tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post2123771886978808332..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Andrew Pochter: Murdered in CairoStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21478982561254833662013-08-03T19:19:09.202-07:002013-08-03T19:19:09.202-07:00I didn't read all the posts because I was so s...I didn't read all the posts because I was so saddened and sickened by the article and the initial posts. <br />I know that Andrew was singled out because he was taking pictures due to his interest in history in the making.<br />He was not wearing a star of David on his forehead. This was a mob scene and the criminals that stabbed him were looters, they were afraid of being recognized. This was a criminal murder that had nothing to do with religion. Yes he probably looked like a westerner that day.<br />He was raised as a Christian with a Jewish father. Andrew chose to learn about Jewish culture like he did other cultures. This is what happened, stop trying to make it anything else. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-20679353052570483092013-07-03T15:42:53.402-07:002013-07-03T15:42:53.402-07:00A side effect of current American culture is that ...A side effect of current American culture is that stupid beliefs not only are without negative consequence but are applauded. It is possible to live a lifetime in modern America and never know the truth.<br /><br />Not so much in the real world.dr killnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64159870694611411492013-07-03T09:03:31.582-07:002013-07-03T09:03:31.582-07:00Sir, your article does nothing except perpetrate v...Sir, your article does nothing except perpetrate victim-blaming. Not very different from this: http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/shiloh-musings/why-was-andrew-pochter-in-egypt-not-israel/2013/06/30/<br />This article, on top of being quite poorly written, suffers from the exact stubbornness and inability to step out of boxed-in ideologies that Andrew sought to combat. <br />As one commenter puts it: "the brevity of this article masks the vast ocean of ignorance residing within its margins."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-37161840037452204822013-07-01T14:34:45.572-07:002013-07-01T14:34:45.572-07:00"Young people like Andrew Pochter know neithe..."Young people like Andrew Pochter know neither their enemies nor themselves. "<br /><br />Actually, they've forgotten that there is even such a concept as 'enemy.' Lee Harris discusses this 'forgetting' in some detail in the preface of his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Civilization-Its-Enemies-Stage-History/dp/1451655339/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372714227&sr=1-9&keywords=lee+harris%22" rel="nofollow">Civilization and It's Enemies</a>.Soviet of Washingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39309440883523900092013-07-01T14:31:58.275-07:002013-07-01T14:31:58.275-07:00Idealism meets realism. Idealism loses, as it does...Idealism meets realism. Idealism loses, as it does every time.<br /><br />Sincere condolences to the Pochter family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68005790438106711542013-07-01T13:11:55.032-07:002013-07-01T13:11:55.032-07:00Good luck on your quest or assertion that "[y...Good luck on your quest or assertion that "[you] can ultimately end human conflict." <br /><br />Seriously, good luck with that one. <br /><br />Not gonna happen. Reason: human nature. The psychology and actual history are just narrative overlays. We're fallen creatures. Luminous, creative and beautiful, but simultaneously fallen. Every time we delude ourselves into thinking we've got it all figured out, bad #%@& happens.<br /><br />Success occurs when we hold ourselves to something higher. Relativism ain't it. That's the multicultural, idealistic relativism that Andrew Pochter learned in college. I guarantee you no one's fighting over anything relative in Cairo. Maybe there's more at stake for the Egyptians than solving all the world's problems. Perhaps they want to solve their own. Crazy idea.<br /><br />TipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-13807658639066217072013-07-01T12:32:35.568-07:002013-07-01T12:32:35.568-07:00"Considering all people as Brothers & Sis..."Considering all people as Brothers & Sisters isn't even accepted by most theologians (except in Theory). Human conflict will never end."<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that you can ultimately end human conflict. <br /><br />Going somewhere dangerous, alone, and shorn of your defenses, is not a way to make any kind of progress in that direction, however. Definitely not this century, however, given that massive conflict is already baked into the cake.<br /><br />It also helps if you have a basic understanding of human nature, psychology, and actual history.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-85409114653610466332013-07-01T12:28:21.523-07:002013-07-01T12:28:21.523-07:00Places you don't want to go generally:
War zo...Places you don't want to go generally:<br /><br />War zones<br /><br />Arab countries in the middle of revolutions (see War Zones).<br /><br />Antarctica<br /><br />The Moon<br /><br />The Sun<br /><br />A vat of industrial chemicals.<br /><br />I mean, there are *lots* of places that are generally inhospitable.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-2430759809338997062013-07-01T10:55:28.000-07:002013-07-01T10:55:28.000-07:00Per anthropologists, up to 30% of Stone Age skelet...Per anthropologists, up to 30% of Stone Age skeletons show death or serious injuries from other people. N.American Indian men were lifetime warriors (Comanches nearly wiped out my ancestors).<br /><br />In the modern era, we are simply better at killing, and have more people to kill. We also have tons of young men worldwide w/nothing better to do.<br /><br />Being "anti-war" is ridiculous as being "anti-death". Considering all people as Brothers & Sisters isn't even accepted by most theologians (except in Theory). Human conflict will never end.<br /><br />First day of Battle of Gettysburg today, 150 years past. -- Rich Lara<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22378882983207515352013-07-01T10:45:20.694-07:002013-07-01T10:45:20.694-07:00Nope. They will never learn. I'm sure that, li...Nope. They will never learn. I'm sure that, like the parents of Rachel Corrie, his parents put him up to it. Now they have to live with that little concept for the rest of their miserable lives.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-5826695335712311142013-07-01T10:09:41.720-07:002013-07-01T10:09:41.720-07:00When will they ever learn? I'm guessing they w...When will they ever learn? I'm guessing they won't. (See Robert Fisk, who thinks the guys who beat him up were right to have done it). Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-10017374969576561652013-07-01T10:02:04.780-07:002013-07-01T10:02:04.780-07:00Having read some other posts about Andrew, and the...Having read some other posts about Andrew, and the susequent comments, I am of the opinion that Andrew was a budding long term CIA project that somehow got "outed" in Cairo. I doubt that his death was random. Just my opinion.Bobbyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-70689822358638730522013-07-01T09:59:22.350-07:002013-07-01T09:59:22.350-07:00"If you can’t be idealistic when you are youn..."If you can’t be idealistic when you are young, when can you?"<br /><br />Actually, it can persist for decades and ruin your entire life instead of just your youth.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com