Yesterday I had three barf-spewing ill children at home. Conor and Trevor felt well enough to go to school this morning and a little after 10:00 Emma decided that she too was well enough to go.
On the way there Emma was telling me about a girl in her class who tells people that they have to play what she wants during recess or she won't be their friend. I told Emma that this wasn't friendship, it was just a way for the girl to bully people into doing what she wanted. Someone like that won't be a real friend and will always have more demands.
I was listening to the radio (The Connection) on the way back home from school. The topic was terrorism and whether the war has made it more difficult or easier for Al Qaeda to recruit.
I didn't hear much of the program but I did hear a caller talk about how Ahmed Yassin was a hero to many people and that the U.S. needs to rid itself of "Zionist bondage" if we want to get along with Muslim countries.
I fail to see how our association with Israel is "bondage" but surely giving in to demands by others over with whom we may associate would be placing us under their control.
If we were foolish enough to turn our back on an ally, then what? It wouldn't be the end of their demands, just the beginning.
So, you terrorist-praising-lunatic Mr. Caller, my answer to you is "no"...or rather, when you remove all the vulgarisms and obscenities, that's what is left.
Have I mentioned that I loathe bullies?
Posted by marybeth at March 26, 2004 12:06 PM Box of Rocks