tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post996921867463212225..comments2010-01-18T15:41:22.542+02:00Danny Brothershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372641972664155753noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-70910040396833699662010-01-18T15:41:22.542+02:002010-01-18T15:41:22.542+02:00Shalom Danny, as a casual every-other-month reader of your blog I can only say: Thank you so much!<br />It was a great post, I loved the human perspective of it. It&#39;s good that you keep your distance, that you maintain your ability to look at the conflict and your position in it from two sides.. too few people do it!<br />And by the way: you got a really nice writing style. Don&#39;t know about you poetry, but the dialogues were superb :-)<br /><br />Take care, stay safe.Henkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05941424704442168740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-2888283260723990392010-01-01T10:43:34.266+02:002010-01-01T10:43:34.266+02:00daniman - funny you say that, because i am really uncomfortable writing dialogue. it is widely recognized as the hardest element of narrative writing. making natural dialogue without using your own voice is easily the most challenging part. i took a poetry course in college. learned that i suck at poetry, even though i had been writing quite a bit of it for about 3 years. i was the teacher&#39;s least favorite student (about 15 kids). i mean, she REALLY disliked me and my stuff. oh well. i did take a few english lit courses, like 2 or 3 i think, but nothing that helped my writing. i just write!<br /><br />rafi - thanks for the clarification. i thought you were a radical righty for a minute there!<br /><br />will - keep reading! thanks a lot.<br /><br />ruanne - i read Lt. Matt Gallagher&#39;s blog, Kaboom. He was a cavalry (i think) lt writing out of Iraq, and he talked about this clan stuff all the time. It was pretty good reading. Check it out.Danny Brothershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03372641972664155753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-48610189519352740082010-01-01T04:50:35.050+02:002010-01-01T04:50:35.050+02:00It was all over some kind of an honor feud?? Yeah, you hear about that kind of thing in Iraq from time to time (indeed it&#39;s one way to get information, use the honor system to your advantage and play the clans off each other), though I&#39;ve never heard of it playing out with people trying to kill each with rocks in the highway.<br /><br />How surreal, literal roadblocks...Ruannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-62682978797350667242009-12-30T19:23:31.478+02:002009-12-30T19:23:31.478+02:00I came across your blog randomly through the &quot;next blog button&quot; on blogger. I enjoy reading your blog, and I hope that I am not intruding. Continue to stay safe and keep writing. And thank you for your stories. <br /><br />WillWill Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275204300268323606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-83069141594314441102009-12-30T18:44:14.273+02:002009-12-30T18:44:14.273+02:00be safe, danny.<br />-arkadiyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-22113269358913533272009-12-30T15:14:44.690+02:002009-12-30T15:14:44.690+02:00I also want to clarify that these trouble-makers/terrorists can be both jewish and muslim (as both religions have their fair share of extremists) and I hope that from within each set of extremists, there are people that are willing to move forward and forget previous arguments and disputes and bring peace, respect and love into Israel, rather than hatred, ignorance and terrorism. I hope that cleared up my previous post. Once again, Danny tishmor al atzmecha, RafiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-980279811964800362009-12-30T15:05:34.916+02:002009-12-30T15:05:34.916+02:00Danny, well done on another brilliant post! It is true how sad it is that there is no one out there amongst these trouble-makers and terrorists, willing to take the first sensible step towards peace, but instead these pointless attacks (and of course targeted attacks as well) against whoever (jews/arabs/innocent people) continue. I really pray and hope things will change for the better and that peace shall reign. Keep up the excellent posts! Tishmor al atzmecha, RafiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-44217859991763021932009-12-30T14:58:11.739+02:002009-12-30T14:58:11.739+02:00It&#39;s just stupid isn&#39;t it? What were they thinking? <br />Anyway, great post man.Rafaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8554337268732390744.post-24406638299832097592009-12-30T07:31:38.491+02:002009-12-30T07:31:38.491+02:00like you say Danny, its just another &quot;roadblock&quot; towards peace :) <br /><br />also you should tell the idf to get more organized. its just hysterical when they send jeeps and helicopters in the middle of an embush. like everyone wants in on the action.<br /><br />btw, i cant help noticing that you write dialogues really well. did you take any special writing courses in college?<br /><br />-danielCdaniman750http://www.blogger.com/profile/14602279673695820172noreply@blogger.com