Martin, as a Jew with an opinion, I say what I feel. Hopefully I can do that without having other Jews who might be so politically correct where Israel is concerned that they cannot see clearly that the country that is Israel HAS done some truly horrendous things. I was not anti-Catholic or anti-Lutheran when, during World War 2, I felt many negative things about Germany. I do suspect you could find words enough in your dictionary to make it seem that I and others here could be anti those 2 religions.

But this is not semantics. It is war over there in the Middle East. -----

---- Still your semantic machinations manipulate our valid difference of opinion, and amazingly, morph it into intimating I have exhibited antisemitic feelings in these threads. All you are doing, though, is illustrating graphically how sadly true it is when pundits say that all is fair in war and love.

In another thread you pretty much said, "this is only a forum" and not a place real enough to form actual community bonds between participants. Why, then, is it a place that's real enough for you to vent your venom and denigrate and slander real people who simply have different ways of seeing these sad events than you do?? Or are you just "having fun" in this thread too??
No, I/we are not questioning Israel's right to exist. I do insist on having the right to call a spade a spade when I see it, and also say when Sharon isn't wearing any clothes.

Art Thieme