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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (111174)	8/13/2003 12:26:38 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The norse had Ash Yggdrasil, too - treetotem.com This fellow is listing quite a number - treetotem.com ... the maya had a tree god, don't see it listed here ..... most cultures did, it just doesn't make sense to worship a bug or something, unless you're out in the desert and really hard up Doubling the number of whacko religions in Palestine over the last few years has seemed to cause problems .... so now, what can we do ..... returning to the previous situation won't work, as the invading whacko religion refuses to take the Whack out of their Whackostaat, and they've got nukes too, speaking of whack, so that won't work So, maybe we could triple the number of whacko religions, that might help .... three is a lucky number to the treeists, is it not, this comes about because the frog treeists cannot pronounce 'th' ...... so let's try it, eh .... the worst we can do is leave them with hills planted in saplings, and they can always cut them down and use them to beat on each other

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (111174)	8/15/2003 12:04:11 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

Loop-the-loop logic: In the course of our struggle with Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, we seem to have absorbed their codes of behavior: assassinations; outright murder threats; kidnapping; blackmail; "unwritten contracts," that, in effect, recognize the legitimacy of mutual terror. Unwittingly, the country which was meant to be a "light unto the nations" has taken on the mentality of these organizations. We threaten and feel threatened just as they do; we, too, understand only force; in our reflexes we have become just as violent and in our political thinking just as crude; we have no positive, optimistic, constructive strategy; we are almost as obsessed as they are with the trappings of power, honor and revenge. haaretz.com