14 years ago
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Violence breeding violence
The Washington Post Express ran a short piece earlier this week (Tuesday the 8th) on Egypt’s decision to open its border with Gaza. The story mentions that “With international pressure building to ease the blockade, an Egyptian security official said sealing off Hamas-ruled Gaza has only bred more militancy.” This reminded me of discussion from earlier in the course about the perpetuating cycle of violence, and how responding to terrorism with force usually just serves to worsen the problem – I wonder if the rest of you would agree that this logic applies to the situation in Gaza, or if anyone has a differing opinion?
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I think it does apply. Israel bombs Gaza, Gaza bombs Israel- it's been going on like that for a while, especially in the last few years. To stop the violence you need peace and to not rain bombs down on civilian homes and neighborhoods. I think it also makes them (those in Gaza) more angry because when bombs hit Israel a few soldiers may die, but when Israel bombs Gaza, up to thousands die- very lopsided and the circle of violence will continue as long as it's happening.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with Addison that it does. Just as in The Eumenides, violence begets violence. Orestes killed his mother, who had killed their father, who had killed his sister. Although each new murder has its justifications, every new killing inevitably leads to other new killings. This is a result of the self-perpetuating nature of violence itself. Throughout the Gaza conflict, each side has said that they only fired their own weapons in response to the other side’s attack which has lead to an endless cycle of violence.
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