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Reply to The West Bank and Gaza in International JoeUser Forums

"Their fates are linked through an accident of history which left them as the only parts of Mandate Palestine which weren’t conquered by Zionists during the 1948 war." Perhaps you are talking about a different "Mandate Palestine" than the one I know, but it seems to me that Transjordan was also not "conquered" by "Zionists" in the 1948 war. It also seems to me that Gaza and the West Bank were the only parts of the part of the mandate

Novell Thinking in Consumer Issues JoeUser Forums

First Impressions When I first tried to understand the market, apart from (what seems like the) basics like supply and demand and their immediate influence, I very quickly realised that the number one strategy to succeed was using, sorry: utilising, the services of government in the form of patents, land titles, corruption, and as a customer. I l

Reply to Spotting various nationalities abroad. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Germans suddenly stop every few minutes when walking. The Irish love to stand in all sorts of doors. Spaniards form interconnected small groups from one side of the road to the other if left alone for a while. The Portuguese always seem to speak all the languages they need. I am in Germany right now and this stopping thingy really gets on my nerves. When I lived in Dublin I noticed that one could not simply enter a s

Reply to Slippery slope in Politics JoeUser Forums

"The moral of the story? Disarmament won't keep the peasants down." This certainly defeats the argument that a right to own guns is needed as a check for government, doesn't it?

Reply to Terrorism, bombings hit Spain, European reaction in International JoeUser Forums

I don't want to disappoint you, but the Europeans are not "getting it", not at all, not even remotely. Europeans and their governments actually believe that they did get it quite a while ago and supported the war on terror wholeheartedly and completely (the invasion of Iraq is not counted as a part of the war in Europe; most Europeans think that a war against Islamic fundamentalism can be won without destroying the fundamentalists' infrastruct

Reply to Slippery slope in Politics JoeUser Forums

"I consider for a moment how things would be different if the American colonists were not allowed to have guns." I do believe rebelling was illegal then. Anyway, apart from the smarty standard "argument"; did you consider the scenario I mentioned?

Reply to Woman Charged With Murder? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

This is too complicated an issue to make quick decision. On the one hand, any person should have the right to decide what should happen to their own body. But on the other hand one can also claim that a female who decides to become pregnant has a duty to her children-to-be (as has the father). It's the very same problem as with the abortion issue and there is just no way we can figure out what answer is true because neither o

Reply to Slippery slope in Politics JoeUser Forums

Those who are criticising gun laws are all missing the point. The laws aren't meant to stop people from owning guns (as you know, criminals don't obey the law and will get guns regardless of what the law says), the laws are meant to give government the power to do something about guns in the hands of criminals when necessary. I'm not saying that these laws are good or bad or effective or not, I am merely trying to point out that you all MISS T

Reply to "He is Late as Usual" in Politics JoeUser Forums

"These are historical facts. They are not pigment of the imagination of a troll or one with no moral scruples." I'm afraid the "fact" that Aristide and Hitler belong to the same group or love to be called by "one name" really is an imagination of yours. Whether you are a troll, I do not know. "If you have proof that this are not true lay them on the discussion table." If I have proof that WHAT isn't true? I didn't claim tha

Reply to "He is Late as Usual" in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Is there a difference between a Socialist, Marxist and Communist?" Didn't you understand what I tried to explain at all? Because I don't understand what that question has to do with what I wrote. Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I didn't take issue with you mixing up socialism and Marxism (one is a superset of the other), I took issue with you refering to all sorts of regimes you don't like as "socialist", thereby spitting in

Reply to "He is Late as Usual" in Politics JoeUser Forums

"From your comments it appears that you have two definitions of what is a socialist?" My comments said nothing about my definition of "socialist". I was wondering about your definition. Your definition of "socialist" apparently includes the regimes of North Korea and Iran, but does it include those who suffered under the Nazis, like the late president of the Socialist International, former German chancellor Willy Brandt? If your defin

Reply to "He is Late as Usual" in Politics JoeUser Forums

I do not expect to change your belief that you, among all people, are able to identify a socialist while others are not. You probably have your reasons to believe that. And you probably have your reasons to claim that all sorts of regimes are "socialist" while also claiming that you do not call regimes that you do not like such per se. I was trying to point out that your main argument, whatever merits it may have, is just not very persuasive w

Reply to "He is Late as Usual" in Politics JoeUser Forums

"What do you think?" I think that you shouldn't refer to all the regimes you don't like as "socialist". It makes you look foolish in the eyes of the very people who you might be able to convince otherwise.

Reply to LET ISRAEL BOMB IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Mordok: "It was Henry Ford's conclusion that very few of these people who called themselves "Jews" were descendants of the Bible Israelites." Considering that absolutely anyone can become a Jew because being a Jew is not defined (by the Jews) as being a descendant of the Bible Israelites, this conclusion, if ever made, is hardly a scientific breakthrough. He could have simply asked a rabbi. As for the plan, it can't work: The only reason it could work in

Reply to G-d, the world, and other creations in Religion JoeUser Forums

Excellent comments. I will return to the matter soon. Now I have to go to a political conference. And on a Saturday too...

G-d, the world, and other creations in Religion JoeUser Forums

I believe in G-d. I believe that G-d created the world, but I have seen no evidence that points to the job being done in six days, which means that I will have to work with other, more practical theories about what happened. Even if the world was created in these six days, the world would still look the same and t