At 04:20 PM 12/26/01 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>At 11:50 24-12-01 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
>
>>At 03:31 PM 12/24/01 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>> >Criticising your government does not do harm to people.
>>
>>I'd just point out that in Israel, the foremost critic of the government
>>was made the government's Foreign Minister.
>>
>>So, please, please, please, spare me the sad day for democracy
violin-speech.
>
>Would you also say that if *your* government would jail people for
>disagreeing with the government, and someone in Europe would say it is a
>bad day for democracy when a government uses that kind of methods?
I know that the English language is not your strong suit, but this is
ridiculous.
Except for the fact that Israel *does not* jail people for simply
disagreeing with the government, as evidenced by no other fact than the #1
Opponent of the government also happens to be the government's Foreign
Minister.
JDG
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