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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (16824)	5/7/2003 10:46:17 AM
From: Edscharp	Respond to of 21614

Raymond, "You do make some good points that Stauffer's analysis is biased against the Sharon/Likudnik/fascist rulers of Israel today" I'm glad you agree. What you seem oblivious to is that once a person exhibits his biases it casts doubt on his credibility for everything else he writes. Would you buy a used car from the same salesman that sold you a piece of junk or will you try to find someone who is has a history of credibility? How much credibility do you think Gustave Jaeger has on this message board? According to him Israel is responsible for 911, anthrax and the DC sniper shooting (in which two Moslems were arrested?). His supplies no evidence for his allegations. I imagine Gustave thinks he's clever. In fact, he's the laughing stock of Silicon Invetor. Even if Gustave accidentally told us the truth no one will believe him at this point. It's the classic story of the boy who cried 'wolf'. Replace the word 'facist' with 'wolf' and we have Gustave. Same thing with Stauffer. He is not believable. He has no credibility. I believe you're rapidly approaching the same fate as Gustave. You use the same language as him. You refer to Israel as a facist government in spite of the fact that they don't meet the definition of a facist government. They may, in your opinion, be behaving unfairly to the Palestinians, but that does not qualify as facism. To use the above example it's like accusing the dishonest car salesman of being a facist because he cheated you. The salesman may be a dishonest liar, but facist is the wrong word. "Do you deny that loans to the Central Bank of Israel in the 1980's will most likely never be repaid" How should I know? If you have evidence to show us that Israel will not be paying back loans give to the Central Bank, please offer it to us. How can I answer a question in which the answer can only be known in the future? "I can see it is easy to take pot shots at Stauffer's rather "global" overview of the giant sucking sound of Israel draining the coffers of America" That's only because Stauffer used dubious, distorted and inaccurate evidence. There is no reason to take his estimates seriously so no one (except a few bigots like yourself) take him seriously. I don't doubt that when Stauffer does an update to his figures he will likely include the cost of two Gulf Wars and Afghanistan as 'aid to Israel'. P.S. I still have a private message from you in which you assured me that I was on permanent 'ignore'. Now, here you are responding to my posts again. How should I rate your credibility? If you merely 'forgot' that's fine, but if you are intentionally breaking your promise then you are basically dishonest.