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To: SilentZ who wrote (143581)	3/27/2002 3:04:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583810

>I see no difference in the level of violence between the poor of Palestine and other countries. The only difference is that the Palestinians bring the war to their enemy through the suicide bombers. Bingo. They're not worse than the other murderous cultures. That's not what I'm trying to say. The point is that they're different than the others. These are people who believe that it's more important to die killing the enemy than to live. They rejoice when their own die. Couple that with the hatred towards certain other groups of people, and you end up with a difficult, perhaps endless terrible scenario. Z, they're different......so is it possible that they are different because they are worse straits than the other people in question? Look I am absolutely against suicide bombers.......I have made it clear on this thread that a violent solution to a problem should be only a last ditch measure....and that goes both ways. However, there are reasons for the Palestinians' anger and their subsequent behavior as I pointed out in my last post. Some of the same points, I see, were also presented in someone else's post. If there is to be resolution to this Israeli/Palestinian discord, then these points must be addressed in some way to satisfy both sides. England did a lousy job of splitting up the region, and the world is paying the price 60 years later. >As for the Koran, I have not read it. However, others have claimed that the Moslem religion is neither a violent nor hateful one. Now you come along and say that is not true. Are their passages you can cite that support your view so I can look at them? >In any case, let me say this.......I think exterminating a people to get a rid of a perceived problem is the ultimate hate crime. I hope that you were exaggerating your feelings on the subject in your comments above........frankly, one holocaust every 100 years is more than enough Where did I advocate exterminating a people? There's a difference between exterminating a people and knocking some much-needed sense into them. If some have to die for it, then so be it. That's what war is about. I don't think that civilians should be harmed on purpose, but anyone planning attacks should be taken out, and any of the leaders that support them should be taken out as well. Unfortunately, "knocking some sense" has grown to mean going on a fighting rampage where the death toll is high. Glad to see you were not thinking in those terms. ;~)) ted