“This episode today was wonderful. Most episodes look back, look at now, look forward, and that’s as it should be. This one had a historical view that I resonated with so strongly. Now I am gong to tell a story of my own experience. In 1982, I was a student at Boston University. The first Lebanon War was of interest to not so many students. But when an Arab student group wanted to host an event, Lebanon:Another Vietnam, the pro-Israel students and the Lebanese Christian students banded together. The event started with a film of injured civilians in Beirut hospitals. At the end of the film, the pro-Palestinian side cheered. During QnA, one pro-Israel student asked a qestion, really a statement, about the 1974 terrorist attack in Maalot that killed 115 on our side. We, pro-Israel students, cheered (the question). Or did we cheer our expression of victimhood as counter balance to their expression of victimhood. I immediately saw the ridiculousness of such a competition. Who in their right mind wants to win this competition? Ok, back to the podcast. I listen to every episode. This one prompted a response.”
jmadnick via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/21/24