DougR-I don't know where you got the quote "many examples," but if you are referring to American terrorism, I will mention the napalm bombings in Cambodia, the American occupation of the Phillipines, the entire history of U.S. dealings with Amerindians, and "Operation Shock and Awe" as being terroristic, all by the definition of terrorism in the Patriot Act.

DG-You almost had us convinced that maybe you weren't an anti-semite, and then you had to go and ruin it with a stereotyping sentence: "I admire the tenacity with which Jews present their single-minded arguments." While criticizing Sharon doesn't make you a bigot, lumping all Jews into a single block certainly does. To clarify a few misconceptions you have, I will state that in no aspect of Judaism is a Jewish bloodline necessary. Even the Ultra-Orthodox will accept converts. While Judaism as a religion is a voluntary belief system, the ethnic and cultural traditions associated with Judaism are, like all traditions, hereditary.