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Politics : War
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To: Mani1 who wrote (3262)9/10/2001 12:49:29 AM
From: LV  Read Replies (1) of 23908
 
<<If Jews are entitled to their own country because they have been target of hatred and atrocities, then why shouldn't every body else?>>

If members of a minority are being threatened with physical destruction then they have a moral right to take whatever measures they deem necessary to assure their physical safety. That is exactly the situation the Jews found themselves in. And why should Iranians have a state of their own and some others should not? At one time Iran was divided into Russian and British sections. Do you think it should have stayed that way? Why shouldn’t have the Iranians in the North been content being part of Russian empire and the Iranians in the South - being British subjects? What makes Iranians different from, say, Kurds? Is it because in your opinion Turks, Arabs and Iranians are better rulers than Russians and British?

<<We are differentiating ourselves based on BS reason to the point of dehumanizing other religion or races. And we are justifying our action on what happened decades or centuries ago.>>

First, I want to say that decent people don’t dehumanize others. Second, I agree that past does not justify our actions, only the present. Past may help explain, but it does not justify. In this spirit I wish the Palestinians would stop looking at the past and start looking to the future.
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