The Song of [to] Peace

Well, I sent in this 'input' somewhat late (due a genuinely busy day) so the Eastern States will mostly have gone home – being 2.5-3 hours ‘ahead’.

Although I took a vow to ‘not do anymore’ it is not possible to sensibly suppress genuine feelings of ‘adding value’ the hum-drum debate – or what I call ‘barking dogs’ in my more cynical mode.

So, I did something and sent it in. Not great but fast and easy and it includes something that I have been looking for many years to ‘put out there’ as an observation. Since 1995 it seems after I looked up the dates involved. Amazing – 11 years have almost past.

So, in the spirit of cutting through much of the dross, and getting down to basics, and without prejudice, except for non-genuine idiocy, I generated this (below). What gets through the ‘media system’ is yet to be determined. The last one was “nil”.

The Song of Peace

“Thou shall not kill ... the song of peace”. Well this small comment might be a little tangential, but others seem to have also wandered off the topic a touch as well.

I have a clear memory of two events on 4th November 1995 – or early the next day local time.

On the [Australian] ABC news (9:00am on the FM classic station I think from memory), the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was announced. Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing Jewish radical who was opposed Rabin signing the Oslo Accords.

According to the Wikipedia: a) “In Rabin's pocket was a blood-stained sheet of paper with the words to Shir Lashalom ("Song to Peace"), which ironically dwells on the impossibility of bringing a dead person back to life and therefore the need for peace.”; and b) Carmi Gillon (the Shabak chief) was later sacked for the security breach and stated: “Unfortunately, the bodyguards didn't respond as they were taught to do. They failed by not shooting him on the spot like a dog, like any other despicable terrorist”.

What I found most interesting were the live comments by someone [on the street] in Israel being asked for their opinion. They were to the effect that this Yigal Amir had committed a serious sin and broken one of the ten-commandments: “Thou shall not kill [pause] … another Jew”. In a flash it hit me! I had never heard that tribal perspective before. A first for me. So obvious! Tribal perspectives @ work. But as I was driving, I could not tape it. I eagerly awaited with my tape recorder for the next 10 o’clock news. But, alas that comment had been cut! Why? Two amazing events on one day.

So, I think it is time we stopped reading old books about the bleeding obvious and get back to basics by asking everyone what they understand to be the core principles, values and realities behind this and other related statements – common to all three major religious perspectives that have emerged from the Middle East. May someone again carry the “song of peace” to Oslo.

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see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin

System output

Well most of it got through the blog censor. But not the key bit about ABC censorship of the 10 o'clock news! And I note, today, that the song was "to" peace, not "of" ... mia culpa, but the intent is the same I think.

Russell of Perth
21/09 at 05:10 PM
"Thou shall not kill… the song of peace”. Well, this small comment might be a little tangential, but others seem to have also wandered off the topic a touch as well. I have a clear memory of two events on November 4 1995 (or early the next day local time). On the ABC news (9am on radio) the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was announced. Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right wing Jewish radical who had strenuously opposed Rabin’s signing of the Oslo Accords. According to Wikipedia: a) “In Rabin’s pocket was a blood-stained sheet of paper with the words to Shir Lashalom ("Song to Peace"), which ironically dwells on the impossibility of bringing a dead person back to life, and therefore the need for peace”; and b) Carmi Gillon (Shabak chief) was later sacked for the security breach stating: “Unfortunately, the bodyguards didn’t respond as they were taught to do. They failed by not shooting him on the spot like a dog, like any other despicable terrorist”. What I found most interesting were the live comments (a first for me) by someone in Israel being asked for their opinion. They were to the effect that this Yigal Amir had committed a serious sin and broken one of the ten commandments: “Thou shall not kill another (pause)… Jew”. A flash hit me! I had never heard that tribal perspective before. I think it is time we stopped reading old books about the bleeding obvious and get back to basics by asking everyone what they understand to be the core principles, values and realities behind this and other related statements; common to all three major religious perspectives that have emerged from the Middle East. May someone again carry the “song of peace” to Oslo.