If you don't look to the horizon now and again
Don't expect any help when they come for you.
Okay, we can't do much as civilians in the West about the whole Lebanon thing. Protests are ignored, letters to MP's are patronised etc. But we can act honourably.
Today in work, they are on about buying some stone from Israel. So I say "Should we really buy stone from a country, currently bombing children?" Logic being, the stone company pays tax to the Israeli government, the Irsaeli government buys guns and bombs and kills people.
So you are directly supporting murder of you buy this stuff. Blood is on your hands. I mentioned this and they are all "Who gives a fuck?" Well not them obviously, but I do.
And if enough of us do this, we can make a difference, because you can't support a war machine without a tax base, and you can't have a tax base if no-one buys your exports.
I'll e-mail her again, to see if it makes any difference?
posted by Stussy88 @ 2:06 PM
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It didn't make any difference. She gave me some bullshit about charitable donations which is worse than useless in the region, as a lot of the projects (say power in the west bank), paid for by aid, are just destroyed by the Israelis when they are pissed. It's ironic that we are building decent homes for people, whilst buying the raw material from a country, that is busily destroying other peoples homes. I fear the irony is lost on my colleagues.
I don't think I can work here anymore.
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