Thursday, July 15, 2004

In the line of fire

Dear Blogbrains,

Today I attended a lecture, which is something very unusual for me. Getting out of the house to do something that is not an errand is unual.

I went to see Yonatan Shapira, a former captain in the Israeli Air Force. He is one of the 27 pilots who signed the “Pilots’ Letter,” refusing to serve the occupation.

I have seen another Israeli military guy before, who gave a talk about refusing to kill and fuck over innocent civilians in order to support the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. So it wasn’t surprising to me that there were right-wing fanatics there at the lecture being rude as hell, argumentative, and general assholes, in an attempt to disrupt the proceedings. These people are truly the most obnoxious people I have ever encountered and bring great shame to the Jewish people.

I was sitting in the front row, and there is a real psycho looking fanatic on my far left, wearing this coat that looked a too heavy for Summer, despite the fact that it was raining today. He was trying to argue with the lecturer during the question and answer session. He was truly being obnoxious. I’m pretty sure one of the people who organized the thing asked pycho to leave and psycho refused to leave. Well, psycho is on my far left, and then another nut I discover is to my right. And then I grow paranoid. I start think that the hot brunette sitting directly to my left is also in on the radical fundematilsm, and I’m thinking shit … I’m in the line of fire. If psycho on the far left is packing some heat under that arctic coat he’s wearing, if he is a bad shot, a stray bullet might find its way into my brain. That probably would solve all my problems but I just don’t like surprises!

Normally I would not be so paranoid, but I know how crazy these people are. Some day, there is going to be a civil war in Israel. The crazies are going to refuse to leave the occupied territory – alive!

Well, I got out of there a few minutes early. I wasn’t taking any chances. These people make me nervous. They really scare me, because I know they mean business.

These right-wing Arab Bashers will stop at nothing to preserve their biblical, pissant empire. They think they have a God-given right to the occupied territories. Compromise is not an option with these people.