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Declaring a jewish state on any of the territory was an act of aggression


It's historicaly jewish territory. The jews were here even 3000 ages ago. And declaring this territory Palestinian is agression. It was considered by United Nations at 1948.

And what is your opinion, where is the place of Jew country?

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So USA must to selfdestroy and return independence to USA natives. And making Alaska part of USA is the act of aggression. And Shikotan is agression against Japan. And Kalliningrad is aggression against Germany. And Alsace and Lorraine are aggression.
CyberGnu do you know that your country located on the territory where other countries were before?
CyberGnu, where are you from?

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Sirotnikov, CyberGnu. Forbidding mixed marriages it's really natism, but against russians and not against palestinians. PAlestinians have all rights to get amrried by the palestinian laws, and russians cannt. But i dont see russians bombing us. Here are 200000 ethnic russians and most of them say: "We often suffer due to nationality but we love this country"

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Siro, Eli, et al. Well it looks like the re-occupation is not totally effective. What next?


The goverment finally decided to hurt families of suicide bombers. According to the GSS it should reduce attacks even further. Doh.

Homes are going to be destroyed, property confiscated and members of the family that had connection to the attack will be exiled.

Israel will also act against Imams that incite against it and against large Hamas parades.

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The goverment finally decided to hurt families of suicide bombers. According to the GSS it should reduce attacks even further. Doh.
Homes are going to be destroyed, property confiscated and members of the family that had connection to the attack will be exiled.
Israel will also act against Imams that incite against it and against large Hamas parades.


Yes it is good step. Educating terrorist became good work for palestinians and we must stop it.

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Here are 200000 ethnic russians and most of them say: "We often suffer due to nationality but we love this country"


This issue deserves a thread of it's own.

Large parts of this "suffering" is caused because many Russian immigrans simply alienate themselves.

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Sweden is the wrong country to attack... Look up Raol Wallenberg.

It's perfectly right to blame Sweden imnsho. Even if they where not the only country to do so (I guess facist Portugal was one of the better countries in this aspect) it conducted a very racist policy against jews that wanted to immigrate from Germany and central europe.

See for example prop. 1927:198:
Det var "viktigt att kontrollera en invandring av folkslag som inte lämpade sig att sammansmälta med vår befolkning."
["It was important to control a immigrantion of people that was not suited to fuse with our population"]


The later Alien's act of 1937 concluded that jews that where persecuted for their ethnicity was not political refugees and could be denied the right to enter into Sweden.

As for Kroezes long response to Siro; It would probably make me cry if I was the target and I have only cried once since the age of 10....

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Generally not, Eli, they suffer from Israel laws written by haridim

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DinoDoc, i am waiting for your answer.

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Generally not, Eli, they suffer from Israel laws written by haridim


If you ask me, those who suffer from the laws shouldn't have been allowed to come here at all.

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propaganda crap you posted ten pages ago


CyberGnu once again your opinion is noted. Once again it is just an opinion you have yet to show me any evidence this is propaganda...none.

In fact the Palestinian site use that as a referance, so does the U.N. so does just about everyone. It strikes me as odd that the numbers and break downs are used by both sides and yet you claim them to be propaganda?

So show us your source that so so different than the rest of the worlds and you have then crossed from "propaganda" to facts. The ball is in your court it appears you stand alone. Awaiting your reply and proof once again.

The rest will not be responded to as it is per delay tactics and diversion from answering the call to back what you claim. I hope I put it in simpler terms for you this time. It appears you did not understand simple english last time.

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CyberGnu, i see two causes of your antisemitism: envy and fear.
1. Envy: Israel created 54 ages ago at the desert and swamps have achived in 54 years the following:
a. Mass terraforming, swamps cleared, forests in the desert.
b. Science Israel is now number 5 in the world's top list of most advanced countries forwarded by USA, Japan, Germany and Australia.
c. Israel army is considered best organized in the world. It allowed the victory at 1973, when Israel fighted against arabs with per 10 larger army. Generally it's only country that defeated arabs. And defeated England in independence war (as USA).
d. Israel people even after war that lasts 54 year remain optimist, and if you hear shoot-sound, you will afraid so that you'll put **** into your pants.

2. Fear: your country depends a lot from arabs.
a. There are a lot of arab blackworkers in your country and you afraid of being bombed by them. Also you afraid of working on so called "bad work". Without arab workers the natives would work on blackworks.
b. Your sources of information: newspapers and TV/Radio are oil-paid whores. Their sponsors get money on arabs oil, so these newspapers say that arabs are pure angels, becouse they afraid of loosing money.
c. Inferiority complex. You are fill that you are not "beseder" and you need somebody to curse.

You are in deep sh*t but i have pity on you.

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Wow, have the ME threads evolved into something even uglier or has someone escaped the funny farm again?

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BlackIce, I know of no other source that breaks down the casualties in combatant and non-combatants. This, however, does not make your report any better.

I guess you are not familiar with logic.

If you present a source A to prove your claim B, and i say 'no, you are wrong, because source A is wrong', I would be required to supply a source C showing the fallacies of source A.

But I'm not saying that source A is wrong. I'm saying that the conclusions in your link are pure garbage. I explained it in a long, long post that you did not reply to, I don't even know if you read it. Instead you waited a week or so and tried to resurrect the same flawed argument. This fits well with the pro-israeli debating technique on this site - some kind of tag-team where one person spends a long time on one issue, and when finally the delaying arguments run out, he disappears, only to have someone else take over with a new set of stalling arguments... When the second person finally give up, the first can come back and start from the beginning.

And all the while, israel keeps slaughtering the palestinian people...

So, either go back and reply to my critique of your worthless report, or just shut up.

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Yeah, that was a bit out of the line muxec.

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muxec, hate to burst your bubble, but that was the most asinine personal attack I've seen in a long time. Even Chris62 did it better.

Question is, are you an idiot, or are you just trying to divert the argument from the pus-filled boil on humanity that is the state of israel?

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And another ME thread turns into its inevitable conclusion. Unable to further defend the actions or even existance of Israel, it turns into accusations of anti-semitism.

If you have even one shred of dignitiy in you, ask yourself this: Why are you still defending a nation you can't find arguments for? Isn't it time to either take the moral choice or give up the pretense of morality?

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the pus-filled boil on humanity that is the state of israel?


And you are surprised people accuse you of anti-semitism?

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Well, knowing pro-israelis, I'm not exactly suprised that many of them as an inability to separate anti-semitism from opposiotn to aggression.

That the actions of israel would be reprehensible whether it was populated with jews, eskimos, baptists or rwandian animists is in conflict with their preconcieved notions, and thus dismissed out of hand.

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because source A is wrong

The source is wrong again oh great one do you have any links or proof your opinion is right? Until then it is just an opinion you claim to be true.

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So, either go back and reply to my critique of your worthless report, or just shut up.


Ah the markings of a loser "shut up".

Prove to me these reports are as you say "propaganda" First they comply with all U.N. regulations in breaking down casualties. No different then the report the U.N. just produced. BTW it also agrees with my point of view on the situation. You seem to be wrong quite a lot including your ill aimed completely wrong diatribe (critique or opinion) of the breakdowns. They too comply with all U.N. regulations about casualities. That alone tells me you are wrong about the link.

So while the palestinians hide behind citizens against the U.N. regulations putting thier own citizens at risk. You claim numbers which make no sense. Then you claim slaughter at the hands of the Israelis. Clearly no one agrees with you. Clearly the number you toss around like a baseball has no meaning what so ever. Clearly you are ignorant and void of truth and would like all those who present it to you to "shut up"

Clearly that is "propaganda" and dictatorial diatribe, not ones who take the time as the palestinians do and Israelis and the U.N. and many other interested humanitarian groups to show the breakdowns...the truth...

There are many site which produce breakdowns of the casualties this is obviously an area of debate you ceed.

Once again prove to me the link is propaganda until then your "opinion" is just that. That facts remain and you can dictate commands all you like but you have said nor proved anything except that you have a hard time with facts.

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because source A is wrong


The source is wrong again oh great one do you have any links or proof your opinion is right? Until then it is just an opinion you claim to be true.




Posted by CyberGnu 01-08-2002 14:16 :

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But I'm not saying that source A is wrong. I'm saying that the conclusions in your link are pure garbage.



So tell me, what part of 'But I'm not saying that source A is wrong.' is that you don't understand? Maybe you are not a native englishspeaker, if so please tell me what language you are fluent in and I'll try arrange a translation of this seemingly simple sentence.


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Ah the markings of a loser "shut up".


Quite frankly, I think the markings of a loswer would be to avoid meeting arguments for a week and then return with name calling. Or maybe that wouldn't be a 'loser', just markings of 'child'.

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Prove to me these reports are as you say "propaganda" First they comply with all U.N. regulations in breaking down casualties. No different then the report the U.N. just produced. BTW it also agrees with my point of view on the situation. You seem to be wrong quite a lot including your ill aimed completely wrong diatribe (critique or opinion) of the breakdowns. They too comply with all U.N. regulations about casualities. That alone tells me you are wrong about the link.

So while the palestinians hide behind citizens against the U.N. regulations putting thier own citizens at risk. You claim numbers which make no sense. Then you claim slaughter at the hands of the Israelis. Clearly no one agrees with you. Clearly the number you toss around like a baseball has no meaning what so ever. Clearly you are ignorant and void of truth and would like all those who present it to you to "shut up"

Clearly that is "propaganda" and dictatorial diatribe, not ones who take the time as the palestinians do and Israelis and the U.N. and many other interested humanitarian groups to show the breakdowns...the truth...

There are many site which produce breakdowns of the casualties this is obviously an area of debate you ceed.

Once again prove to me the link is propaganda until then your "opinion" is just that. That facts remain and you can dictate commands all you like but you have said nor proved anything except that you have a hard time with facts.



Are we done ranting and raving yet? I haven't 'tossed any numbers around'. I've proven that the link you posted is garbage, that is it. If you can find a report with some kind of objective value to it, feel free to post it. Judging from your literacy skills I doubt you can tell quality from propaganda,, however, to be prepared to have your reports exposed for what they are.

This is what I posted on page 4. As I said before, I don't intend to repeat myself just because you can't respond to solid arguments. If you have issues with the arguments here, either respond to them or shut up.

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well, Ice, I read the report,and Oh my Lord!!! Turns out that the report is a pile of fetid dingos kidneys!!! And here I was expecting an unbiased report of high quality, but what I found was an utterly biased, albeit brilliantly written, propaganda piece.

Don't get me wrong here. I admire this piece. It is a piece of work that would have left Goebbels not only proud, but stunned. It weaves in assurances of impartiality while 'not making moral judgements'.

However, it also turns out that their raw data, if even correct (there is no source list apart from their assurances that they've compiled data from arab news agencies, human rights organizations and media both domestic and international), is very carefully massaged.

They have divided up the casualties in several categories:

Non-Combatant
A non-combatant is an innocent bystander – a person whose death or injury has no justification other than nationality or ethnicity.

Health Related
A “health related” fatality is someone who died from a cause only indirectly related to violence – for example, due to a heart attack following an incident, tear-gas inhalation, or a roadblock delay that prevented an ilperson from receiving medical treatment in a timely manner.

Probable Combatant
A “probable combatant” is someone killed at a location and at a time during which an armed confrontation was going on, who appears most likely – but not certain – to have been an active participant in the fighting. For example, in many cases where an incident has resulted in a large number of Palestinian casualties, the only information available is that an individual was killed when Israeli soldiers returned fire in response to shots fired from a particular location. While it is possible that the person killed had not been active in the fighting and just happened to be in the vicinity of people who were, it is reasonable to assume that the number of such coincidental deaths is not particularly high. Where the accounts of an incident appear to support such a coincidence, the individual casualty has been given the benefit of the doubt, and assigned a non-combatant status.

The status of “probable combatant” has also been assigned to people who knowingly took some action which would lead to increased danger, such as entering an area in which fighting was going on or which security officials had declared off-limits.

Uniformed Non-Combatant
A “uniformed non-combatant” is a non-civilian, but is not actively involved in the conflict. This category can include civil police as well as soldiers in uniform but not at their post.

Violent Protester
A “violent protester” may be a civilian, but has chosen to take an active and violent part in the conflict – such as rioting or vigilante activity.

Protestor Unkown
A “protestor unknown” is anyone who was killed during a protest, for whom information as to violent behavior is unavailable.

Full Combatant
A “full combatant” is a soldier on active duty, an active member of a terrorist group, or a civilian independently choosing to perpetrate an armed attack on the opposing side. In general, rock-throwers are not considered to be combatants; an exception to this generalization would be, for example, someone dropping large rocks from a bridge onto fast-moving traffic. A rioter throwing "Molotov cocktails", grenades, or the like can be considered a full combatant.
Mere possession of a weapon does not imply combatant status. A civilian driving with a weapon in his/her car, or a pedestrian with a holstered pistol, is normally considered a noncombatant. However, a civilian who encounters a terror attack in progress and draws his/her weapon in an attempt to stop or prevent the attack is a combatant once the weapon is out of its holster.

Suspected Collaborator
This is a special category for Palestinian or Israeli Arabs targeted by militants who suspect them of aiding Israel.

Unknown
In a large number of cases, the information at hand has been insufficient to decide the circumstances of death for a given Palestinian casualty. As the project continues and additional information is accumulated, we believe that the number of “unknowns” will steadily decrease.


When we divide fatalities into the broader categories of “Combatant” and “Noncombatant”, only “Full Combatants”, “Probable Combatants”, and “Violent Protestors” are counted as combatants. All others, including “Unknowns”, are considered to be noncombatants.


Of special note here is A “uniformed non-combatant” is a non-civilian, but is not actively involved in the conflict. This category can include civil police as well as soldiers in uniform but not at their post.

So a soldier killed on the bus is a non-combatant, while the Hamas leader that was recently killed is a combatant.

Furthermore, they also included the mysterious category Probable Combatant
A “probable combatant” is someone killed at a location and at a time during which an armed confrontation was going on, who appears most likely – but not certain – to have been an active participant in the fighting.

This means that, for example, every single person who died in Jenin can be considered a Probable Combatant, and thus included in the 'combatant' category.

So, the conclusion is that after artificially inflating the number of Israeli "non-combatatans" as well as the number of palestinian "combatants", they reach parity. Wow.

Well, Ice, that is what a PhD gets you... Vast experience in telling the junk from the gold...

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I've proven that the link you posted is garbage


You have proven nothing except you have a complete lack of knoledge when it comes to this environment. Again prove to me your "opinion" and I will read it.

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avoid meeting arguments for a week and then return with name calling


Name calling oh my innocent one Some of us have a life I appologize for not meeting your high standards of no life....

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If you can find a report with some kind of objective value to it, feel free to post it.


As stated this report has full value it is up to you to prove it has not. Other than that it is your opinion again You are dense are'nt you.

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fetid dingos kidneys


Speaking of "Judging from your literacy skills" that has to be one of the most complete assinine excuse's for proof I have ever seen...
This is your defense of your opinion? My a good one too.

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If you have issues with the arguments here, either respond to them or shut up.


More dictatorial diatribe do we all just shut up because you want us to?

The post you made has been ignored by me for the reason's stated above. The site fully complies with the U.N. as far as breaking down the combatants from civilians. This knowledge while obviously escaping you has been told to you twice now. Yet you continue to ignore it and claim your opinion counts. The same world appoved method was just used to conclusion in the Jenin issue. It seems you are not quite up to date with the facts yet?

So for the last time other than your "opinion" insults and childish behavior post something that clearly defines casualties. Post something other than your inept opinion, which obviously lacks even basic knowlegde. Who and what makes a casualty of war and who is innocent and who is not. That site clearly defines it according to U.N. Your aguement lacks knowledge so once again I ask...

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IIRC, a large part of Uganda was uninhabitated because of a combination of famine and an epidemic. You will have to take this up with the people of the british parliament, who made the offer in 1901.

That Hitler didn't invade Sweden was not because he didn't bother, but because he needed the swedish steel.

Sweden told Hitler quite bluntly that if invaded, Sweden would blow the iron mines in Bergslagen. Hitler made it clear that if the iron stopped flowing, Sweden would be invaded. Both parties preferred to avoid bloodshed.

Your logic regarding 1943+ is on the surface sound, but fails on one premise: It assumes that Hitler was rational. As we all know, he was anything but in the later stages of the war... And if you were the ruler of a nation, would you have bet the lives of your citizens on Hitler being rational enough not to invade? Stalin did, and paid the price...


A large part of Uganda was declared uninhabited because Europeans thought the area suitable for plantation agriculture. Since there were no plantations there, only pesky natives, Europeans decided that it was a crying shame to let all that potential profit go to waste, hence the area WAS uninhabited....by plantations.

Who cares whether Hitler was sane? By 1942 or 1943 the situation was such that Sweden could have ceased collaborating with Hitler. They might have had to defend themselves, but the balance had shifted to an extent that Sweden would have been able to beat off what little the Germans could spare to send their way. After all Sweden is protected by mountains to the west and north and a sea on the south and east.

The peoples of occupied Europe also had a choice between collaborating and resisting. Many of them chose to resist even though at the outset the odds certainly seemed stacked against them. They of course fought for the freedom of their people. Why then should the Swedes have fought the axis, when after all, they continued to be free? It seems to me that if they collaborated with the Nazis only under duress, then Sweden was indeed not free, and had every reason to join the allies when the opportunity arose and ought to have done so. If on the other hand they chose to collaborate of their own free will, well then, they were collaborators weren't they?

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BlackIce, you still haven;t understood a word of what I've written.

I must conclude that you decided to follow neither of my usggestions. I therefore ask again, either respond to my arguments, or shut up. It has nothing to do with 'dictatorial diabtres', just that I don't have time to waste on an idiot who responds to imaginary points while leaving the real ones hanging.

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If he wasn't rational, why would we expect him to act in a rational fashion (i.e. ignore Sweden and go after Russia). He already had troops in Finland, it is very conceivable that he would have ordered a full scale invasion out of sheer paranoia.

Again, you are asking sweden to have it's people killed rather than make money...

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Yeah, I know. I still have no idea what Strangelove is getting at...

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The smilie was for you.

Lots of countries were given the option to join the nazis, many did not.

The smilie is that while nazis were racking havoc they were doing it using some of your steel.

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We didn't join the nazis. If we would have, we would have sent troops to fight with the nazis like the hungarians and italians did.

To avoid being invaded we sold steel instead. Do you really think greece would have done anything else?

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If he wasn't rational, why would we expect him to act in a rational fashion (i.e. ignore Sweden and go after Russia). He already had troops in Finland, it is very conceivable that he would have ordered a full scale invasion out of sheer paranoia.

Again, you are asking sweden to have it's people killed rather than make money...


A better answer would have been that he already had troops in Norway, the troops in Finland were knee deep in Russians. In fact the troops in Finland were under the nominal control of the Finns, who as far as I know had no reason to go to war with you. I'm not saying that Sweden would not have had to fight, I'm saying that Sweden would have been able to successfully defend itself. Yes that would have meant some Swedes getting killed, but at least you'd have had your consciences clear with the knowledge that you weren't collaborating with the fiend Hitler. That is unless of course your people didn't really have a problem with what Hitler was doing. Surely Wallenberg must have told somebody in Sweden about what Hitler was doing?

I'm asking for the Swedish people to make up their minds as to whether it is better to take a risk and fight for freedom and the right of the defenseless (Jews) to live, or to sit back and accept the butcher's money. It's a moot question, your people already did, and the consequences are on your hands, which is really what this discusion has been all about. It is on YOU to do something to make right what YOUR people did to the Jews 50+ years ago and thereby remedy the current situation in Israel.

 
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