Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I wouldn’t be surprised were it to prove beginning of an annexation. For many years, it has seemed that Israel accumulates intelligence, in Gaza, on who is up to what as far attacks and plots against Israel are concerned. Then when there is an at…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Lodi? As in stuck in, creedence? Was wondering if it’s fictional. LikeLike

“I’ve been receiving videos from Palestinian friends of Israeli military actions” I’m surprised that Israeli military actions have so many Palestinian friends. LikeLike

In reply to butimbeautiful. I really ought to read more Philip Roth. I grew up in the suburbs of Newark, where he’s from, but I’ve only read one of his novels. Where’s my regional pride? I actually don’t know why the accusation …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. What you say about Australia is on the money. The discourse becomes about race, because either ‘we white Australians can never wipe out the stain of our colonising past’ or ‘you indigenous Australians are cl…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I’ve been reading The Human Stain by Philip Roth. It’s quite an insight into these things. Presumably the false accusation came about because of your ethnicity? Humanity is odd… that’ll be my final con…

In reply to butimbeautiful. The American managerial class, which includes its school administrators, is accustomed to giving orders, making accusations, firing people at will, and always acting so as to to minimize the chances of either bad publicity f…

In reply to boydstun. I actually have video footage of the Israeli incursion into Jenin that I’m going to upload onto the blog sometime this weekend. It’s impossible to describe it as a “raid.” And it’s becoming clear to m…

In reply to butimbeautiful. “Would it be true to say that Israel couldn’t survive without US help?” Hard to say for certain, but I suspect so. “Morally I have no idea why we, in Australia as well as the US, take support for Israel as …