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Thread #48832   Message #737818
Posted By: robomatic
26-Jun-02 - 08:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who are the Terrorists? Part 114
Subject: RE: BS: Who are the Terrorists? Part 114
Again: If Israel is so terrible and full of all these religious restrictions and if Jews really believe all that crap about 'Jewish' souls versus non-Jewish souls, how come Israel has had religious freedom and substantial Muslim and Christian minorities which pursue their own religious destinies.

If you want to go quoting Talmud and various theories of Jews, at least admit that similar extreme religious views have been held among Christians (ever hear of the Crusades?) and Muslims (check out the Rock of Conversion Story in the travel book "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush")

These are not real arguments against Israel and her actions.

A more appropriate model would be the genesis (if you will allow the word) of American Independence. About 1/3 of American colonists were for freedom in the 1750's, another 1/3 were opposed, and about 1/3 didn't wish to choose sides. After a protracted war with the mother country during many colonists fought on both sides, the Americans won. The Tories either accepted American rule or moved out on their own or were moved out. That is ethnic cleansing. That is also where Canada got their first main English speaking inhabitants.

It took time, but it all got settled eventually. But legally speaking, the State of Israel is on a moral equivalence with the United States of America.

Palestinians only need shift their right of return to Jordan, which has a very large Palestinian component (if not majority) already.