"I have made a polite request which you have chosen to ignore."
I have not ignores it Dave - you Keith and Bobad are the ones who took up a passing comment and ran with it
"I am specifically saying please do not discuss Israel on this thread,"
Doesn't sound like a "request" to me, polite or otherwise
I'll rephrase my statement You have no right to make such a "request"
That is as much censoring an opinion as demanding something
Jim Carroll