ARA: That sounds like a threat. You should stop that.
This is what I believe. We, each human being, has intrinsic value, and is deserving of life, shelter, food, education, and medical care JUST for being born.
I believe this is true for Palestinians and Jews. I believe this is true for Eskimos, Aboriginies, and Northern Californian white people.
You claim I am racist for selectively pointing out history. I don't believe that I am, but it is hard to be objective about one's own internallized prejudice.
Since we live in a racist, and economically stratified society, and I am a product of that society, I most likely have racist attitudes I am not aware of. However, having studied Bahai teachings, I believe that racist attitudes have caused much human suffering and unneccessary conflict throughout human history.
And racism, since it is a human caused reality can be eliminated.
I believe that using violence to achieve a political end is wrong. That is why I can unequivocally call for the ending the use of suicide bombers against Israel because the tactic is coersive in nature (If you don't end the occupation, we will continue killing with suicide bombers), kills innocent civilians, and is collective punishment in that it makes the entire population afraid.
Likewise, I opposed Bush's armed invasion of Iraq.
In fact, I have opposed the Vietnam war, the Panamanian War, the War in El Salvador, the war in Nicaragua, the Yugoslavian War, and both Iraq wars. Why you say I am pro-war is beyond me.
In fact, those who argue for the continuted intifada, for a continued struggle against the very existance of a Jewish State which has been there for 56 years now, has a population of 6 million people, and is not going to go away no matter how many petitions you sign or protests you stage, is counterproductive, a waste of everyones time and energy and its PRO-WAR!!
Comparing me to the KKK and Hitler is a joke. And not a very funny one at that.
Threatening to have my posts pulled puts you in the same league as those people who bust up printing presses of newspapers that print an unpopular opinion.
Every human being is equal
Date Edited: 06 Mar 2005 01:50:45 PM
This is what I believe. We, each human being, has intrinsic value, and is deserving of life, shelter, food, education, and medical care JUST for being born.
I believe this is true for Palestinians and Jews. I believe this is true for Eskimos, Aboriginies, and Northern Californian white people.
You claim I am racist for selectively pointing out history. I don't believe that I am, but it is hard to be objective about one's own internallized prejudice.
Since we live in a racist, and economically stratified society, and I am a product of that society, I most likely have racist attitudes I am not aware of. However, having studied Bahai teachings, I believe that racist attitudes have caused much human suffering and unneccessary conflict throughout human history.
And racism, since it is a human caused reality can be eliminated.
I believe that using violence to achieve a political end is wrong. That is why I can unequivocally call for the ending the use of suicide bombers against Israel because the tactic is coersive in nature (If you don't end the occupation, we will continue killing with suicide bombers), kills innocent civilians, and is collective punishment in that it makes the entire population afraid.
Likewise, I opposed Bush's armed invasion of Iraq.
In fact, I have opposed the Vietnam war, the Panamanian War, the War in El Salvador, the war in Nicaragua, the Yugoslavian War, and both Iraq wars. Why you say I am pro-war is beyond me.
In fact, those who argue for the continuted intifada, for a continued struggle against the very existance of a Jewish State which has been there for 56 years now, has a population of 6 million people, and is not going to go away no matter how many petitions you sign or protests you stage, is counterproductive, a waste of everyones time and energy and its PRO-WAR!!
Comparing me to the KKK and Hitler is a joke. And not a very funny one at that.
Threatening to have my posts pulled puts you in the same league as those people who bust up printing presses of newspapers that print an unpopular opinion.
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