A Jew on Arabs

An acquaintance, who is a Jew, saw my away message on AIM and then wrote me. Here's the brief conversation:

Anonymous: that asshole probably threw rocks too
My away message: "If you throw a rock you will maybe hit one person and injure him, but if you throw words on the microphone you will touch all the hearts." Tamer Nafar (Arab-Israeli emcee)
Anonymous: fuck him
My response (a bit later): hey c'mon now. it's a pretty innocuous, even peace-loving, comment. he's saying words are more powerful than violence

It's not a good sign when we as Jews can't even listen to a remark like Tamer Nafar's without resorting to blind anger. We must listen to people from other races and religions. We must WANT to unite and achieve peace. We must try to see the good in others. And we must confront our own when they stray from the basic logic and reason.