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January 4, 2006

Notes from Ferdy - Reflecting on Ariel Sharon and the Intifada

by Ferdinand T Cat

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been felled by a stroke. Stroke is one of the worst things that can happen to a human, because it affects the brain, and while the brain is only 2% of your body weight, it's about 90% of what makes the body run properly. A lot of what we know about the brain comes from experiments performed on cats. Scientists believe that if they can figure out the exact differences between the human and cat brains, they can create a superior human. Well, maybe scientists don't believe that, but they should.

After the first Gulf War, there was a shift toward peace in the Middle East. Israel was going to give some land to the Palestinians and allow them self-government. There was a flaw in this plan, which was that the negotiators were more interested in peace than the people living in Israel and the occupied territories. Eight years into the peace process, with accusations flying on both sides, Ariel Sharon made a visit to the Temple Mount and the intifada began. (A timeline of the whole process with reference links can be found here.) I was only a kitten at the time, but I still remember clearly wondering if Sharon knew what he was doing.

Bill Clinton attempted to negotiate a settlement between PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak that summer. At the time, both Clinton and Barak had reason to believe they'd be replaced by tougher chaps when the peace conference was over; however, Arafat was insufficiently cowed by this to agree to Israeli demands. From this I concluded that Arafat had to go, but I didn't have a blog back then so no one listened.

The Temple Mount which Ariel Sharon defiled with his infidel eyes is the third holiest place in Islam, but it is also the FIRST holiest place in Judaism. I'm sure that somewhere in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion (the Islamic equivalent of a Michael Moore film), it says that the evil Zionists and their cronies in the Republican party are planning to build a new temple, but quite frankly a million times more people can dance on the head of a pin than have been seen in Jewish bulldozers pointed in the direction of the Al-Aqsa mosque. I try to be tolerant, really I do, but the idea of a holy place seems a little silly. It's not like cats go around demanding we get Egypt back.

What we need is to apply some science. Instead of blowing up civilians in and around the Gaza Strip, the parties involved should empower a study of the relationship between the number of Jews who have looked upon the holy place and the standard of living of the average Palestinian. I suspect we'll find that it does more good to build a hospital in Gaza than it does to blow up civilians in Tel Aviv.

Then maybe the next Israeli Prime Minister will find it a little easier to come up with a peaceful settlement of differences.

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat

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Comments

Ferdy, you say:
"I try to be tolerant, really I do, but the idea of a holy place seems a little silly. It's not like cats go around demanding we get Egypt back."

Well, what about your own favorite place to like to frequent, prick at, or otherwise leave your, ahem, mark? ;-)

Seriously, a thought-provoking piece. Cat nip toy for you.


Posted by: The MaryHunter at January 4, 2006 9:22 PM

Every cat has a favorite place, but they tend to be ephemeral. When I started blogging, I liked to sit in the red chair. Later, I moved to the blue chair to be closer to Bruce. Now I have a bar stool that enables me to see more of the room.

Both Christianity and rabbinical Judaism have their roots in the need to worship without a central temple.

Honestly, the biggest risk to the mosque is not Zionists, it's archaeologists. They might discover that instead of being carried to heaven, Mohammed died of a heart attack, and this would prompt NBC to start doing a post-modern TV show called "The Book of Jonas" about an alchoholic ayatollah.


Posted by: Ferdy Author Profile Page at January 8, 2006 1:53 AM

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