Post #243,915
2/8/06 8:47:19 PM
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Do you mean like these?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If that the symbolism is too detached, perhaps it's instead a cartoon of someone with horns labeled as Israel raping a Palestinian while slashing a child with a bloody knife. That tweak anything? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[link|http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/arab/cartoon_arab_press_080702.asp|http://www.adl.org/A..._press_080702.asp]
[link|http://www.adl.org/egyptian_media/media_2001/jews_as_nazis.asp|http://www.adl.org/e...jews_as_nazis.asp]
I could probably find more. Should I go burn some consulate right now? Or it's OK to wait till morning?
Your somewhat better example of "Christ in piss" is nothing spectacular. Did you defend the perpetrator back then? Was that picture stirring something akin to [link|http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=19134_Islamic_Supremacism_on_Parade&only|this]? How do you compare "punch on the nose" with [link|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=0UPJ5EK14JFDFQFIQMGCFF4AVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/02/06/ucartoon.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/02/06/ixportaltop.html|this]?
This whole "matter of degree" thing will be the end of our civilization yet. NO, the difference between burning down buildings and sending outraged letters is not a matter of degree. And the hate crime that gets prosecuted is not the same as government-sponsored "protests" that end up killing people.
If you want to find something similar to Arab "anger", you'd have to go a bit further back in history: to linching, to the Night of Saint Bartholomew (sp?), to French Terror. Would you defend those too?
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Post #243,923
2/8/06 8:58:37 PM
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some of those are pretty good, where can I get the T-Shirt?
the arabs think differently than westerners. To them unless its their tribe or religion they shrug and go "bad taste" their family or their religion they act like settlers defending an illegal outpost. If you think the folks attacking the police and IDF and stoning 8yo pal school children and fighting with the IDF hat tries to stop them are any different than the muslims you identified in the links that I am saddened. People will lie, cheat, steal and murder in the name of their religion if they are fanatics. Unfortunately they appear to be on the increase. thanx, bill
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Post #243,928
2/8/06 9:16:39 PM
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The Jewish extermists are clearly a minority
and despised by most Israelis.
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Post #243,931
2/8/06 9:29:29 PM
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not my point its quality not quantity fanatics are fanatical
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Post #243,932
2/8/06 9:32:41 PM
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Another "difference of degree"... Sigh...
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Post #244,057
2/9/06 5:20:40 PM
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On the contrary, it was a comparison in qualitative terms...
..."fanatical is fanatical" -- absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with "degrees".
What _I_S_, ever so ironically, a comparison of degrees, though, is this:
"The Jewish extermists are clearly a minority".
"Sigh", indeed... How could you not see that?
And what do you think this inability of yours says about you?
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Post #244,198
2/10/06 11:52:32 PM
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It tells me that, say, 80% of the nation
burning and pillaging with the govt's blessing, versus 8% fighting the rest of the nation (and the rest of the nation is represented mainly by police) is NOT a matter of degree.
And yes, you are right. "Fanatics are fanatical" has nothing to do with degrees. It does not recognize degrees or differences - it equalizes.
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Post #243,925
2/8/06 9:08:00 PM
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My personal fave
was a picture of a woman in chador in London holding a placard that read "get ready for the real holocaust". Pretty much summed it up for me; protesting a slight against her faith by carrying a sign saying that the Jewish experience in World War II was not real.
Interestingly, we've not had a lot of reaction here in Canada. I suspect it's because we've done a much better job of integrating immigrants than they have in Europe, and just maybe because they've come to appreciate the fact that they are pretty much left alone in their faith here.
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Post #243,926
2/8/06 9:13:23 PM
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Oh, I think you misunderstood her
It was a threat, on the lines of "you aint't seen nothing yet". As in "the _real_ holocaust will happen when we, the Muslims, will exact our revenge on your lot".
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Post #243,933
2/8/06 9:33:05 PM
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Oh, I don't think I did
I think she didn't understand herself.
That particular pic headed straight into the realm of serious irony. Now if only she and her cohorts were actually intellectually capable of grasping that irony...
Don't worry, the threat was very clear to me.
If they eventually pass the West's tolerance threshold, I don't think they'll like the result.
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Post #243,961
2/9/06 12:54:00 AM
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At least the first batch puts my example to shame! :)
What could the Israelis have done to inspire such hate?
As I've said elsewhere, and even Condi said it today, part of the violence is inspired by Syrian and Iranian governments for their own purposes. Part of it is that Muslims have been feeling under attack for some time. Yes, some of the problem is cultural and some of it is due to ignorance. The cartoons were the final straw. Some Muslim clerics have been fanning the flames. There have been moderate Muslims speaking against the violence so you can't paint everyone with the same brush.
I do not think I had to defend the artist of the crucifix in piss. My only thought was "You poor bastard!" What was the point?
I make a big distinction between symbols and the things they represent. You can burn the American flag. I won't like it, but in the final analysis it's a piece of cloth. Kill innocent people and it's very different.
I'm all for peaceful demonstrations, but would never defend mob violence.
As for going back in history, try 1948 and Deir Yassin.
Alex
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Post #243,983
2/9/06 8:22:48 AM
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you can go to 1929 hebron also but whats the point?
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Post #244,004
2/9/06 10:41:35 AM
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Re: whats the point?
The point is there is not a dime's worth of difference between Jews and Arabs or the rest of us for that matter.
Alex
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Post #244,006
2/9/06 10:44:35 AM
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fair statement
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Post #244,200
2/10/06 11:57:01 PM
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Nothing I can do about this attitude
May be, just may be, when Iran finally drops the Bomb on Tel-Aviv, or Mr. bin Laden delivers it to New York, your attitude will change. In the meantime, sweet dreams.
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Post #244,209
2/11/06 5:59:48 AM
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Re: Nothing I can do about this attitude
Are you saying that there's some kind of moral or ethical difference between the Israelis and the Palestinians?
I don't see one, just differences in methodology.
Assault helicopters versus suicide bombers. Tanks versus petrol bombs.
Bin Laden's a nasty piece of work, to be sure, and the president of Iran is clearly a woo-woo of the first water, but if we are to have any hope of retaining even a shred of our humanity in all this, we need to stop pretending that "they" are all that different from "us".
I believe in a world where people who perform criminal acts are brought to justice, whatever their tribal or religious association.
Your solution is, effectively, to nuke the middle east - Operation Desert Annulment. It'll work; after all, it's hard to be a suicide bomber when you've been converted to a handful of radioactive ash. But what's the cost to us, collectively, as a civilisation? Would we continue to live in our little "us versus them and WE WON" box?
The alternative, of course, is to make the protagonists in this sordid little drama discuss things like adults.
And we all know how likely that is.
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Post #244,215
2/11/06 10:01:22 AM
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moral difference
Palestinians using mentally damaged youths aim them at women and children. Israelis use helocopters aiming at terrorists which occasionally cause bystanders deaths, All you have to do is look at the total deaths by gender and age. Even the Palestinians admit the moral difference. When an Iraqi twit blew up a Palestinian wedding in Jordan there was howls of outrage from the palestinians. I also am the first to admit a 5 megatonn device on the dome of the Rock would solve a lot of problems. than, bill
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Post #244,224
2/11/06 11:09:03 AM
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Re: moral difference
And the Israelis nicked the land in the first place, and the British before that. And what about all that in the early eighties in Jordan? Sabra and Chatila ring a bell? Still want to push the "no moral equivalence" button?
The aforementioned 5 megatonne device wouldn't solve shit, Bill. All that would happen would be that every vacillating Muslim sort-of-extremist-but-not-quite from Algeria to Indonesia would suddenly have a moment of clarity - that moment being "Imma blow me away some INFIDELS!".
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Post #244,225
2/11/06 11:14:27 AM
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naw, they'll blame it on the Jews as usual :-)
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Post #244,229
2/11/06 11:47:15 AM
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s /Jordan/Lebanon/ perhaps?
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Post #244,231
2/11/06 12:06:39 PM
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Ar.
Slip of the brain.
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Post #244,240
2/11/06 12:37:46 PM
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It's not unusual for some to have Jordan on the brain...
nee Katie Price.
;-)
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #244,245
2/11/06 12:54:49 PM
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Not on the *brain* as such...
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Post #244,235
2/11/06 12:31:20 PM
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israeli's didnt nick it, they paid cash for most of it
then sat on the rest. No one else was using it, the natives were just tribesmen hunting over the land no one owned it, shit wrong argument :-) palestinians killed the palestinians in those 2 mentioned incidents while Israel turned a blind eye. Kinda like the RUC. thanx, bill
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Post #244,223
2/11/06 11:07:02 AM
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My solution?
Thanks for putting words in my mouth, pal.
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