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Thread #47128   Message #703835
Posted By: Troll
03-May-02 - 03:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: PEACE in the Middle East (2)
Subject: RE: BS: PEACE in the Middle East (2)
"Maybe the Palestinians are using all of their resources just trying to stay alive."
"I'm guessing that sort of thing doesn't rank very high on the hierarchy of needs at this time. Maybe when they aren't so busy just trying to survive."
I guess that the survival of the Palestinians was uppermost in the minds of their freely elected leader, Yasser Arafat, when his government purchased new Mercedes Benz automobiles for he and his staff. I mean, never mind that the village has no well, the President has to look good as he rides through the refugee camps, right.
Too bad the IDF bulldozed them into a heap of scrap. The IDF should be made to replace them with brand new cars of equal or greater value.
And of course high explosives outrank food purchases.
Or maybe there are so few Palestinian Arab peace groups because they don't feel what the Jewish and Gentile peace groups feel. Compassion, guilt perhaps, empathy, even a sense of fairness. Maybe that just isn't a part of their makeup or maybe they feel justified in murdering women and children with bombs in the name of "self-determination" or whatever.
Yeah, we demonstrated in the '60's for peace and equality and civil rights but we never killed anyone except for the outer fringe nutcases like the Weathermen and they had little support.
So why don't the Palestinians have a strong peace presence? Why is all the peace action coming from the other side of the street?
I've stated a few of my ideas.
Anyone else?

troll