weekend update.

today is a day for remembering, since we're observing yom hashoah.

this makes me sick. for israel to fail so miserably when it comes to the very people it was founded to protect is a travesty, in my opinion. i understand that a burgeoning government budgets leaves little room for the maintenance of shoah survivor care - what i don't understand is why there has been no attempt on the part of the knesset to reconcile the budget to the needs of these citizens.

this underscores the depths of human depravity. even children are not immune to the thrill of enforcing superiority over others. in a slightly humorous bent, i find it mildly amusing that a texas school made israeli news.

and this is proof that despite all of its flaws, israel is trying. it's trying to remember. unfortunately the trials of the past are clouded, making it difficult to apply the lessons to the current middle eastern situation.

i guess hindsight isn't necessarily 20/20. and that's not to say that israel is a failure of democracy. far from it. i just hold ha'aretz [and america] to a higher standard because i can, because some sick optimistic streak in my heart tells me that we are capable of achieving and surpassing that standard.

of course, then i remember that i'm in law school, and i was supposed to check my romanticism at the door.