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To: The Philosopher who wrote (2646)	2/6/2004 4:49:24 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7936

Astonishing? It was their land to begin with.......the Zionists finagled their way in. That, of course, depends on how far back you want to go. That land has changed hands many, many, many times. I don't know its whole history, but I know enough to know that if you pick the right point in history, almost every race and religion could claim it as their land, including, at certain points during the Crusades, European Christians. From 700 AD to the 20th century, the land was ruled by Muslims except for a brief interlude around 1100 when the Christians during the Crusades controlled Jerusalem and the surrounding territory. During that time, the land has been continually farmed and ranched by the Palestinians. The idea of historical ownership as creating a perpetual right is simply not the way the world works. If it did, we would have to give the whole of the US back to the American Indians, Mexico back to the Incas or whichever tribes were there when the Spanish landed, etc. And, of course, parts of Poland would go back to Germany, along with parts of France, Bulgaria and Romania would go back to the control of Constantinople, England would go back to the Celts (what right did those Normans have to invade it in 1066?), and on and on. We didn't get away with the above BS with the Indians...ultimately.....so why do you think the Israelis should get away with it now? That's simply not the way the world works. Get used to it. Sorry, white man, but the world doesn't work the way you think it should work. Plus, as I recall, not long ago you were the one who was saying we shoudn't be backward looking, that the problem would never be solved that way, but that we should only be looking forward. That wasn't me talking......you must be hearing voices again. <g> Which was good advice then, and is good advice now. So I suggest you take it. Good advice for whom? If you want to keep things under the rug, then you best vote the current president out of office. His hitting the Africanized beehive with a stick is not helping anyone.