Feature of the Week
Palestinians can now cross into Egypt. In commemoration, here's a thought from several years ago. It got clobbered on the site when the blog tool started looping back, but I had it backed up.
July 28, 2003
One Land, Two People
There was once a land occupied for many generations by a single group with a common religion and ethnicity. Then, a group with a very different religion and ethnic background began to come to this land in a trickle that soon became a flood. Initially there was room for all, but frictions from the mass immigration eventually sparked a war for independence, which the immigrants won. They gave the new country the ancient name of the land. The early years of this fledgling democracy were marked by much conflict. How did it turn out for these two groups sharing a single land? You certainly know the answer. The two peoples now live together in peace and prosperity, citizens under a Constitution that guarantees all equal status under the law. Indeed, there is no mention in this Constitution of either group’s ethnicity or religion. Both groups participate fully in their joint democracy, with members of both fully represented in the legislature, armed forces, and all other aspects of their shared society. What’s that you’re saying? This doesn’t sound anything like modern Israel? Who said anything about Israel? This story is about Texas. It could also be California.
11.26.05 @ 09:50 PM EDT [link]