In response to Yoav Mor's Monday letter to the editor titled "Gainesville lacks informed intellectuals," I was one of those ill-informed "hippies" he was referring to â€" though human rights activist is a far more accurate term. As a matter of fact, those ill-informed hippies he was referring to are graduating this semester with their bachelor's degrees in Middle Eastern Studies.
I would like to clarify that aside from the sign comparing Gaza to Warsaw all other posters were merely calling for a stoppage to the killings and for people to stand up against injustice.
To console Mor's "pain" and "sadness" about the news of Gaza reaching the UF campus, he should be relieved to know that he is surrounded by human beings who can't sit back and watch hundreds upon hundreds of innocent civilians being slaughtered in the name of national security.
Our ears are far from deaf sir, they are ringing from the cries of the Middle East and our voices are all we have right now to speak up against the inhumanity and inform the public of the current situation.
When did it become OK to sit back in silence during such a catastrophe, especially when people are injured and dying without medical aid or food? It's not OK!
As a citizen of the world, Mor should take part in the discussions of his peers and not arrogantly dismiss them. Question them with respect and conclude, not with answers, but with a new-found motivation to make a positive difference.
