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SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of
Frompaulh
Date2002-04-13 17:47 (2002-04-13 17:47)
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On Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:01:51 -0600, Jay Random <jrandom@bondwine.ca>wrote:

Jay Random
`Death camp commander'? You'd better substantiate that.

Meanwhile: Many thousands of Palestinian Arabs remained in Israel after 1948; they or their descendants hold Israeli citizenship, vote in Israeli elections, & their persons & property are protected by Israeli law. Show me one place in the Arab world where Jews are so treated.

Well in fact almost all Arab states (and non-Arab muslim states) have a Jewish population of some sort. AFAIK they are all considered 'citizens' of these states. Although quite a few DO suffer some degree of persecution (beyond what the usual populace does) most have the three basic elements you quote. Even Syria actively protects its very small Jewish Population from persecution.

Also, show me which Israelis are killing random Arab civilians in restaurants, nightclubs, shopping malls, & suchlike places

The Palestinians don't have "restaurants, nightclubs, shopping malls, & suchlike places " anymore... its like Rubble Pile A or Rubble Pile B. And the Israelis have blownup up random Arab citizens driving along in their cars with Tanks. Better than suicide bombs, but not vastly so.

purpose of inducing terror. If you can do all that, then possibly, just conceivably, I may grant your argument of moral equivalence.

So if a portion of a population are terrorists then its ok to victimise the lot.. Or that you think that at this stage its relevant to whine about 'moral equivalence'?

As it is, your argument sounds exactly like the argument for the moral equivalence of the U.S. & the Soviet Union during the Cold War, & I strongly believe it is equally bogus.

I don't.

paulh