Jerusalem Post

Recently, there was an article posted by J-post columnist, Schulmey Boteach about the Mumbai terrorist bombings. The article was titled "Love the Victims, Loathe Their Killers", and was about legitimizing hate towards the terrorists (aka muslims) who committed the act. I was so offended by the article, that I posted my thoughts online. This here is the comment chain that spread from it:

37. Intolerance Breeds Intolerance
This is terrible. You are only lowering yourself to the level of a murderer when you resort to hatred. No matter how intolerable the act. This hatred you've expressed is the same energy force that ignited the terror attacks in the first place. Grieve for the loss of life, and grieve for the loss of tolerance, but don't let anger overcome you. It is accusation, lack of forgiveness, and ignorance of compassion that keeps the world in dark places. Perhaps some of you are not understanding the hard lessons and challenges this event brings to us all.
-My comment

41. It is so easy to talk when you don't have a loved-one who perished in the attacks. Talk is cheap. Hyporcite.

45. About the carpet bombing of the nazi war machine
Eventually this degenerated in the wholesale slaughter of German civilians when focus shifted from industrial to civilian targets. Bomber command actually analysed German cities for how well they would burn when hit with incendiary bombs to maximise civilian casualties. THIS is what hate leads to Mr. Boteach.

47. Talk is cheap? This is true... so everyone can afford it. :P To find compassion within yourself is a difficult and active process - not an easy way out. Loathing, anger, and hatred are the easy way out. They are innate and natural emotions. If you find the willingness to turn the passion of your hate into loving kindness or compassion, than you have achieved far more than idle talk could ever bring. I hope that you can understand this. I have suffered loss, and I have experience anger and hate... but I have overcome it. Please, I am no hypocrite.
-my comment

49. yes, indeed, the allies bombed german civilians....while these same civilians enjoyed food and wine, not lifting a finger to help those starving, and dying in the concentration camps. yes, they bombed them, the heil hitler mommies and dadies crowd while jews were burning and going up in chimneys and while same german population KNEW THIS and still enjoyed their food and wine, their music and freedom. how inconvenient for them that we bombed them, no? and do tell, what did the nazi hate give us humans? you sanctimonious bastard and hypocrite. the jews of germany and europe were innocent victims of your so called german war machine and nazism. were the innocent 6 million jews not as human or civilian enough for you? were they not as "civilian" as your so called german cities with its "innocent population" ...just going about their daily business while we burned in your camps and shot for no reason into pits and then burned. were the jews not as innocent civilians as your german folks? if we burned, let german civilians burn as well. hate?bs

51. I understand your feelings rabbi.But you must watch how you talk of the G-d of Abraham,Isaac & Jacob.
rabbi,this is what you said quote "Could God really be so unreasonable, &would such a God be moral if He did? Could I pray to a God who loves terrorists?Could I find comfort in Him knowing that He offers them comfort as well? o, such a god would be my enemy.He would abide in Hades rather than heaven.& I would be damned before I would worship him."unquote.Who are you to know the mind of G-d?Even Torah says that G-d is a G-d of love.He loves the sinner but hates the sin! Remember,the muslims don't worship the same god.You had better rethink what you said here about Him.Anger perverts the tongue

52. -Muslims do pray to the same god. It is almost the same religion as Judaism except for some cultural spins in custom and tradition. to #51 It's about time we realized that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all derive from the same fundamental ideals. -If anything, the Holocaust taught us all a lesson on the unbelievable power of hate and loathing, and the hideousness it brings to the world. Think about that before flinging your unnecessary insults #49. We should all think about this.
-my comment