If you go to a reputable university then yes you should feel privileged because there is only a slim chance of getting into one out of many other applicants and it's not even a matter of money when it comes to good universities as they are already wealthy and they are not willing to sacrifice their reputation for money. If you work your butt off to pay loans then you should understand the value of education and take the maximum benefit rather than being a spitting on the face of university.
You're missing the point, university is not the boy scouts. You're paying for services, services that serve the primary function of education and accreditation. Then depending on the university, the whole package can be very different. The point is, the university belongs to the student as much as it does to anyone. Which is what you seem to be missing from my earlier post.
That's why you pay your way in, that's why you vote for leaders, that's you have union representation, and that is also why unions often have mixed representation from within different societies and sub sections.
If students want to protest, they can, in fact, they should. I'd be more worried if a university was full of sheep never inconvenienced by anything and never willing to raise some issues. I'd be equally worried if they took it too far.
But it is their right to protest.
You gotta be kidding! Of course Israeli-Palestenian has everything to do with religion and almost every Muslim support Palestine for none other than religious reasons as they see it as Israel invading their holy land. If that piece of land has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam and if majority of Palestinians are not Muslims, how many of those do you think would care about Palestinians? For instance, there are many more conflicts happening in the world that are a ttrillion times worse than what goes on in Israel and Palestine. If anyone's genuinely interested in human rights, as my common sense suggests they should rather talk about what requires their immediate assistance than Palestinian conflict which is none other than a trademark for so-called activists. Except for Muslims, it's just a minority of liberals or self-declared activists who are involved in supporting Palestine, vast majority of people doesn't care and if the day comes for the non-Muslim Palestine supporters to choose one out of Israel and Palestine to live, they would most definitely choose Israel.
You don't get it. Honestly, if I were you, I'd do some serious reading in to the Israel Palestine conflict, and if you can go before 1948, go outside of the immediate region and also study the 80's in depth.
The primary motivating cause for hatred of Israel is NOT religion. That is ABSURD!
The conflict and all it's horrible details is what causes the hatred. So many Muslims including me, take great care to distinguish these few terms and categories:
Critical of Israeli policy, anti-Israeli policy, anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, anti-semite, pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas etc.
Some of these can be mutually exclusive, and they can be so irrespective of religion.
You do not need to be a Muslim to be pissed off by watching recent footage of the bombing of Gaza. Equally, you don't need to be non-Muslim or Jewish, to recognize Israel as a legitimate state or at the very least a state that will be around and something one must accept.
You're making the great mistake everyone makes of blurring the lines between different categories. I've always said that the issue is not as complicated as some make it out to be in terms of it's technicalities. YET it is so easily oversimplified by people only getting exposure to one side of the argument or not having the basic understanding of situation. It's a paradoxical concept.
Do not make this mistake, it is very easy to fall for this sort of argument, and exceedingly easy to unravel this complicated looking yet simple conflict.
Actually, you'll find an even split in the US when talking about support for Israel. Plenty who do, plenty who don't. Do I support Israel? On PDF, where it's a hot topic, I'd rather not say. I may or may not support Israel and its right to an independent nation - the Palestinians too. But one thing is for sure; I REALLY DON'T LIKE NETANYAHU!!!!!!! Any Israeli leader except him please! He's been a nightmare for the US-Israeli relationship.
He doesn't want us to form a deal with Iran? F*** that!!! The nuclear deal is good for the US, good for Iran and if it isn't good for Israel, oh f***ing well!!!
If I had to say where I'd stand. My philosophy is simple. It is too damn hard and damn near impossible to accomplish a resolution based on history, lands stolen, lands given or taken, crimes committed and scores that need settling, the past needs to be sidelined to a very large degree if progress is to be made.
This is something neither the Palestinians or the Israelis seem willing to do. It's all just; 'They stole our land, they shouldn't exist.', 'We got this land fair and square and they attacked us for no good reason and they have always hated us.'.
This act needs to be dropped.
I am personally for the existence of the state of Israel, within agreed upon borders or those drawn out by the UN. Then concessions need to be made, Israelis drop settlements, Palestinians recognize new borders and recognize Israel itself, Israelis demilitarize, Palestinians reciprocate and Hamas does so too. Israelis put an end to the blockade, Palestinians stop looking for arms to import for offensive use. Concessions.
Though I must say, Israel is the more powerful in this situation and holds the key to resolution firmly in it's own hands, which Israelis don't seem to want to recognize, someone should start, the other should follow. And you might not like hearing this from me, but the US should be kept far, far, far away from brokering this peace, I have many good reasons for that too.
Anyway, it's 2:30am here and I'm far too tired for Middle East discussions. Goodnight one and all!
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