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by gnosis

Posted to Utterances on 2003-08-18 21:58:00

Parent message is 503484
If you are for peace and the right for PEOPLE of your or any age to live without fear, why don’t you take a bus in Jerusalem and have a Pizza?

1. Who says I won’t?
2. Why is it your business how or where I choose to be active politically?
3. Why are you feeding me a line? This is an unoriginal position and I can tell little thought went into it.
4. What’s with the assumption that my support of the Palestinian people is therefore at the exclusion of Israelis. I would have taken Judih up on the invitation, except that I think I’ve been downright rude and I would feel awkward and uncomfortable as a result.

You will find yourself while waiting to get your body blown apart in the company of Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs all getting along just fine.

Well, I find it amusing that Israeli Jews and Arabs get along just fine, but Israeli Arabs can’t just up and marry anyone they choose and receive equal treatment. I also find it rather disgusting that you don’t express the same sentiment for Palestinian families who frequently have gunfire enter their homes as they sleep, or who are woken to bulldozers that insist they no longer have a right to live where they do.

You can even demonstrate against Sharon with out fear of getting killed.

I can think of a handful of ISM activists who would, if still alive, beg to differ. That also leaves out the wounds suffered by those who have survived.

Try to demomstrate against Hamas and Hezbolla while your with the ISM.

Interesting proposition, considering ISM has no political unity with Hamas or Hezbullah. Or isn’t that what you were insinuating?

Let me ask you, why are you so fundamentally opposed to my support for the Palestinian people? Are they not worthy of support? Is there something about being Palestinian which excludes the support that any other people of the world receive? Furthermore, why is it so important to you that I share your view? It’s not exactly as if I’ve condoned the targeting of civilians or as if I’ve shrugged off the very real fact that those sorts of attacks do happen. So what is it that you want to change about my position, and what is your motivation?

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