At 10:23 PM 1/28/02 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>Let's see. I say "the country of Palestine does not exist". John replies
>"the League of Arab Nations has the state of Palestine as a member". Since
>he uses that reply to counter my argument (IOW: prove that the country of
>Palestine *does* exist), why should I assume he does not mean what he is
>writing?
No Jeroen - I was simply pointing out that :
a) Some people clearly disagree with you
b) The reasons you cited for your conclusions were false on all counts
Neither implies that I think that Palestine is a country. Rather, I have
consistently referred to Palestine as an "entity" not quite a country but
not quite not a country either.
AND AT ANY RATE, AND YES I AM SHOUTING, THE POINT IS IRRELEVANT, AND YOU
ARE ONLY PURSUING THIS POINT TO AVOID ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF PALESTINE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
Feh.
JDG
P.S. In other words, if you would just stop pretending that no entity known
as "Palestine" exists - this discussion would make a lot more sense.....
but then again, you won't seem to answer any question that would make this
discussion make sense.
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