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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2763)	8/14/2001 6:29:05 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Excuse me??? Israeli propaganda? peace if they live within legitimate boundaries? Just what in the heck are you smokin' Thomas?? Seriously!!! I want to know... First off... there ARE NO LEGITIMATE BOUNDARIES!!! ALL middle eastern national boundaries are artificial, mandated by a bunch of European politicians who didn't even live there. Former colonial masters sitting in a committee, drawing a line here, designating a boundary there, creating previously unknown nation/states like Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, and resurrecting ancient states like Israel. Secondly, living within their "legitimate" boundaries didn't prevent Israelis from suffering Scud missile attacks from Iraq, as Saddam fruitlessly attempted to draw them into the Gulf War. And who the h*ll do you think built those schools for the Palestinians?? And who do you think forced the backward @ssed Arabs and Palestinians to permit their daughters to attend school? Look around the Arab world Thomas!! ONLY IN RECENT DECADES are we seeing Arab women being granted the right to an education, or any form of "individual" rights. Even oriental Jews who emigrated to Israel were forced to educate their women and abandon the Arab social taboos they had been forced to adopt while living in those societies. And don't try and tell me that Palestinian kids are can't get to school. Even were that the case, in any respectable country, the parents would home school the kids, and keep them off the streets and out of trouble. They certainly wouldn't encourage them to go out and throw rocks at armed soldiers. And for those Israeli Arabs who live in Israel proper and don't spend their lives trying blow themselves up in crowds of teenagers, or rioting in the streets... Well, they certainly have access to some FINE educational institutions, now don't they? And they possess some of the highest standards of living in the entire region. You'll never make me cry for the children who aren't going to the schools that the Jews built for them. The responsibility for that non-attendance resides squarely with their irresponsible parents. Hawk