I'd like to reiterate a point:
There is a clear exception with "bombing" each other when it comes to Israel and various Palestinian forces (mostly Hamas) -
while Hamas intentionally and primarily target civilian targets,
Israel does not, however, primarily target civilians.
When Palestinian civilians die, it's an [/b]unfortunate[b] "side-effect" to the fact that Hamas are hiding within civilized territories, and by doing that using them as human shields, which is unfortunate as well.
While I can understand why would they abuse that, being an underpowered minority that would stand no chance fighting openly, you cannot expect Israel to just let them fire rockets at cities and go unscathed.
About who was here first -
although I'm fairly new here, I'm sure this issue has beaten to death a million times. I think it's irrelevant, and I'm pretty confident there will be no agreement on it. Actually, I also think this has little relevance to the situation we're facing these days, when it comes to finding a solution.
On topic (and please try read all of it, because I might tend to stray off now and then to make a point)
Firstly, I'd like to say something-
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Correspondents say the "holocaust" is a term rarely used in Israel outside discussions of the Nazi genocide during World War II.
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Thats a quote from the OP.
That is simply not true. As a healing process, some of you may acknowledge sometimes adapting some tragedies' aspects as slang or using them in black humor would be a known phenomenon.
A good example to that would be how Black people would call each other Niggers.
The word "holocaust" is sometimes used in Israel as a Slang word, and its not that rare, at all. In fact, sometimes people use this on daily basis, and it usually comes to describe having a bad experience or that the outcome was quite unsuccessful, though it can be stretched in many different ways.
For example, you might say "it was holocaust" on a bad weathered trip you had, an unsuccessful job interview and sometimes even on someone's appearance. Sure, its not the most appropriate thing, as many other things, but time passes, new generations uprise and new slang evolves. That's, I suppose, how healing sometimes works.
Now, was it foolish to use this term?
Most certainly.
Was it taken off-context?
Most probably.
Does it diminish the fact that the term "holocaust" was inappropriately used?
No. It was highly inappropriate to use this term, especially in such vigilant reality we're currently facing.
Can it really reflect the reality of what will\won't happen? Was this use of word anywhere near coherent with the text and\or reality?
Most certainly not. The analogy is completely false to begin with.
If anyone thinks it does, I believe they should probably enrich themselves by watching few holocaust documentary movies.
Anyway, it was mentioned all over it was an idiotic slip from his part. No one knowledgeable (in Israel, at least) would agree in using this term in such manner, and I hope most of you understand that.
1st March 2008
