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9633If you look carefully at the permutations between 1945 and the French departure,Dayuhan-4/18/2002
9632<i>. Not only was there always a Jewish presence in Palestine</i> IDayuhan-4/18/2002
9631I'm not sure if the past means anything anymore. What's going on there nTom Clarke-4/18/2002
9630I did. Several times.Dayuhan-4/18/2002
9629Law is meant to restrain more socially destructive behavior, not to ensure that Neocon-4/18/2002
9628It is a lovely thought. I do not see it occurring. I do take your point that theNeocon-4/18/2002
9627You're onto us, for sure.Poet-4/18/2002
9626I have saved you for last, in this round of answering my inbox......Neocon-4/18/2002
9625I would not like to get into a speculation about Sharon's motives, so I willNeocon-4/18/2002
9624Part of the problem is that nomads, which most Bedouin Arabs were, can hardly beNeocon-4/18/2002
9623The first modern geopolitical entity in this area was the British Mandate for PaNeocon-4/18/2002
9622Some comfort, thanks... one hopes the sense of the majority will eventually prevthames_sider-4/18/2002
9621brick vs cinderblock - well, Americans are known for doing everything bigger andthames_sider-4/18/2002
9620If it is any comfort to you, most Israelis are either loosely observant (about wNeocon-4/18/2002
9619I thought 'Palestine' was separate from 'Jordan' (status of Westthames_sider-4/18/2002
9618I would hope so......Neocon-4/18/2002
9617Any time.....Neocon-4/18/2002
9616Whereas I wouldn't be, since although my father was born Jewish, my mother ithames_sider-4/18/2002
9615No doubt, there were always plenty of Arabs, and they outnumbered the relativelyNeocon-4/18/2002
9614<I> Subtle? Hmm, in the 'large brick' sense maybe.</I> WellPoet-4/18/2002
9613FWIW, I think Laz just got names mixed up there.Poet-4/18/2002
9612I'd forgotten that Neo. Thanks. :-)Poet-4/18/2002
9611Among both Christian apologists (e.g., Justin Martyr) and Jewish apologists (e.gNeocon-4/18/2002
9610Subtle? Hmm, in the 'large brick' sense maybe. I did think it funny, tthames_sider-4/18/2002
9609Who were the people that lived there when the Crusades went in? The ones that wthames_sider-4/18/2002
9608Religious parties have inordinate power in the Knesset, due to proportional reprNeocon-4/18/2002
9607No one knows if a viable government could have been installed had the war effortNeocon-4/18/2002
9606Exactly! In its very early days, Christianity was seen as (and in effect was) yethames_sider-4/18/2002
9605Ghandi is wrong. Not only was there always a Jewish presence in Palestine, but aNeocon-4/18/2002
9604There have been points in its history when Judaism WAS a proselytizing religion.Neocon-4/18/2002
9603Did I call cosmic an anti- semite? I called Solon one for particular reasons I wNeocon-4/18/2002
9602Oh my gosh, that is so funny. Very subtly written.Poet-4/18/2002
9601Look again....jlallen-4/18/2002
9600<i>I thought you were one of us. No?</i> Hmmmm. Well, Laz, by the J. C. Dithers-4/18/2002
9599<i>That having been said I wouldn't necessarily object to not drillingthames_sider-4/18/2002
9598Here's an Irish take... <i><b>Catholic Church concedes: "Mthames_sider-4/18/2002
9597There speaks a boomer. Take, take and ignore the next generation. Hell, we'thames_sider-4/18/2002
9596April 18, 2002 <B>Farewell, Furrowed Brow</B> By WILLIAM SAFIRE WASPoet-4/18/2002
9595April 18, 2002 <B>Once Cardinal's Top Aides, Bishops Now Share Shadow&Poet-4/18/2002
9594My condolences, marcos. :-(Poet-4/18/2002
9593There is a good movie called Kandahar try to see it it is worth findingepicure-4/18/2002
9592<i>The regulars on this thread</i> I thought you were one of us. NoLazarus_Long-4/18/2002
9591ppcli.com ... they prefer to be called the Patricias, says here, i didn't knmarcos-4/18/2002
9590Yeah, I heard about that on TV news a little while ago. Most sad to see the gooLazarus_Long-4/18/2002
9589I don't feel like teasing you any more at the moment, Laz, those princess pamarcos-4/18/2002
9588Shut up. Go away. We want the oil. It ain't your country anyway. Did we Lazarus_Long-4/18/2002
9587Every society has an aristocracy. Monarchies have hereditary aristocracies consLazarus_Long-4/18/2002
9586JOTW, One of my best teachers was an 84 year old Jesuit priest. He had been teKid Rock-4/18/2002
9585How we say things is a mirror of how we think. I certainly wish all people who eepicure-4/18/2002
9584<i>The regulars on this thread will never concede that there is any probleLane3-4/18/2002
9583<i>I don't see how you can say that a disease where fewer than half thJ. C. Dithers-4/18/2002
9582You have yet to own up to having an aristocracy ... think about it - we did thamarcos-4/17/2002
9581I agree with your conclusion, and that in your prior post, mine there was not memarcos-4/17/2002
9580Me too. I loved my Jewish friends - they valued many of the same things that I cosmicforce-4/17/2002
9579<i>"Just don't throw them.</i> Huh? Next you'll tell mone_less-4/17/2002
9578It was similar to the distinction between East and West Germany or North and SouTimF-4/17/2002
9577The distinction between North and South was arbitrary and meant little to anybodDayuhan-4/17/2002
9576Years ago I was a teacher. I remember one particularly troubled student who had one_less-4/17/2002
9575Good regulation? You think Europe is wondeful, I believe. Try this: Lazarus_Long-4/17/2002
9574Your preaching to the choir about this one. I have long been a supporter of freTimF-4/17/2002
9573<i> The Government does not get a competative advantage by claiming cTimF-4/17/2002
9572Its unlikely that 50% of the people are sitting idle, but that many might be doiTimF-4/17/2002
9571<i> The military objective was not the core problem, IMO. The core problemTimF-4/17/2002
9570I don't see the debate. You are born Jewish - by orthodox theory - if your thames_sider-4/17/2002
9569<i> "Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England beTimF-4/17/2002
9568I'm happy to share my gummy bears with you. Just don't throw them. FoLane3-4/17/2002
9567<i>that ill-thought and bloody revolution that doesn't seem to be workLazarus_Long-4/17/2002
9566<i>What (if any) important regulations or area of regulation in the US conTigerPaw-4/17/2002
9565<i> and that is the target we should have for recapturing some balance in Dayuhan-4/17/2002
9564The citation did not suggest that the cost was to governments alone. Added costDayuhan-4/17/2002
9563Ya shoulda checked the listings to see the main feature before paying $3.50. Aw one_less-4/17/2002
9562<i>right now Bush isn't even trying</i> That's a very sad oDayuhan-4/17/2002
9561<i>Government officials don't live by the golden rule more then the prTigerPaw-4/17/2002
9560Laz answered this pretty well. Also as I said before there are some particulaTimF-4/17/2002
9559<i>Suppose 50% of the budget is being wasted</i> Why should we suppoTigerPaw-4/17/2002
9558<i>humanity may have gone almost extinct</i> Current thought on specTigerPaw-4/17/2002
9557<i>In Vietnam the problem was the strategic military objective.</i> Dayuhan-4/17/2002
9556<i> There would be no need to consider this question if everyone lived theTimF-4/17/2002
9555<i>USDA has been losing it's budget by about 10% each time "W&quoLazarus_Long-4/17/2002
9554Bullshit. Nothing you could say could hurt me, Karen. Your continuing to targetPoet-4/17/2002
9553"Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to tmarcos-4/17/2002
9552<i>you're statement that not dealing with this privately because it feLane3-4/17/2002
9551<i>What sort of new regulations do you think should be passed? </i> TigerPaw-4/17/2002
9550I have only one thing to add publicly: your statement that not dealing with thiPoet-4/17/2002
9549<i>I'd say #1 begs the question. </i> Then #2 is the answer. Lazarus_Long-4/17/2002
9548I so agree with you on the topic of Judaism NOT being a proselytizing religion. Poet-4/17/2002
9547Whether an offer is generous or not is of course a matter of opinion. I'm nTimF-4/17/2002
9546<i>Trog is a complement.</i> You must be posting on a different threLazarus_Long-4/17/2002
9545Hi Jewel, I had a feeling that's where you were going, which was why I askePoet-4/17/2002
9544private messagePoet-4/17/2002
9543<i> The price of liberty is vigilence, even economic liberty and that meanTimF-4/17/2002
9542I spent a lot of time in a heavily Jewish neighborhood when I was in Jr High andcosmicforce-4/17/2002
9541I think there is a great deal of merit in that argument. I believe in win/win nMulhollandDrive-4/17/2002
9540Yes. If left just to the Israelis and Palestinians it probably would have a veryone_less-4/17/2002
9539<i>most economic transactions to not amount to either theft or fraud </TigerPaw-4/17/2002
9538<i>license to consider practically every transaction to affect "the cTigerPaw-4/17/2002
9537You are being most gracious, JOTW....I was making a most simple, basic point. TMulhollandDrive-4/17/2002
9536<i> Maybe they'll find their principles after the mid-term elections..TimF-4/17/2002
9535<i> I would love to find out where the Economist came up with that $1 billTimF-4/17/2002
9534<i>However politically its hard to sell it and right now Bush isn't evLane3-4/17/2002
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