Manson v. NetanYahoo

Take a look at this paragraph from The New York Times about a Charles Manson-related video:

In 1969, at age 21, Ms. Krenwinkel was a member of Mr. Manson’s cult in Los Angeles. His group, which he called the “Family,” included more than a dozen men and women who adhered to a bizarre mixture of hippie culture and apocalyptic paranoia. Seeking to inspire a race war, Manson ordered Ms. Krenwinkel and other members of his group to commit a series of murders. Over the course of two nights, they savagely murdered seven people, inflicting more than 130 stab wounds. One of them, the actress Sharon Tate, was eight and a half months pregnant. At their trial, the women shamelessly admitted their crimes and flaunted their allegiance to a leader they loved, but who clearly controlled their minds.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/opinion/my-life-after-manson.html

Now read this dark parody of the NYT piece:

In 2014, at age 21, Ms. K__ was a member of Mr. NetanYahoo's cult in Tel Aviv. His group, which he called the “IDF,” included more than a few men and women who adhered to a bizarre mixture of Biblical prophecy and apocalyptic paranoia. Seeking to inspire a genocidal war, NetanYahoo ordered Ms. K__ and other members of his group to commit a series of murders. Over the course of several weeks, they savagely murdered over 2,000 people, bombed schools, and caused the displacement of over 160,000 more victims. Several of the dead were pregnant women and children. When quizzed about what they had done, the members of the IDF shamelessly admitted their crimes and flaunted their allegiance to a leader they loved, but who clearly controlled their minds.

We can easily recognize the evil in what Charles Manson induced his followers to do. Why can't we recognize the evil in what Bibi NetanYahoo is now inducing his followers to do?

And beyond that, if a given group of people can internally justify dozens of murders and even large scale mass murder ... isn't it possible that a person like the Antichrist would be able to persuade his followers to commit murder on a global scale?

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

Jim Morrison

Whoever controls the mind, controls the body.

Laura B. Brown

http://scholar.valpo.edu/vulr/vol25/iss3/4/

I urge you to read (or at least scan) Ms. Brown's paper and then to rethink what has been happening in Israel.

Has Israel become a dangerous religious cult? Other than the size of the cults and the scale of their killing, how are NetanYahoo and his followers any different from Manson and his?

At the time they committed their crimes, I think both groups would have argued they were motivated by divine purposes. Do you see the Hand of G-d in the actions of either of these groups?

Update: A few IDF soldiers are not members of the NetanYahoo cult. This is what they have to say about the Gazan massacre:

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/08/06/idfs-a06.html

I still have a feeling that most Americans don't have a problem with what the NetanYahoo cult has been doing. That is truly sad.