🚀 go-pugleaf

On 2006-12-28 10:08:19 -0600, Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@green.rahul.net> said:

> 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.


Apparently you've morphed from a racist to a bigot. One could say some 
very unflattering things about Jewish culture or DNA, with about the 
same degree of accuracy as your own statements. To be perfectly clear 
what I mean: only bigots believe such statements to be accurate. And as 
for your accusation that I'm racist in the opposite direction, you 
should know that I have adopted a policy of not commenting on 
Israeli/Palestinian affairs about two years ago, having finally come to 
the conclusion that both sides are appalling. This is the closest I've 
come to commenting about the situation since then, and my comments are 
restricted to addressing you as a person.