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Re: disturbing ideas
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:23:51 GMT
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St Ronnie was not the sharpest stick in the pile when elected!
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Funny, I was a Liberal during the Reagan years, and used to think the exact
same thing. Now on the other side I see how that that characterization was
Liberal spin, just as Liberals assertion of Bush being a moron. It is
partisan hacktalk.
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Actions speak louder than words: Bush is no intellectual.
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It also has a couple of other good quotes.
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(snip)
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He forgot to mention was that Gaza, with
its 1.3 million inhabitants, is only about 1% of historic Palestine.
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What the heck is historic Palestine?
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Do you reject the Balfour declaration which sought the establishment in
Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people?
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No.
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OK. So Palestine did exist then?
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Did you mean Palestinian people?
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Why should I?
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This leads me to think about some
disturbing ideas I have heard lately about Israel and the Palestinians,
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Ive heard disturbing ideas from both both sides of this argument...
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Im wondering how ubiquitious they are among the Left, so let me ask you
Scott: yes or no-- do you actually recognize the legitimacy of the State of
Israel to exist?
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Yes; I have said so many times. I also recognise its right to
self-defence.
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Okay. Good; I thought so, but had to recheck, because there is a lot of
thinking out there (in the American Left anyway) that actually denies these
rights for the State of Israel!
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Do you recognise the West Bank as land which does not belong to Israel
under international law?
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Of course, except for some sticky issues WRT Jerusalem.
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Why? The status of Jerusalem under international law is clear.
Scott A
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) Funny, I was a Liberal during the Reagan years, and used to think the exact same thing. Now on the other side I see how that that characterization was Liberal spin, just as Liberals assertion of Bush being a "moron". It is partisan hacktalk. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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