Proceed with caution. I just received an email that said the Houston Mediterranean Festival has been postponed out of respect for the events of the past weeks. I can certainly see that point of view. But instead, I have to admit that it bugs me. That people will hate all the beautiful things that come out of an entire culture just because of a bunch of suicidal, inhumane,millitant idiots.
People can be so damn narrow-minded.
If anything, I think we NEED stuff like med fests to remind ourselves that there are good and beautiful things that have come out of that part of the world. We shouldn't lose sight of their humanity, their love of beauty and their families and their culture any more than we should lose sight of our own. Not that I don't think we should bomb those responsible. I am, after all, a Republican. But I feel like the basic, gritty humanity and emotions of everyone else who lives there are in danger of being forgotten.