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Monday, July 28, 2003
Peace vs. Pieces 
| | Beach Violence is Hanan Cohen's story, in words and pictures, of what happened when he flew one of his kites at the beach — a beautiful kite that bears the hopeful legend "Death Does Not Justify Death" in Herbrew and Arabic. |
| | Those who say "yes, but" are actively erasing "death does not justify death" from their conscience. We need Jews and Arabs who will understand and assimilate the fundamental difference between the justification of violence and the explanation of its sources. The movement from "justify" to "explain" is complex and hard but exactly there lies the hope for a solution. |
| | Let us repeatedly remind our leaders that dealing with moral issues is not a luxury. It is the only way for calming this area. If our leaders, who power the deadly merry-go-round of our lives, will first tell themselves, and then their people, that death does not justify death - they will reach a solution. |
Finally, a working videophone
| | I just had a terrific iChat session with Steve Gillmor — the first one, in fact, that deserves the t-word adjective. |
| | Here's what did if for me: being able to talk with my hands. After awhile, it felt like Steve and I were together in the same room. It was weird. And good. |
| | Steve, by the way, used an iSight. I used my Sony DCR-120BT camcorder with an external mike. Both worked very well (especially after I found how to keep the camcorder from turning itself off automatically after 10 minutes). |
Rock on
| | Went for a nice walk on the beach yesterday, below some of the most impressive fossil-filled cliffs on the West Coast. Or anywhere. |
| | (Yes, I know it's full of misspellings and stuff, but I was rushed and I have to go to bed now. I'll fix them later.) |
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