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[quote=takoma]The Israeli novelist, David Grossman, had an op-ed piece in yesterday's NY Times.  It's at [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/opinion/david-grossman-end-the-grindstone-of-israeli-palestinian-violence.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;module=c-column-top-span-region&amp;region=c-column-top-span-region&amp;WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&amp;_r=1[/url].  
Since you may be locked out if you are not a subscriber, I'll try to summarize briefly:  Both sides have legitimate grievances against the other, but this state of constant warfare is destroying both.  People on both sides have to take the risk of working for peace, and Israel, being the stronger, should take the lead.

Reading the escalating rhetoric here on DCUM makes it easy to understand how the spiral of violence works.

As to the subject of this thread, "putting it in perspective" amounts to creating an analogy that justifies one side.  As Jeff showed, it's just as easy to create one for the other side.  Analogies can be useful, but they can also distort.[/quote]

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