05-04-2004, 04:31 PM
Listen, I never called him a racist, nor will I call anyone a racist who speaks out rationally. But this is the logic you live by:
1) Israel stole the land from the Palestinians, and the Palestinians have the right to reclaim their land
if this is truly the case and this is really what you feel then I guess the following deductions can also be put forth
2) The arabs stole the lands from the Persians, and since the persians were their first, they deserve all their land back
3) The Ottoman turks pushed out the greeks from their land, but since the greeks were their first, they deserve their land back
The point I'm getting at is that different countries have been attacked and have lost land in various different generations during humanity. Just look at the various species that currently occupy this tiny planet. The majority of them have wars because of territorial disputes (not the kinds of war you and I are use to seeing). I really can't see how this is any different than those examples I listed above.
Having said this, I am a humanitarian so I do feel for the Palestinian cause. I have recently downloaded footage of what is happening there, and I must admit that the conditions are very brutal in some areas. But I do not feel that suicide bombings is an effective way to get the sympathy that the Palestinians need from the rest of the world. I believe one generation of Palestinians must try to diplomatically free themselves from this repression.