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Why the world is silent : Comments

By Mireille Astore, published 1/8/2006

Theories abound about Israel’s grand plan, about Iran’s role, and about Syria’s supply of arms to Hezbollah.

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Kekenidika,

I find your anti-"Jews" statements as abhorent as inaccurate. For a start, I have yet to meet a person belonging to the constructed category of a particular race - in your case "Jews". Race is a convenient colonial device created to assign negative characteristics to those that may look different or those living in far away places in order to take away their land and to subjugate them through malice, greed and envy and, when all else fails by killing them. Colonial pursuits such as those undertaken by Zionists since 1896 - which are again different from people practicing Judaism - are not interested in the subtle differences that distinguish one culture from another. Colonials are mostly made up of economic or military warriors who look upon difference as inconvenience rather than enrichement: warriors so devoid of refinement that they are unable to see the value of differences within themselves.

Mireille
Posted by Mireille, Saturday, 5 August 2006 8:51:29 PM
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Now that is a real strange comment you have made now Mireille...

You say my anti-"Jews" statement to be abhorrent and inaccurate, but unfortunately they have a fairly historical accuracy which is really fairly difficult to ignore, but maybe I am wrong perhaps....?

As for the colonialist (I presume here you mean modern day colonialists?) or perhaps you would go back as far as antiquity, let us say the days of the Egyptians, or even come forward to the Greeks and Romans.... Surely they are not in what is now the excised land now called Israel, hiding amongst those innocent pacifist people practising "Judaism"

Of course you then switch across to the good old "Zionists....." Now just who are these Zionists ... exactly where have they sprung from and where are they now? What are they doing right now? And why only from 1896? Why this particular year ... and where did they start to expand their empire?

I would of course be interested in your response to this - I am always open to enlightenment.
Posted by Kekenidika, Saturday, 5 August 2006 9:54:26 PM
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@MIRIELLE
I see there is yet much work to be done, to clarify the fuzzy head with which you appear to have written your article.

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“As such, non-Jewish Arabs have no rights to the protection of the state that all citizens of the world enjoy in their capacity as citizens of states.”

That is either an outright lie and misrepresentation at worst or a sloppy and shabby statement based on ‘opinion’ rather than fact at best. In either case it deserves a rebuke !

Did you have your brain turned on when you wrote that ? “no rights” is rather sweeping. I suggest you research this more b4 providing fuel for those who would like to suggest to your employer that they are more worthy of your job than you.

You might have ‘just’ got away with ‘less rights’ or.. ‘differing rights’ but.. NO rights ? * frown *

Then there is this:

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“Israel’s legal system makes it perfectly legitimate to take away the small plots of land that Palestinian families have owned for generations”

COMMENT yes.. JUST as Australia’s and most other Western countries legal system provides for ‘compulsory acquisition’ of land for state purposes.

and

“These plots of lands are then levelled and given to the Israel Land Administration who then decides to whom to give them.”

COMMENT Yep.. just like yours and mine would be levelled in order for the Freeway or other state purpose to be carried out.

and

“It's needless to point out here that these lands and houses would not be given back to an Arab family. And the world is silent about these injustices.”

COMMENT Yep..just as land acquired by the Australian government would not be given back to its owners, or any other person, which conflicted with the “state purpose”

and the reason ‘The World’ remains silent is because its a fact of life for all of us.

CONCLUSION:
You are using a lot of ‘programmed’ terminology “collective punishment” and the such like which suggests you have more of a skewed political agenda than a ‘truth’ agenda.
Balance....not “BS” please.
Posted by BOAZ_David, Sunday, 6 August 2006 2:24:01 PM
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Logic
There is a rejoinder to your last post which readers can make for themselves.
I am exiting this debate as I have said all I want to say.
Before I go I assure you that my philosophy is one of non-violence and goodwill to all.
Cheers,
Posted by fdixit, Sunday, 6 August 2006 4:23:41 PM
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History has clearly shown that the innocent suffer from war, governments achieve financialy and religious groups/sects become alot more extreme. Whats changed or any different now?
Posted by Youssef, Monday, 7 August 2006 11:41:36 PM
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