Doreen Peri wrote:I'm not trying to answer for Kurt, of course. He can answer himself. I just thought about your question, Panta, and decided to present my thoughts. In my opinion, the situation in the MIddle East definitely does affect the entire world.
ok, so what you are saying, basically, is that the effects the israeli-palestinian conflict has on those of us who are not directly involved, are about a) money and b) emotions/fear.
as for a) - yes, in an economically cross-linked world like ours, most things happening somewhere effect other things somewhere else, not only the conflicts in the middle east. i doubt, though, that your and my life standard would significantly change (or change at all) whether the conflict we are talking about stopped or went on, and i think it is pretty degrading for those existentially involved in the conflict to mention oil prices and taxes (which are issues that are influenced by thousands of other factors, as well), as if this was what mattered, as if this was what i was about...
about b) - i think we are probably making different experiences about this. i don't see how the israeli-palestinian conflict affects "the stability and consciousness of people all over the world" and how it "makes people (no matter where they live) fearful and anxious". all this applies to those involved, just as it does apply for anyone involved in any conflict or war, but how does it apply to you and me and people all over the world???
you also say that "he ongoing violent middle east wars have been used by the propagandists to instill fear in people all over the world" - again, i am not making this experience. my experience is getting lots of info about it and news about it (which both may bear a certain bias towards the one or the other side, but this only helps to get a rounder picture), but why would there be "propaganda" about it in your country or mine and why would the media want to instill fear about it?? what would be the use of it??? it wouldn't even make sense.
though if this is your experience, it may be different over there than it is here - i don't know.
also, this religious last battle or armageddon that you mention (and that has been mentioned before by others on this thread) - i never ever have heard this used as an official or public argument or explanation or cause or justification for any part of the conflict around here, so it seems weird to bring this up at all. you may find people believing in that if you visited respective sited on the internet, sure, but you may find just about anything weird out there - but it's nothing that's mentioned on tv or newspapers and nothing anyone serious would ever mention or even consider to be an argument at all...
actually, the whole b)-part seems really far-fetched to me... as if we were talking about a totally different issue! so i think we either are, or we are making totally different experiences in that respect...
hm.