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To: SARMAN who wrote (273227)	1/26/2010 5:10:34 AM
From: Maurice Winn	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You keep writing this as though it's a winning argument. <For G-d sakes they refused to pay to free the Jews from Nazis. > Suppose it is true that somebody refuses to pay murderous kidnappers to free the hostages, the crime is that of the kidnappers, not of those who refuse to pay. Blaming victims of criminals is popular these days. It used to be that criminals were hung. Crime was low. Houses could be left unlocked. Now, if a woman is attacked walking home at night, people would blame her for being out alone. While it's not a good idea to take chances by swimming among sharks, the crime is actually that of the criminals, not the person going about their lives. It's interesting that you think the extermination of Jews by Germans was the fault of the Jews. That's absurd. It certainly shows more of your hideous "thinking". Mqurice

To: SARMAN who wrote (273227)	1/26/2010 8:00:36 AM
From: average joe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ayn Rand on Israel (Ford Hall Forum lecture, 1974) Q: What should the United Sates do about the [1973] Arab-Israeli War? AR: Give all the help possible to Israel. Consider what is at stake. It is not the moral duty of any country to send men to die helping another country. The help Israel needs is technology and military weapons—and they need them desperately. Why should we help Israel? Israel is fighting not just the Arabs but Soviet Russia, who is sending the Arabs armaments. Russia is after control of the Mediterranean and oil. Further, why are the Arabs against Israel? (This is the main reason I support Israel.) The Arabs are one of the least developed cultures. They are typically nomads. Their culture is primitive, and they resent Israel because it's the sole beachhead of modern science and civilization on their continent. When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are. Israel is a mixed economy inclined toward socialism. But when it comes to the power of the mind—the development of industry in that wasted desert continent—versus savages who don't want to use their minds, then if one cares about the future of civilization, don't wait for the government to do something. Give whatever you can. This is the first time I've contributed to a public cause: helping Israel in an emergency. aynrandlexicon.com