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Politics : War
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To: Mani1 who wrote (3186)9/6/2001 12:28:14 PM
From: TimF   of 23908
 
You can compare even the opposites so your statement has no merit.

I should have said "to state or imply that they are similar".

Also it is by belief that some (strengthening) elements in the Israeli government are so extreme, so discriminatory and so anti Arab that in some ways resemble some similarity with Nazi government in the early 1930's.

Arguably this might be true (if you emphasize "in some ways") but these elements would be extremely small and Sharon has not shown Hitler like attitudes even if he has shown himself to be somewhat extreme. However stating that "some elements may resemble Hitler in some ways" gives the impression that a significant element in Israel is really like Hitler and would subject the Arabs to death camps and would not shy away from killing millions of Arabs just because they are Arabs. That impression would not be based on facts. I'm not sure if it was one you where trying to make or not. If all you meant was that some hateful people with extreme views have some influence in Israel then you would be right but 1 - You could have just said that rather then using the statement about Hitler, and 2 - Many countries do have such extreme and hateful elements. In fact I would think all countries do to a greater or lesser extent.

I do not base my opinions on whether people decide to listen to it or ignore it.

And you shouldn't, however if you are trying to convince people then you might base the way you present your opinion on how people would react to it. You can talk about how there are extreme and hateful elements in Israel and people might pay attention and even look in to it more themselves, but if you compare Israel to Hitler's Germany then most people will just tune you out. Either way you are not changing your opinion, or even refraining from posting your opinion, just chosing a way to present it.

Tim
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