Humour Verses Violence: Your Say?

Recently received the following e-mail purportedly from a Speech at the UN: “A representative from Israel began: 'Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Moses. When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought, 'What a good opportunity to have a bath!' He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Palestinian had stolen them.' The Palestinian representative jumped up furiously and shouted, 'What are you talking about? The Palestinians weren't there then.' The Israeli representative smiled and said, 'And now that I have made that clear, I will begin my speech.'

That one is both funny and clever. (If you accept the right of the Jews to their old inheritance, if not you will find it offensive, but please do read it to the end to get the point that I am making. Now, I do realize that not all will find this story funny or even clever. However what I really liked about this “Joke”, is that it also shows that even in humour, one can get their point across, in a way that attracts many more people’s attention, than by many other means. For example this e-mail has been passed around to thousands if not millions on the Net, but how many would have passed on even a simple statement from either side at the UN? Not many I think and so to me at least, the lesson here is, that there is no need to be loud or aggressive to get your message across if you just think a little more before you speak.
Many Palestinians really struggle to understand why the rest of the world won’t listen to their message. Well maybe that is because the rest of the world doesn’t like how that message is being delivered and maybe the Palestinian side should consider Humour more and bombs and bullets less? What say you?