Mr/Ms McGrath, I am not interested in trying to convince you of anything. Your view of history and the realities of the conflict are what they are. I will not attempt to understand why you have no compassion for a legitimate state, established, not by conquest, but by international fiat; a state founded to house the most victimized people. a people who had been expelled from their land, whose survival has always been linked to a return to their home. I will not waste time trying to make sense out of an argument that denies these people, my people, their right to their own home while championing the rights of another people to theirs. I will not wring my hands to understand how someone with enough smarts to operate a computer can equate the victims of terrorism with the perpetraters. I would understand your position if you were, yourself, Palestinian. Self interest is a powerful motive. I've been known to fall under its spell, haven't we all? Never mind, McGrath, I'm not going to convert you to sympathy for the big, bad Jews. Sorry I took up your time.