Well at least the Dalai Lama sees what's going on. I also liked when Ghandi's grandson said the Jews and Israel are the biggest players in the world's culture of violence just a few months ago. I wonder what the liberals thought of that one??:D Here's the actual article from Ghandi's grandson in case you missed it. It created a bit of a controversy.     Jewish Identity Can't Depend on Violence    Jewish identity in the past has been locked into the holocaust experience -- a German burden that the Jews have not been able to shed. It is a very good example of a community can overplay a historic experience to the point that it begins to repulse friends. The holocaust was the result of the warped mind of an individual who was able to influence his followers into doing something dreadful. But, it seems to me the Jews today not only want the Germans to feel guilty but the whole world must regret what happened to the Jews. The world did feel sorry for the episode but when an individual or a nation refuses to forgive and move on the regret turns into anger.  The Jewish identity in the future appears bleak. Any nation that remains anchored to the past is unable to move ahead and, especially a nation that believes its survival can only be ensured by weapons and bombs. In Tel Aviv in 2004 I had the opportunity to speak to some Members of Parliament and Peace activists all of whom argued that the wall and the military build-up was necessary to protect the nation and the people. In other words, I asked, you believe that you can create a snake pit -- with many deadly snakes in it -- and expect to live in the pit secure and alive? What do you mean? they countered. Well, with your superior weapons and armaments and your attitude towards your neighbors would it not be right to say that you are creating a snake pit? How can anyone live peacefully in such an atmosphere? Would it not be better to befriend those who hate you? Can you not reach out and share your technological advancement with your neighbors and build a relationship?   Apparently, in the modern world, so determined to live by the bomb, this is an alien concept.  You don't be friend anyone, you dominate them. We have created a culture of violence  (Israel and the Jews are the biggest players)  and that Culture of Violence is eventually going to destroy humanity.         Please e-mail  On Faith  if you'd like to receive an email notification when On Faith sends out a new question.     Email Me  |  Del.icio.us  |  Digg  |  Facebook    Posted by  Arun Gandhi  o   http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/o..._the_past.html   Arun Gandhi     Co-founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.    Born in 1934 in Durban, South Africa, Arun Gandhi is the fifth grandson of Indias legendary leader, Mohandas K. Mahatma Gandhi. He is co-founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, now at the University of Rochester in New York. He is a regular participant in Renaissance Weekend deliberations with President Clinton and other Rhodes Scholars. He worked for 30 years as a journalist for The Times of India. He is the author of several books, including A Patch of White (1949) and The Forgotten Woman: The Untold Story of Kastur, the Wife of Mahatma Gandhi, which he wrote with his late wife Sunanda. n January 7, 2008 2:50 PM