I Think We Have To Give Religion

Everybody Says They're Opposed To Torture. But Everyone Would Do It Personally If They Knew It Could Save The Life Of A Kidnapped Child Who Had Only Two Hours Of Oxygen Left Before Death. And It Would Be The Right Thing To Do.

Ideas Don't Desert You; Ideas Aren't Treasonous To You, But People Can Be.

To Ask About The 'source' Of Rights Or Morals Assumes An Erreous Conclusion. To Ask About The Source Of Morals Is To Assume That Such A Source Exists. As If It Existed Outside Of Human Constructed Systems. The 'source' Is The Human Ability To Learn From Experience And To Entrench Rights In Our Laws And In Our Consciousness. Our Rights Come From Our Long History Of Wrongs.

The Sad Reality Is That There Are No Purely Domestic Issues In Israel. Issues That Would Be Dealt With By Municipalities In Other Countries - Such As How To Deal With A Dangerous Bridge Or How To Resolve Conflicts Between Religious And Secular Bus Riders - Become Major International Issues When They Occur In Israel.

The Internet Knows No National Borders.