First time, shame on you.
Second time, shame on me.
The 5,000th time shame on .... ?
David defeated Goliath with a stone throwing sling.
Now adversaries use M16's and RPG's, and neither side wins.
Wendell Berry, author of the Failure of War, writes
"In a modern war, fought with modern weapons and on the modern scale, neither side can limit to “the enemy” the damage that it does. These wars damage the world. We know enough by now to know that you cannot damage a part of the world without damaging all of it. Modern war has not only made it impossible to kill “combatants” without killing “noncombatants,” it has made it impossible to damage your enemy without damaging yourself."
I can think of hundreds of creative and peaceable ways to stop six boats from entering a port operating through a strong modern Navy. Dropping out of a helicopter, Rambo Style, onto the deck of a floatilla loaded with people that hate me is not one of them.
To understand what happened on May 31, 2010 between Turkey and Israel ask yourself two questions...
1. What were the contemporary circumstances that caused this situation?
2. How long has there been a situation?
Daniel Nissimov [resume] holds a Bachelor of Architecture with a Minor in Art History, cum laude. At the University of Michigan, he received a Master of Science in Architecture by completing his thesis titled Slaughterhouse Synaesthesia. He is interested in exploring the role of the architect as it pertains to craft and theory. His focus spans from abstraction to empathy and the architectural affects & effects the come from the combination of the two. In his spare time he enjoys designing buildings. Contact me.
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