Israel has invaded Gaza...

[piece-itpete]

No comment on the school? Apparently it was one that wasn't used to store weapons.

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Israel has blown up the one and only power plant. No electricity, running water or sewer. Now every resident of Gaza is affected and no end in sight.

I get the impression Israel wants this to hit home. Remember Hamas was elected.

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Where TF is Venice, IL? Must be southern Illinois if they don't know what "pop" is. Somebody asks for a "soda" in Chicago it's like...where you from...Cairo? Might as well be from goddamn Tennessee as Cairo.

In Chicago the only time it's soda is if it's like "Grape Soda" or "Orange Soda"...and even then, it's still "pop." Although I like it down in GA., where everything is a co-cola. 7UP is co-cola.

A suburb of East St Louis. They didn't say 'soda', they said 'so-dee'.

I'll be in western SC soon, I'll have to pay attention.

Pete

[Dondilion]

Despite Israel lobby trying to suppress free expression on the issue: Israel
looks horrible.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

My tone and my manner are my concern. I have strong feelings about this and I see no need to temper them so that you can feel all comfy that at the end of the day we can all sit around the campfire and sing kumbaya with each other.

Nice sarcastic response to my call for mutual respect. You may
claim your this matter is only your concern, but I say that we should all take responsibility for the tone and character of the forum. How you act affects the community, for better or worse. In any case, remember that doing what you're doing, gets you what you're getting.

And shouldn't you take me at my word, when I explain that what I don't like (among other things) is being personally dissed by you? It has zip to do with this big idea you have about 'violation' of right/left expectations.

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Trying to make peace with those people is like trying to make peace with a fucking wolverine.

What would you think if someone chose a dehumanizing vulgar negative metaphor to describe Jews?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

No comment on the school? Apparently it was one that wasn't used to store weapons.

[Regarding hit on power plant], I get the impression Israel wants this to hit home. Remember Hamas was elected.

Just blatant examples that the purpose of the punitive expedition would be called 'terrorism,' if people we didn't like were doing it.

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I'll be in western SC soon, I'll have to pay attention.

Pete

Are you buying a farm there?

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Despite Israel lobby trying to suppress free expression on the issue: Israel
looks horrible.

Does anybody doubt that considering the 60 years of threats and acts against their very existence, that most Israelis believe they have way more to worry about than what anybody thinks about how they look?

The most recent poll of Israelis finds 86℅ of them opposed to a cease fire with Hamas. Sounds like a clear "who fucking cares how I look" to me.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Nice sarcastic response to my call for mutual respect. You may
claim your this matter is only your concern, but I say that we should all take responsibility for the tone and character of the forum. How you act affects the community, for better or worse. In any case, remember that doing what you're doing, gets you what you're getting.

And shouldn't you take me at my word, when I explain that what I don't like (among other things) is being personally dissed by you? It has zip to do with this big idea you have about 'violation' of right/left expectations.



What would you think if someone chose a dehumanizing vulgar negative metaphor to describe Jews?

Like I haven't heard any in the past week right here on this interpersonally soft and fuzzy forum. And without a single fucking peep about it out of any of you thoughtful liberals. Not a fucking peep about it out of anybody but me. So that's what I think about this bullshit question. And that's also pretty much what I'm thinking about this "community" right now.

Page one of this thread. Israeli Jews referred to as Nazis...fine with you, while Palestinian terrorists being referred to as wolverines...that's a giddamn outrage. Give it a rest Don.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

The most recent poll of Israelis finds 86℅ of them opposed to a cease fire with Hamas. Sounds like a clear "who fucking cares how I look" to me.

You know what?

I think it's time for the US do do a complete 180 on this issue.

Cut off all aid to Israel, impose sanctions, and send in the US Military to stop the slaughter of Palestinians.

How does that grab you Ike?

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

No comment on the school? Apparently it was one that wasn't used to store weapons.

I get the impression Israel wants this to hit home. Remember Hamas was elected.

Pete

On the UN school, what's there to say. I know, collateral damage.

Now IMO, what Israel is really accomplishing here is to make enemies with the entire current and future population of Gaza and they are in it for their lifetimes. Now it's beyond Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad or any number of terror groups.

Now if only we could take out the word Jihad from their vocabulary, there could be peace.

[piece-itpete]

Nah Ike turns out I'm a damn Yankee. Though I didn't know it till my first trip south. I was like, 'But I'm not from New York!'

Land sure is cheap there though. Going to visit family, flying like an intelligent person this time. And enjoy bbq and deep fried goodness. I'll be forgetting the outside world for a few days.

Pete

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Like I haven't heard any in the past week right here on this interpersonally soft and fuzzy forum. And without a single fucking peep about it out of any of you thoughtful liberals. Not a fucking peep about it out of anybody but me. So that's what I think about this bullshit question.

I'm sorry--are you referring to dehumanizing vulgar metaphors against Jews? Please point out if so.

On the other hand, if you're referring to disrespect towards you, I agree that's not good or desirable. But you're the one who has thrown the broad-brush insults at me, so you hear from me.