04 Jan 09
Originally posted by SeitseWell, technically speaking, Gaza is not a country, of course. But I guess I would do something along the same lines as what the Palestinians are doing.
[What would you do if rockets were fired] against your country, from a neighboring country?
04 Jan 09
Originally posted by FMFIf Gaza is not a country then clearly the poster was not referring to Gaza. Your answer shows that are obsessed with Israel and the Palestinians and you were unable to answer a general non-specific question the way it should be answered.
Well, technically speaking, Gaza is not a country, of course. But I guess I would do something along the same lines as what the Palestinians are doing.
04 Jan 09
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Originally posted by Rajk999Are you trying to belittle me with the word "obsessed"? Try harder. I answered the OP's question. If he intended to frame it in a certain way so that we can cogitate the humanity of the Israelis while denying the same attribute in their victims, then so be it. I don't think it's Seitse's intent. But you seem to like the idea of doing that.
If Gaza is not a country then clearly the poster was not referring to Gaza. Your answer shows that are obsessed with Israel and the Palestinians and you were unable to answer a general non-specific question the way it should be answered.
04 Jan 09
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Originally posted by FMFActually you did not answer the question. Read the question and then read your answer. Its a general question to which you replied ".. along the same lines as what the Palestinians are doing" . What a dumb answer !
Are you trying to belittle me with the word "obsessed"? Try harder. I answered the OP's question. If he intended to frame it in a certain way so that we can cogitate the humanity of the Israelis while denying the same attribute in their victims, then so be it. I don't think it's Seitse's intent. But you seem to like the idea of doing that.
04 Jan 09
Originally posted by Rajk999Yes I answered it by way of a specific and current example. This seems to be creating some kind of intellectual stumbling block for you.
Actually you did not answer the question. Read the question and then read your answer. Its a general question to which you replied ".. along the same lines as what the Palestinians are doing" . What a dumb answer !
04 Jan 09
Originally posted by FMFThere are lots of things the Palestinians do as you well know. One of them is to send their kids out into the street to throw rocks at tanks and heavily armoured soldiers. Is that one of the things you would do as well ?
Yes I answered it by way of a specific and current example. This seems to be creating some kind of intellectual stumbling block for you.
04 Jan 09
Originally posted by SeitseYou mean rockets fired from a neighboring concentration camp which I maintain?
... against your country, from a neighboring country?
Probably think, first of all, 'Damn it! Where the hell did they get the material to build those? There must be holes in our blockade!!!
Then if I was in a reflective mood, I might consider the difficulties of maintaining a concentration camp of that size.
Of course, if I was in an evil mood, I might consider sending in an army to slaughter as many of the inmates as possible to teach them a lesson.
However, if I was TRULY thoughtful and basically just, I might consider that those rockets are the sign of a people who want to be freed from that concentration camp -- and so I might consider dismantling my border posts.
04 Jan 09
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Originally posted by Rajk999Tough call. The heavily armed Humans might then shoot my kids in the head for throwing stones at their tanks. That might give me (and my species) pause for thought. Maybe I might try some of the things other Palestinians do. Maybe I'd ponder what the Humans over the border are doing to me and my people - and mimic it. Maybe I'd try to entice the Humans into launching a ground assault and kill a few of - perhaps when they are momentarily weakened by their trademark parental instincts and burdensome Human virtues. Maybe I'd try to hit the whatchamacallit nuclear facilities with rockets - force the Humans to the negotiating table. Above all, I think I'd do exactly what you suggest: Talk.... if that fails. More talk and negotiate ... if that fails. Get third parties involved and more talk and negotiate. ... if that fails. FIRE BACK .. KICK THEIR BUTTS. That much, perhaps, we can agree on?
There are lots of things the Palestinians do as you well know. One of them is to send their kids out into the street to throw rocks at tanks and heavily armoured soldiers. Is that one of the things you would do as well ?
04 Jan 09
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...I would ask why are rockets being fired into my country.
Once I discovered that the reason was that my country was illegally occupying their land and effectively enslaving their people, I would ask my country to desist from such provocative policies.......
.....unless of course I was a member of a religious group of morons (are there any other type?) who believed from a book written when man thought the earth was flat, that our particular group of religious morons was destined to inherit the earth after centuries of struggles. In which case I would roll into the rocket firers' land with tanks and subjugate them some more.
04 Jan 09
Originally posted by spruce112358Do you know what a concentration camp is?
You mean rockets fired from a neighboring concentration camp which I maintain?
Probably think, first of all, 'Damn it! Where the hell did they get the material to build those? There must be holes in our blockade!!!
Then if I was in a reflective mood, I might consider the difficulties of maintaining a concentration camp of that size.
Of course, ...[text shortened]... o be freed from that concentration camp -- and so I might consider dismantling my border posts.
I hope you're only trying to make an offensive rhetorical point rather than draw a parallel you think exists in reality.
04 Jan 09
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Originally posted by The Dude 84It is quite clear that spruce112358 does know what a concentration camp is. Concentration camps (at least in the modern era) were invented by the British during the Boer War. Guantanamo Bay is a concentration camp. The 'immigrant detention camps' in Australia are concentration camps. Referring to Gaza as a concentration camp is entirely apt as it helps to inject a bit of realism into our collective understanding what we are witnessing right now. It seems to me that you night be of a mind to hijack the term "concentration camp" and use it in a very narrow way that helps your cause. Have I got that right?
Do you know what a concentration camp is? I hope you're only trying to make an offensive rhetorical point rather than draw a parallel you think exists in reality.
Spruce112358 consistently demonstrates that he is, ultimately, far more of a faithful and honest friend to Israel than you are, with all your shrill, emotional, impossibly lopsided and basically counterproductive tirades.