thanks to the couple of people with sensible replies to my journal last night
Maybe some of the rest will realise getting angrier doesn't help. I didn't post while angry - more while desolate and depressed which probably jaded my view of the people in the region even further.
It is good to see that perl and open source groups contribute to their community like that.
Tonight I plan to hack more code and I hope some nice israeli's can find a good use for it.