A Civil Society is a long way off in the Palestian territories

30 members of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades decided to occupy a Government building in the Gaza strip. They are upset because of their salaries being paid late. But they decided to fire their weapons too.

I can understand their frustration with not being paid. In my opinion the Palestians need to learn to stop resorting to weapons for the slightest of reasons. Violence begets violence. They could have simply staged a non-violent protest in front of the building.

There is a law in the state of Arizona called Shannon's law. The law was enacted in 2000 in response to a 14 year old girl's death by a stray bullet. Some moron fired a gun into the air, and the bullet came down and killed an innocent girl. Given all the firing of weapons into the air by the various armed Palestinian groups, it is certain that a similiar result is going to occur.