Don't Feel Sorry For The Lamp

Many years ago there was a great TV commercial for IKEA, the popular Scandinavian furniture purveyor. It showed a bleak, rainy day outside. Inside,  someone opened up a box and took out a shiny, new lamp. They placed it on their desk, replacing the old, crook-neck lamp that was bent way down and looking very sad. The person walked outside into the harsh weather and deposited the old lamp on top of a trash bin at the street. 

It was pretty heartbreaking honestly, seeing the old lamp instantly forgotten and getting rained on. The voiceover said, "You feel sorry for the lamp, don't you? Don't feel sorry for the lamp. It's a lamp!"

I am reminded of that when I read that people are so sad for the poor, innocent Palestinians. You know, the people who want nothing but to see all Jews dead. The people who teach their children in school, beginning in kindergarten, that Jews are vermin and must die. The people who killed a young mother, age 32, and her two children, ages 4 years old and 10 months old (shown above) in cold blood, after holding them hostage and torturing them -- the baby too. 

I say, "You feel sorry for the Palestinians? Don't feel sorry for them. They are Palestinians!"