Fwd.: BARAK ON THE COUCH

Eric Rosenbloom ericr at sadlier.com
Wed Jan 24 08:50:53 CST 2001


KXX4493553 at aol.com wrote:
> A friend forwarded this to me...
> In psychiatric terms, the first step in curing the problem is the
> recognition that the  abuser is to blame, not the child. We have to stop
> blaming ourselves. Arafat is at fault for the violence, not us. We have to
> stop justifying the Palestinian cause, and recognize that our own cause is
> righteous and just. The violence will stop only when Israel's leaders will
> discard the pathological view that Israel is to blame. As long as we see
> ourselves as an undeserving child, negotiations will always fail. For the
> Jewish people, the time has come to grow up.
>  Gary Quinn, M.D.
>  Jerusalem Stress and Trauma Institute
>  9 Harav Berlin Street, Jerusalem, 92501
>  02-5633928

Become the abuser . . . That's a cure? This guy needs a little
Slothrovian counterforce.




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