Rossi Rant: A History of Violence

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Sunday, September 17

A History of Violence

I was too busy catering my tuchas off to hear the whole shpeel
About what the Pope said about Muslims, but I did get something of the jest of it.

There is an irony to the statement of the muslim religion being spread by violence from the spokesperson for the Catholic church.. cause um there were like the crusades and yeah the Spanish inquisition which evidently is the reason why my ancestors, (the ones who lived) spoke Hungarian not Spanish…then again, they escaped Spain to go to Hungary and wound up having their descendants mass murdered there by Hitler..who was supposed to be a pal of the Vatican, some say.

The truth is, just about all religions have violence in their history. When I think of stories from the Old Testament, it seems like every other paragraph is filled with the ancient Hebrews either attacking or being attacked. Course Jews ultimately have spent a lot more time trying to survive genocide then anyone else that I’m aware of, but we still have a heaping does of murder and mayhem in our past.

I don’t like it when non-Jews bring up the bloody past of my people, but I also don’t go out into the street and riot and cause violence to protest you saying my religion may have a violent past.

My feeling is…it’s not what your history says or doesn’t say that defines you, its who you are and what you do about it today.

I don’t like the history of the Catholic church one bit, but I don’t see modern day Catholics out forcing conversions or calling me a baby eater.

I am seeing a whole lot of modern day Muslims turning themselves into suicide bombs and blowing up civilians.

So I say to those who are outraged about the popes words, why not go out and prove him wrong. Instead of rioting, fight for peace, argue your point with intellect not blood, show him that a Moslem person today is a man and a woman of love and compassion, show us all that and the world will be a better place.

To the peace-loving, innocent Muslim people, stand out and shout,”These terrorists do not speak for you!”

To the victims, the downtrodden, the angry hurt and scared people formerly of Jordan and other Arab countries who were turned away by their native countries and became the refugees who today we call Palestinians, I am sorry your native countries chose to use you in their most effective plan to scape-goat the Jews and I am sorry that the Jews of Israel now only see you with fear and anger, but I have spoken to a lot of Israelis lately and they are hurting. Their economy is ruined. Their lives are in terror. From the bottom of their hearts they want peace. If you want peace too, then rise up against Hammas and Hezbollah who will not have peace, who consider peace to be an abomination as long as Israel is not a Moslem country, speak out against them, be brave, band together and let them know, they do not speak for all Palestinians, they do not speak for all Moslems.

To the Jews of Israel who have filled their hearts with so much hatred, they no longer can even imagine peace, think of your children dieing in the army, think of yet another generation of fear and terror. Put aside your past and fight for peace. Try to look into the eyes of your enemy and remember that once you all sprang from the same source; two brothers with the same father.

Oh to have John Lennon back in the world today…its time for a new song….Imagine….

08:55 AM Speak (17)