Wasn’t patronising Heath. Stating facts. And certainly not telling YOU what to do.
You may not be in any kind of war , Deerey. But then you don’t have a daughter and grandkids in Israel. You don’t have nephews hauled back into uniform. And you don’t have to engage with folks in the flow of daily life who want to ask how my family is and then, having watched another 10 minutes of BBC news, give me a mini lecture on how Israel is failing the world. A propaganda war indeed.
For you Gurney .. although I’ve rarely engaged with you without an acute sense of your personal distate for my beliefs and your inability to disassociate from that .. I would say that if you think there is nothing to fear in all of our lives then I have to question your critical faculties. We all share a common humanity and there are many things that are going wrong for vast numbers of people ..and they could be much worse. I think the metaphor of war is entirely appropriate .. most reformers, advocates for social justice and campaigners for truth and righteousness have used such imagery in the past and in our own times. There are a number of ways I engage. A tiny part is on this board and this Israel thread ..but am happy that Sidey and others have more time and energy. It will probably disgust or incense you that my main weapon of warfare is prayer
