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Interesting. Why do you say this? I've heard that Israel is an amazing place, and most of the Israelis I've known well I've really liked.
by michaelochurch 14y ago
Interesting. Why do you say this?
I've heard that Israel is an amazing place, and most of the Israelis I've known well I've really liked.
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoThe following: This goes back to what your Dad probably told you about fistfights as a kid. "Never start a fight, but end one." On your terms. ... I am sick of watching our territory get taken by smiling assholes who have nothing to offer the world, and whom any properly masculine society would have done something about decades ago. I'm fucking disgusted and ready to fight. If that means I occasionally swear a blue streak, who fucking cares? The only thing that matters is defeating these assholes with such force that they never fuck with us again. These are kind of statements-in-miniature of the Israeli national soul. Our unofficial motto is Al tihiyeh frayyer!, "Don't be a sucker!" (related is the word "chutzpah", colloquially translated as "balls" but really "rudeness"), and it's built into the entire culture on such a deep level that we often prefer to be rude or to fight rather than give up on what we believe or what we think we deserve.