Jeroen wrote:
>>> >>So why do they allow themselves to be oppressed in Arab countries? >> > > Are you sure that they are not fighting oppression in other countries? It is > quite possible that it simply does not get any media attention, because the > media will focus on the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. > We hear about dissidents all over the world even in societies more closed to us than the Arab countries, and we have heard of Palestinian uprisings a few times in the past - one in Jordan some 30 years ago, so why wouldn't we hear about them now? -- Doug email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zo.com/~brighto "Now people stand themselves next to the righteous And they believe the things they say are true They speak in terms of what divides us To justify the violence they do" Jackson Browne, It Is One
