that, but I'm a girl, so we naturally see marrige in a different way.

I'm not against having fun, boys are like that, but when I was a little girl, my english teacher was a very old lady from south africa, a very nice woman. Anyhow, one day when I passed her house, I saw her and her huband Max on their way back home from buying Challah for Shabbat, and they were walking slowly, holding hands, careless, oblivious to the world.

Both of them over 80.

And I thought, how nice it must feel, to have that kind of marriage. When you grow old it's not about sex or beauty or popularity, it's about trust, and friendship, and someone to share your last days with. I dunno, it sounds pretty awesome to me.
I lived with someone for 16 years. We lived like we were married, but always considered ourselves single. She passed away in 2010. You know that saying, "The passage of time, will make it hurt less". That's not true! It just makes it hurt less often.

So hey, how about that Giants game?
 
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If you were kind enough to share your personal life, you won't mind me asking why you chose not to marry? you're gay or you just want to be an eternal bachelor? never mind, I personally don't get what's so great about that, but I'm a girl, so we naturally see marrige in a different way.

I'm not against having fun, boys are like that, but when I was a little girl, my english teacher was a very old lady from south africa, a very nice woman. Anyhow, one day when I passed her house, I saw her and her huband Max on their way back home from buying Challah for Shabbat, and they were walking slowly, holding hands, careless, oblivious to the world.

Both of them over 80.

And I thought, how nice it must feel, to have that kind of marriage. When you grow old it's not about sex or beauty or popularity, it's about trust, and friendship, and someone to share your last days with. I dunno, it sounds pretty awesome to me.
I lived with someone for 16 years. We lived like we were married, but always considered ourselves single. She passed away in 2010. You know that saying, "The passage of time, will make it hurt less". That's not true! It just makes it hurt less often.

So hey, how about that Giants game?

Say wut?!
 
If you were kind enough to share your personal life, you won't mind me asking why you chose not to marry? you're gay or you just want to be an eternal bachelor? never mind, I personally don't get what's so great about that, but I'm a girl, so we naturally see marrige in a different way.

I'm not against having fun, boys are like that, but when I was a little girl, my english teacher was a very old lady from south africa, a very nice woman. Anyhow, one day when I passed her house, I saw her and her huband Max on their way back home from buying Challah for Shabbat, and they were walking slowly, holding hands, careless, oblivious to the world.

Both of them over 80.

And I thought, how nice it must feel, to have that kind of marriage. When you grow old it's not about sex or beauty or popularity, it's about trust, and friendship, and someone to share your last days with. I dunno, it sounds pretty awesome to me.
I lived with someone for 16 years. We lived like we were married, but always considered ourselves single. She passed away in 2010. You know that saying, "The passage of time, will make it hurt less". That's not true! It just makes it hurt less often.

So hey, how about that Giants game?

I'm sincerely sorry for your loss and, not to belabor the point, do you think the tragedy made you the always angry asshole your friends and so many here see?
 

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