[ScottW]

MiNe 109 wrote:
In article .com,
" wrote:

I can't let this thrilling exchange die on the Google vine.

In the vanishing "Islamists..."thread II suggested that instead of
taking up the remote causes of remote people you concentrate on the
Latinos in the South- West of your country that you conquered and
settled.. You reprisal was that i should take up the cause of my local
Squamish band

I said
I'm not a fighter for anyone's "legitimate claims"- you are. I'm just
pointing to you a really big cause to fight for in your own home , not
miine or of the Israelis.. Who knows , the Squamish and the
Palestinians might be next in line once you set an example and settle
the fate of California , Texas and New Mexico with the new Mexican
President.

You answered:
There's that presumption again, and so soon after I told explicitly that
"pointing out flaws on one side isn't necessarily an endorsement of the
other." Perhaps in your line of work it's better to not listen to the
other side of the conversation, making you the Dr. House of audio and
world politics but without the miraculous track record.

I am relieved to hear (and so I am sure will be the government of
Israel) that deep, deep down you're merely pointing the faults of one
side without endorsing the other. I am sure that you will be able to
point me to where and when you pointed the faults of that other side
for balance. Otherwise you might appear to have a somewhat slanted
vision or would it be stunted expression?

Perhaps you missed my condemnation of Hezbollah rocket attacks as war
crimes.

I must have missed that one as well.


Balance is a false value these days and can be a trap in a situation
like ours in which government propaganda leads to war.

I agree.....so many want to sit on the sidelines simply assuring that
its
a fair fight with no commitment to the outcome.
Take a side, and stand and be counted.

ScottW