In Ridley Scott's popular film version ("Blade Runner") of Philip K. Dick's classic "Do Androids Dream of Electic Sheep?" the replicants were all (with one exception) programmed to self-destruct. (This is one of the few PKD novels I don't own and have never read, so I don't know if this is true in the book. Free free to clue me in.)
I'm beginning to think that the State of Israel was infected from its inception with similar code.
Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz is expected to propose a partial withdrawal from east Jerusalem under a final peace settlement with the Palestinians when he presents the party platform at a party meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, a Labor Party official said on Saturday.
Can you imagine a politician in any other country in the world making a campaign issue of his (or her) intention to cede land to a declared enemy bent upon destruction of his (or her) nation? Making an issue of one's opponent's intention to retreat, surrender and concede I can understand. But only in Israel do candidates (justifiably) think they'll win votes by advertising their anticipated capitulation to terrorists and murderers.
It simply boggles the mind.
