M191! I would be the LAST one to blame the Jews! Check out some of my threads. Rather it is the 5,000 year old family feud between half brothers, Isaac and Ishmael. It has ebbed and flowed across the centuries and millenia like a festering sore that will not heal. Wrong or right it is a motivator for the current situation in the Middle East.

I just started a thread entitled "Justice, be a Lady" partly because of what I have read in this thread. I didn't want to hijack this one or at the very least, cause major thread-drift. In addition to Lady Justice holding a balance scale, she bears a two-edged sword. For those who demand justice with the idea of blood-letting and only absolute righteousness attributed to one side, think again. Justice CAN be meted out with a sword but it cuts both ways. Justice-fair play-leaves neither side completely satisfied and neither side wholly unhappy.

There is the story of the man who was convicted of a high crime. He dropped on his knees before the judge and pled for mercy. The judge said "Sir, you do not DESERVE mercy!" to which the man replied "Yes, your Honor, I know. If I deserved it, it would not be mercy, but justice." Something to think about.