I just heard a Skynews reporter say that Israel is heading back to a “tit for tat cycle of violence.”

Traditionally “tit for tat” implies that tit and tat are equal in value. But in this case “tit” is deliberately murdering and maiming innocent men, women and children, and “tat” is hunting down and killing the people responsible.

The simplistic media remain stuck in their own cycle of trite, simplistic and misleading cliches, all to help continue to obscure the seemingly quaint notion of responsibility.