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I'll start by asking not to go off topic, ranting etc or I'll delete this thread if no one blocks it before me.
The story:
I work in QA - computers. Among the many workers here, there is n Isreli Arab (muslim). He's a real non threatening geek.
In a private conversation about current situation, he told his team manager, with all seriousness, that even though he's working with computers and earns more than enough, if things get worse and he feels that 'falastine' or 'Al-Aqsa' is in real danger, he do whatever needs to be done - strap explosives on and blow whatever / whoever needs to be blown away.
The problem:
If he thinks that way (we're talking about a well educated person with a very good sallary) I have now no doubt about the rest. which in turn means that if he decides to do "what needs to be done", he'll have little problem getting all the explosives he needs.
I sit 20 meters from him. It's nice to believe that his workplace and the people he knows and works with might not be a preferable target, but I wouldn't be too happy to know some kid got wounded or died in my place just because the killer preferred not to kill people he knew.
I can't "go to the authorities" cause if they arrest him (educated well earning computer geek) they'll have to arrest all muslim Israeli arabs as well.
Thank god I still have this delusion of "it won't happen to me", but I wonder, in a sane world what would I be supposed to do ?
The story:
I work in QA - computers. Among the many workers here, there is n Isreli Arab (muslim). He's a real non threatening geek.
In a private conversation about current situation, he told his team manager, with all seriousness, that even though he's working with computers and earns more than enough, if things get worse and he feels that 'falastine' or 'Al-Aqsa' is in real danger, he do whatever needs to be done - strap explosives on and blow whatever / whoever needs to be blown away.
The problem:
If he thinks that way (we're talking about a well educated person with a very good sallary) I have now no doubt about the rest. which in turn means that if he decides to do "what needs to be done", he'll have little problem getting all the explosives he needs.
I sit 20 meters from him. It's nice to believe that his workplace and the people he knows and works with might not be a preferable target, but I wouldn't be too happy to know some kid got wounded or died in my place just because the killer preferred not to kill people he knew.
I can't "go to the authorities" cause if they arrest him (educated well earning computer geek) they'll have to arrest all muslim Israeli arabs as well.
Thank god I still have this delusion of "it won't happen to me", but I wonder, in a sane world what would I be supposed to do ?
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