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Thread #71513   Message #1227071
Posted By: CarolC
16-Jul-04 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Arab victim of Palestinian terrorism
Subject: RE: BS: Arab victim of Palestinian terrorism
Like I said, Larry K, you can dish it out, but you can't take it. You are the one who brought up the subject of Nazis by comparing me to them. Maybe you enjoy being compared to a Nazi (though for the life of me, I can't understand why) but most of the rest of us do not enjoy it.

Now a lesson on hatred...

The "n" word, is a bad word because of hatred and the demeaning effect that it has on the people who are called by that word.

It is hatred and the demeaning of human beings that is bad. The only thing that is bad about any words like that one is their use in service to hatred.

If someone puts the word "nigger" (in quotation marks) in a sentance to show that the same hatred that lies behind that word also lies behind words that are used against other groups of people, that is not in service to hatred. That is an attempt to dispell hatred. I don't expect you to understand this distinction since you, yourself, are so blinded by hatred.

However, I did ask the Rabbi if it was his intention to come across sounding like he was promoting hatred. That is a courtesy that neither you, nor any of the other people who have been calling me things like "terrorist sympathizer", "Palestinian sympathizer (that really does sound an awful lot like "nigger lover"), and all of the other colorful expressions you and others have used to try to project your own hatred of others onto me.

On the subject of your other points, I'm guessing you show them things out of the context of the conversation, so it doesn't surprise me at all that you get the reaction you do. I wonder what sort of reaction you would get if you showed the entire context. However, I don't expect to change the world all by myself. I just follow my conscience, and hope for the best. That's all I can do. It works for me.