{"id":5732,"date":"2011-06-22T23:52:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2012-12-12T15:47:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T14:47:19","slug":"guns-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5732","title":{"rendered":"Guns in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jerusalem has many teenagers, say 18 yr olds, armed with machine guns, both boys and girls. While I understand this may be necessary I find it creepy and wrong. And what is worse is that my 4 year old boy who is here with us is fascinated with guns, something that I am trying to discourage but it\u2019s not easy with boys that age. As he sees these other \u201ckids\u201dwith machine guns he goes and talks to them, asks them if he can also have a machine gun to play with. They laugh but I worry.<\/p>\n<p>On a more positive note here are some pictures of Jerusalem which overall is a fascinating place to visit. But the second picture shows my son Leo admiring the young soldiers.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"700\" height=\"525\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157626899835549%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157626899835549%2F&amp;set_id=72157626899835549&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=104087\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"700\" height=\"525\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=104087\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157626899835549%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmartinvars%2Fsets%2F72157626899835549%2F&amp;set_id=72157626899835549&amp;jump_to=\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5732\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerusalem has many teenagers, say 18 yr olds, armed with machine guns, both boys and girls. While I understand this may be necessary I find it creepy and wrong. 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