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To: E. T. who wrote (18217)	7/20/2005 10:25:37 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

I don't blame you. They have cleverly disguised themselves as "independent, non-partisan, non-profit", while being nothing more than pro-Israel psy-Op. Fundamental to all special interest groups who promote divisiveness between people is to exploit differences of perception to make themselves (promoted as "us") good and "them" as evil or at least insane. This flies directly against the belief in the fundamental human rights because it effectively suggests vast number of people (nations) are either sub-human evil doers, or too insane to be reasoned with and must be contained. Either way human rights and civil discourse is not applicable to them. I am wary of arguments that vilify entire nations (or large portions of them). Having been a victim of such tactics not too long ago, Israel should know better than to promote them (most Jews I know of already know this lesson...the state of Israel is another matter) I posted the Iranian Lessons article to you to show that like every other society there are many perspectives and complexities to middle eastern ones. That article did a good job to point out views from gay rights to women's rights to moderate clerics to fundamentalists in Iran. Who among us cannot understand those positions, even that of the hardliner interviewed there? Did that look like a rabid insane world to you?