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Article #1667Re: Palestinian human shields give Israel pause
From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:08
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:08
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In ba.general Hal Burton <hal@burton.spam> wrote:
> On 2006-12-27 00:37:41 -0500, Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@green.rahul.net> said:
>> most, but (1) it's not in their DNA to respond to a real or
>> perceived offense with anything but violence, and (2) many/most
> Finally, the truth slips out. You are racist. It was apparent enough
> from your credulous acceptance of anything Israeli and rejection of
> everything Arab, but one can't accuse another of being racist without
> direct evidence. The funny thing about racists is, they always admit it
> if given enough time to speak their minds.
"In the DNA" is colloquial for "very deep in the culture." If
this is to be a scientific discussion, I will avoid such
colloquialisms. Thank you for catching this.
It is very deep in the Arab culture to respond to any real or
perceived offense with violence. Thus it is unlikely that they
will implement a sustained campaign of civil disobedience or
passive resistance in the occupied territories of Palestine. This
is unfortunate, because such a campaign would lead to an independent
Palestinian state, on terms that many if not most of them would find
acceptable, within a couple of years.
Again my thanks for calling me out on the inappropriate use
of this colloquialism.
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From: Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@green.rahul.net>
Newsgroups: ne.general,austin.general,ba.general,ne.politics,alt.politics.bush
Subject: Re: Palestinian human shields give Israel pause
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:08:19 +0000 (UTC)
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