SD on 2/7/2006 at 13:44
Quote Posted by Convict
I feel inadequate to comment on the Israel-Palestine situation with any authority
But, of course, that won't stop you from commenting...
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however certain questions must be asked
Certain questions must be asked, but I suspect they're rather different from the inane ones you are asking.
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do we think of the Israeli soldier as a soldier or as a civilian
what
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do we recognise the Palestinian leader because he was democratically elected
of course
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Is it legitimate for Israel to threaten a foreign leader with assassination?
of course not
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To my mind, and as I say I am not an expert, this seems like a strong overreaction.
Well, at least you got that much right.
Convict on 2/7/2006 at 14:03
Do all your posts have to be rude or insulting?
I'm trying not to jump to any premature or unwarranted conclusions.
EDIT: Ah of course grumblebums, you lost the soccer (football?).
SD on 2/7/2006 at 14:13
Quote Posted by Convict
Do all your posts have to be rude or insulting?
Convict, you're asking a whole string of incredibly stupid and inane questions, with little relation to the issue at hand, for no apparent reason. If I was a little on the rude side it was for your own good.
Myoldnamebroke on 2/7/2006 at 14:19
They looked a lot like rhetorical questions to me rather than genuine enquiries. Making points I thought you'd have agreed with.
SD on 2/7/2006 at 14:30
I'm sure you're now going to explain how "do we treat an Israeli soldier as a soldier or a civilian" constitutes a rhetorical question. I'm certainly all ears.
SubJeff on 2/7/2006 at 17:42
I fail to see how both sides can be so unreasonable. It makes it hard to take a side at all.
And I'm not talking about Stronts vs Convict here. In that case it's clear that Convict is being his usual clueless self.
Israel has clearly gone apeshit overkill over this but we all (should) know that they favour this kind of heavy handed stuff like beating a small child soundly for spilling coffee so he never, ever does it again (strategy fails again and again). But then the Palies are all "release 100,000,000billion prisonars NOW plz, k?" and the idiocy of the nation just shines through. And what the f is Hamas thinking with threats of attack? Don't they know that when one government attacks another it's called war? And war can lead to... occupation. Buffoons.
Lhet on 2/7/2006 at 17:50
You never know, if everything is focused in the middle east, instead of world war 3 it could be Crusades 2.
Starrfall on 2/7/2006 at 17:53
I think technically we're up to like the tenth crusade or something.
Crusade X: Crusades in SPACE
Selkie on 2/7/2006 at 18:54
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
Convict, you're asking a whole string of incredibly stupid and inane questions, with little relation to the issue at hand, for no apparent reason.
Yeah, stay off Stront's turf! :joke:
Convict on 3/7/2006 at 11:58
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
I'm sure you're now going to explain how "do we treat an Israeli soldier as a soldier or a civilian" constitutes a rhetorical question. I'm certainly all ears.
The reason I said this is because basically every man and woman in Israel is a soldier (IIRC) and therefore if we apply the rules for soldiers for them all it could become quite sticky.
