Quote of the Day

Ok, here's a blatant form of plagiarism which is all too common in the `sphere, but it's worth it. So, a shout out to Michael Totten, who is a reasoned voice in the blog world, for this Quote of the Day by Natalie Solent:

The Jews are the canary, as always. Once it became acceptable to a broad section of Islam (and to Western apologists for terrorism) to select Jewish children as targets it was only a matter of time before non-Jewish children would also be selected. Children are the most convenient terrorist target as they are physically easy to control or kill, and because people will concede more to save them. The only thing that stops a Beslan happening every week is the shreds of morality that remain even in the minds of terrorists. Once the taboo was breached for Israeli victims it was breached for everyone.

I couldn't agree more. Once again, the human nature of bullying the weak raises it ugly head. I've read the history of Israel from it formation to its current plight. And while Israel has not always maintained the utmost in civility, i.e. the Irgun, there is no moral equivalence in what is played upon them.