Clash of Naivety

Youtube have announced the 2007 Youtube Video Awards.

One of the finalists was this. Watch it and cringe.

Good grief. When will people realize, that just because people die on 'both sides', that does not mean both sides are in the wrong.

Intent matters.

Only one side deliberately tries to murder civilian non-combatants and celebrates when it happens. Islamists dance in the streets whenever non-Muslims are killed. From 9/11 to last week's shooting in a Jerusalem college. On the other hand, Israelis, Americans and other Western non-Muslims do not dance and celebrate when innocent non-combatant Muslims are killed.

This is not a "clash of civilizations" at all. It is a clash between civilization and barbarism.

Trendy video-makers and 'activists' who don't realize this are fools. The avaaz.org website notes that given the video's massive play count, "Millions hear its message". Sorry, success isn't measured that way. I've heard the message and it is stupid and wrong. It's also not surprising in the slightest that some of their anti-violence billboards appear in Israel but not in say... Gaza.

Unfortunately, the postmodern obsession with 'multiple truths' has clouded some people's ability to tell right from wrong. It starts early when schoolchildren are punished for hitting a bully back. It continues when academics brainwash university students into believing all war is bad. It is compounded by a generation who for the most part, have never known war, never known oppression. It's trendy youngsters who wear communist regalia, not people who've actually experienced communism.

They don't get it. Sometimes, you need to do Bad Things to stop other people doing Worse Things.

I think it's pretty obvious Islamist groups aren't watching Youtube and getting teary.