Democracy

* Warning * This is not an amusing post. Soz babez.

So I've been copping alotta flack for voting for the Greens for both the House of Reps and the Senate in the recent Australian Election. Therefore to explain myself I have this blog. How convenient for me.

Normally I would have voted Labor. This is because I don't believe that capitalism can self-regulate and that we need a government to help distribute wealth and opportunity.

Why do I believe this?

Well, whatever wealth I have is mainly due to circumstances beyond my control. For example my upbringing and education and even location. I chose none of these. My genetic makeup, I also had no say in. Basically I've been super lucky.

But these opportunities do not come without strings attached. I feel like I need to 'pay it forward' as it were. Because otherwise the rich are just going to get richer without any option for the poor to get their share. Additionally, if I did nothing to acquire these riches then I really have no right to them over any other person. Hence the sharing them around thing.

So I want a government that will put alot of money into public healthcare and education. This is normally what the Labor party should do.

Sadly, this year the Labor party decided that they want to stop refugees from coming to Australia. Now I don't really have an issue with processing refugees and checking their background. However, if you plan to send asylum seekers to various different pacific islands to avoid having to deal with the issue yourself you are going to lose my vote.

And that's exactly what happened with me and the Labor party.

The real nail in the coffin was when Labor decided that it was ok to send Afghanis back to Afghanistan. Loh Sababa.

Just like I want all Australians to have access to healthcare and education because that shouldn't be based on the luck of the draw so too with living in Australia. Lucky for me I was born in Oz. Sux to be born in Afghanistan. But I don't deserve this life anymore than them and accordingly I'd like to let in as many refugees as possible. Take that Pauline Hanson.

Obz there were other factors that induced me to vote for the Greens, but I'd have to say that refugees were the deciding factor.

In other news:

1) I saw a lady feeding like 30 cats this morning. When I'm Prime Minister my first action will be to ban this practice.

2) The French boy in my ulpan class wears his tops so unbuttoned that frequently his nipples fall out. Distracting.

3) Another date tonight. But likely to be the last one with this boy.

An Ode To Ariel Sharon

I'm going to Peduel for shabbat. Peduel is in the Shomron, kinda near Ariel. It's a beautiful yishuv* with big houses and great views. It's also super close to Petach Tikva and the Merkaz in general.

The issue is that I'm left wing. I think that there should be a Palestinian state in the West-Bank. This is mainly b/c of that whole triangle choice between land size, Jewish state and democracy. I chose democracy and Jewish for Israel which means that I had to give up on the greater Israel land thing.

Let me explain.

The triangle thing goes like this. if we have the full land size of Israel we then have to chose whether we want Israel to be a Jewish state or a democratic state. Because if we make this whole area democratic there is such a large Palestinian population in the West-Bank and Gaza that demographically Israel would cease to be a Jewish state. The alternative then is that to keep the whole land and not only give the right to vote to Jews. But then Israel would stop being democratic. So in order to keep Israel Jewish and democratic it can't have the full land of Israel.

So technically I think that Peduel may end up being in a Palestinian state. So why am I going there? Well, firstly a pretty good high school friend of mine now lives there. But more generally I don't really have a problem travelling in the West-Bank. It's really beautiful there and as long as I stay out of Nablus and Jericho I should be fine.

Now for all you leftie hipsters that read my blog you may not find these opinions controversial at all. You may be forgetting, however, that I am a religious young lady. And them religious folks aren't ready to give up on Yehuda and Shomron** and the whole redemption and imminent temple rebuilding just yet. But who cares what the religious Neanderthals may think you say? To which I reply that I'm single and that finding a date who is also both religious and left-wing is a tough mission. Particularly in Israel where people are becoming more and more polarized (as per the Gush Katif escapades).

Oh well, when I'm old and alone at least I will have a nobel peace prize to keep me warm at night.

Sigh.

*Settlement

** the West-Bank's biblical names