I'm aware of the occupation and I've already made it clear that I'm not defending it. I feel for peaceful protestors whose freedom of speech is alarmingly limited by an occupying power with security forces who relish the opportunity to use violence on their victims. I have no sympathy for people who throw rocks at armed and trained warriors and act surprised when they get detained and bruised up in the process.
Demonstrators? So if I hop outside and start throwing rocks at Boston PD, does that make me a "demonstrator"?
You won't catch me defending much of Israel's policy regarding its treatment of Palestinians any time soon, but surely you can't be serious in calling these mouth-breathers "demonstrators"? It takes a special kind of idiot to initiate violence against any group of armed individuals (police or otherwise) and then to consider themselves victims after that group retaliates.
Jon,
I'm aware of the occupation and I've already made it clear that I'm not defending it. I feel for peaceful protestors whose freedom of speech is alarmingly limited by an occupying power with security forces who relish the opportunity to use violence on their victims. I have no sympathy for people who throw rocks at armed and trained warriors and act surprised when they get detained and bruised up in the process.
Can you please elaborate on your comment?
Demonstrators? So if I hop outside and start throwing rocks at Boston PD, does that make me a "demonstrator"?
You won't catch me defending much of Israel's policy regarding its treatment of Palestinians any time soon, but surely you can't be serious in calling these mouth-breathers "demonstrators"? It takes a special kind of idiot to initiate violence against any group of armed individuals (police or otherwise) and then to consider themselves victims after that group retaliates.