A you tuber I listen to sometimes says people don't continue with situations where they are treated badly unless there is some "pay-off" they're getting from it.
I thought about that idea recently while wondering about the Israeli - Palestinian conflict. I.e., Do they like to fight? Is it possible that they enjoy living in constant peril?
And whose fault is it? The people's, or the governments?
Is it because it is more exciting to fight, and life would be too boring if it was just regular?
(In an episode of The Sopranos Christopher Moltisanti says he can't stand "the regularness of life."...)
In one YT video it showed an outline of a map, and the narrator said there are four contested areas: Israel, Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.
But wait, isn't Jerusalem IN Israel? See how confusing it always is? Drives me crazy.
Checking Wiki, yes it is in Israel, it's the capital--maybe I memorized that map wrong dammit.
This caused me to remember a song, "Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan" -- it's good, very upbeat, you-tube it and listen. There's one by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (uploader NGDB). Ricky Skaggs sings the lead - one commenter wrote, "When Ricky holds the word moan my dogs howl."
There's a video of a super old-timey version of the song, by Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers. Someone typed the lyrics in the comment section - they're hilarious. "... there's a Campbellite preacher an' his soul is saved / don't you hear Jerusalem moan / but he has to be baptized ever' other day / don't you hear Jerusalem moan..."
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