2.10.2008

Cultural Insensitivity

Don't you just hate it when this sort of thing happens?
Palestinian group calls on Egyptian minister to apologize to Gazans

DAMASCUS, Syria: A radical Palestinian faction on Sunday denounced a recent statement by Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit in which he warned the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip not to cross the border into Egypt or else they would have their legs broken.
How culturally insensitive is that? Anyone who knows anything knows that the Palestinians show their joy at meeting their neighbors by setting off explosive devices and firing automatic weapons into the air. "Breaking legs"? Only crusader infidels or occupiers from the Jewish entity would do something so gauche! Come on, Ahmed Aboul Gheit! Get with the program! Show your love to the Gazans in ways that they would understand.