tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23791047.post1542667049653852565..comments2009-10-16T16:08:11.132+09:00jundo cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564338025084888194noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23791047.post-66405921579773182082009-03-08T12:25:00.000+09:002009-03-08T12:25:00.000+09:00Hi David,<BR/><BR/>I will say my personal feelings on the issue, not particular as a Buddhist teacher (but it is that too). I think that there are two sides to the story, both unfortunately sad, both partly right, and both very wrong. Looking to the realities of the future, people must learn to live together even if enemies in the past (I say that as an American now living in Japan, a country that was my country's enemy just a few decades ago).jundo cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564338025084888194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23791047.post-50434825738198942472009-03-08T12:07:00.000+09:002009-03-08T12:07:00.000+09:00Having said my piece, let me express my admiration for the open mind that posted my comments.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463357101909394804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23791047.post-36086991239473159512009-03-08T12:06:00.000+09:002009-03-08T12:06:00.000+09:00Having said my piece, let me express my admiration for the open mind that let my comment stand.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463357101909394804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23791047.post-81112867279163554552009-03-07T15:22:00.000+09:002009-03-07T15:22:00.000+09:00Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear. This is one of those unfortunate times when one feels a need to speak out, but would rather have a wisdom tooth pulled.<BR/><BR/>Your comments from the absolute perspective are what we all need to remember, of course. But in times of conflict especially, must we not come down from the mountain to the marketplace ? I think so.<BR/><BR/>And from the marketplace, that most relative but crucial of locations, one can only truthfully say that the Jews in Palestine have stolen a country, expelled at the point of a gun 700,000 Arabs who owned the preponderance of that country, and have now ruled it by brute force since 1948.<BR/><BR/>It grieves me to need to point out these very true things. But....Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463357101909394804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23791047.post-51677664308453391052009-03-07T15:19:00.000+09:002009-03-07T15:19:00.000+09:00winkingOh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear. This is one of those unfortunate times when one feels a need to speak out, but would rather have a wisdom tooth pulled.<BR/><BR/>Your comments from the absolute perspective are what we all need to remember, of course. But in times of war, must we not come down from the mountain to the marketplace - or to the battlefield? I think so.<BR/><BR/>And from the battlefield, one can only truthfully say that the Jews in Palestine have stolen a country, expelled at the point of a gun 700,000 who owned that country, and ruled by brute force since 1948.<BR/><BR/>It grieves me to need to point out these very true things. But....Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463357101909394804noreply@blogger.com