Comments on: Cal Students in the Middle East http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/ News and Observations about the University of California, Berkeley. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:56:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Todd Horwath http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8831 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:50:48 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8831 Damn straight i was in those Videos. I was the one leading them in "Bim Bom" hahahaha. Damn straight i was in those Videos. I was the one leading them in “Bim Bom” hahahaha.

]]> by: Andy M. http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8576 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:28:34 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8576 I'm not sure about the answer to number 6 (although I assume not) To number 7, all of them were on Birthright, a program that takes Jewish students to Israel for free. Each birthright trip has a different sponsor and this one was sponsored by Berkeley Hillel so it was mostly CAL students. To number 5, I have a lot to say but as mentioned before don't really want to get into personal opinions. Anyone who wants to argue with me can feel free to e-mail me at andymorris@berkeley.edu or just click on my name when I comment and it should take you to my personal blog. I’m not sure about the answer to number 6 (although I assume not)

To number 7, all of them were on Birthright, a program that takes Jewish students to Israel for free. Each birthright trip has a different sponsor and this one was sponsored by Berkeley Hillel so it was mostly CAL students.

To number 5, I have a lot to say but as mentioned before don’t really want to get into personal opinions. Anyone who wants to argue with me can feel free to e-mail me at andymorris@berkeley.edu or just click on my name when I comment and it should take you to my personal blog.

]]> by: James McBride http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8575 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:03:24 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8575 The guy with the water bottle in the second video is also a Cal student, named Todd Horwath. Kind of surprised to see him there. Why were all the Cal students in one place, or was it just a coincidence? The guy with the water bottle in the second video is also a Cal student, named Todd Horwath. Kind of surprised to see him there. Why were all the Cal students in one place, or was it just a coincidence?

]]> by: anonypus http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8574 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:42:44 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8574 so did joe's "i just shat my pants" actually go on cnn? so did joe’s “i just shat my pants” actually go on cnn?

]]> by: yikes http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8573 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:29:19 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8573 much respect for keeping your opinions to yourself, even though you have a good amount of readership and obviously a lot invested in the conflict. but really... ethical war? c'mon... much respect for keeping your opinions to yourself, even though you have a good amount of readership and obviously a lot invested in the conflict.

but really… ethical war? c’mon…

]]> by: Andy R. in Missouri http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8572 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:33:28 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8572 By the way, here are the lyrics to the song being sung in the second video: "Until peace comes upon us and everyone. Peace (in Arabic), for us and all the world, peace." By the way, here are the lyrics to the song being sung in the second video:
“Until peace comes upon us and everyone. Peace (in Arabic), for us and all the world, peace.”

]]> by: Andy M. http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8571 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:06:20 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8571 When I originally posted that, I intended it to suggest that readers not comment with personal opinions about whether or not this war is ethical, which side should be considered the agressor, and any other discussions along these lines that are bound to come up when this topic is mentioned but don't neccesarily belong on this blog. However, to criticise someone's "support" of a country during wartime a complete misunderstanding of history and human nature. In any conflict between two people and two groups, outsiders are going to have opinions. The more important a conflict, the stronger the opinions. Therefore, to have an opinion and "support" a side during a conflict that is deeply significant to so many people should not be considered wrong. When I originally posted that, I intended it to suggest that readers not comment with personal opinions about whether or not this war is ethical, which side should be considered the agressor, and any other discussions along these lines that are bound to come up when this topic is mentioned but don’t neccesarily belong on this blog.

However, to criticise someone’s “support” of a country during wartime a complete misunderstanding of history and human nature. In any conflict between two people and two groups, outsiders are going to have opinions. The more important a conflict, the stronger the opinions. Therefore, to have an opinion and “support” a side during a conflict that is deeply significant to so many people should not be considered wrong.

]]> by: Anonymous http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8569 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:36:59 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8569 > Whichever side you personally support, wish for your fellow classmates to make it home safely. What do you mean by "support"? It is a war where people die, not a football match! > Whichever side you personally support, wish for your fellow classmates to make it home safely.

What do you mean by “support”? It is a war where people die, not a football match!

]]> by: Anonymous http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8566 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:44:57 +0100 http://calstuff.blogsome.com/2006/08/13/cal-students-in-the-middle-east-2/#comment-8566 Nice version of Aleinu in the 2nd video there. My brother just left for med school in Tel Aviv 2 days ago. He says that being in Tel Aviv, you'd never even know there was anything going on. Pretty peaceful, evidently. Nice version of Aleinu in the 2nd video there.

My brother just left for med school in Tel Aviv 2 days ago. He says that being in Tel Aviv, you’d never even know there was anything going on. Pretty peaceful, evidently.

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