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Angry activists with a positive agenda!

By: David Ben-Ariel, Fri Dec 9th, 2005 05:56:43 PM

As the reformed British National Party chairman Nick Griffin recently noted during an interview by Robert Locke in Wales,

"At the end of the day, it's always the positive agendas that win in politics. Anger about what is being done to this country is legitimate, but mere anger just leads to hooliganism and political impotence. It attracts angry activists who can't behave themselves or articulate an agenda, and once you've milked the public's resentments, you've got nothing more to offer them and you stall politically. It's the positive vision of a restored and redeemed Britain that's the key for us now."

This insightful comment made me reflect about how Meir Kahane loved God, the Jewish People and Israel, but it appears he attracted some who were merely "angry activists" (as every group and organization tends to), religious thugs out for a brawl who misrepresented the vast majority, rather than serve as angry activists with a positive agenda based on a deep and abiding and evident love for God, the Jewish People and Israel.

I'm also aware that no matter how perfect proper activists are there will always be critics who will focus on the messengers rather than the message and lose sight of it all and distract others with their diversionary tactics. We're to carry on with our politico-religious message and not let barking dogs slow us down or turn us aside. There's Work to be done and we must be about it, so help us God!

Kahane chai!

About the author: David Ben-Ariel, an American author who has travelled widely and who has lived throughout Israel, shares a special focus on the Middle East and great interest in Jerusalem, reflected in hard-hitting articles that help others improve their understanding of that troubled region. Check out Beyond Babylon

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