Pope And Israel

I am a selfish person.

Bethlehem – Ma’an – Despite the diplomatic immunity that Pope Benedict XVI enjoys throughout the world, Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport security officials insisted on inspecting all the pontiff’s luggage when he left the Holy Land last Friday, according to the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv.

According to Ma’ariv’s report, which appeared on Tuesday, the pope’s attendants were asked to put all the gifts he received during his weeklong visit through an X-ray machine. The aides were also questioned at the airport.

Ma’ariv said the pope’s entourage at first refused the search, causing an argument that threatened to snowball into a diplomatic crisis. But after long discussions and the intervention of high-level officials, the pope’s attendants agreed to have their luggage checked in the X-ray machine.

Security officers noticed the pope’s personal physician carrying a bag with a cooler, and after inspection they found it contained four containers of blood of the pope’s blood type kept in case of emergency.

"We are responsible for the safety of millions of passengers who use the airport every year, and we receive official directives on how to do our job," Israeli airport authorities commented on the incident.

This shows how the Israel treat everyone, EQUAL, init?

http://www.uruknet.de:80/?s1=1&p=54429&s2=21


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Soldiers Tale

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“I came over here because I wanted to kill people…I mean, I thought killing somebody would be this life-changing experience. And then I did it…I mean, you kill somebody and it's like 'All right, let's go get some pizza.'…I just want to go home alive. I don't give a [expletive] about the whole Iraq thing. I don't care….See, this war is different from all the ones that our fathers and grandfathers fought. Those wars were for something. This war is for nothing."

Bad apple?

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/140155/disturbing_account_of_wanton_rape_and_murder_in_iraq_emerges_from_trial_of_u.s._vet/?page=entire



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Perfection Comes At A Cost The Boffins Say

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I am poor dull and take it as it comes. One of the top optimists in and around me. If I go to the station and find the last train is already gone, I think it might me late and hang around the empty platform for hours. I thought I was a lost case in humanity. And I read this:

Perfectionists — that is, those who expressed "a strong motivation to be perfect" and revealed a tendency toward "all or nothing thinking" — were approximately 51 percent more likely to have died during the life of the study than those with more reasonable self-expectations. Those who were rated high on neuroticism — for instance, those who reported often feeling tense — did even worse: Their risk of death nearly doubled compared with those with a more relaxed disposition.

In contrast, "risk of death was significantly lower for high scorers in conscientiousness, extraversion and optimism," reports lead author Prem S. Fry, a research psychologist at British Columbia's Trinity Western University. She notes that previous research has found that "perfectionism exerts a great deal of stress on health," while optimism "is viewed as a stress-alleviating factor."

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/140159/do_perfectionists_face_early_deaths_new_study_suggests_yes/?comments=view&cID=1218605&pID=1218599#c1218605




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Gurkhas Of UK

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I heard this morning that the UK gov has overturned the decision about the Gurkhas to live in UK. I cried with tears running down my cheeks without feeling ashamed as a man. "Boys Don't Cry" a stupid person said and I don't believe in that. I cry for anything which moves me and I am happy that I am human with emotions. Does it mean I am not English with the famous 'stiff upper lip', I wonder. Who the hell cares?

During the training the Gurkhas were told that they have to jump out of a plane at 20,000 feet. They talked amongst themselves and a spokesman came up with an argument that, they will not mind jumping at 10,000 feet instead of 20,000; until he heard that they all going to jump with parachutes.


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