----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 7:56 PM Subject: Re: Wiesenthal Ctr Report
> << The Norwegians are suddenly so terribly concerned about Palestinian > civilians, yet we didn't hear a peep out of them when hundreds of Israelis > were blown to bits while attending religious functions or commuting to work > by Palestinian terrorists. Where was the great interest in justice and > protection of civilians and ambulances when Israeli children and innocents > were being murdered by fanatics? > > I take back the ambiguity of my previous post on the subject. There is a > very clear double standard being perpetrated here, and I must say I'm in > complete agreement with Marvin and Tom. If the situation were reversed, > this certainly wouldn't be done to Arab Muslims. >> > > > I liked your argument that no one is barring Americans or American flags. I > don't see all of this exactly as anti-semitism, more plain old ordinary > hypocrisy. They see one side but not the other. What Sharon and the IDF are > doing at the moment is wrong, no argument. But what the Palestinian > terrorists is doing is also equally wrong. And what's happening in India > right now is wrong, and I'm sure there are plenty of other places where awful > things are happening. Kuwait expelled 300,000 Palestinians in 1991 and nobody > said a word. Lebanon has had Palestinians living in squalid camps since 1948 > and still will not permit them to become Lebanese citizens and the Saudis > won't spend a dime of their oil money to turn those camps into decent towns. > It's just hypocrisy, perhaps tinged with a bit of anti-semitism. It certainly > is not genuine regard for Palestinians or Muslims. > I heard today on the radio that the Saudis are giving 50 million dollars to the families of Palistinian terrorists. I think its time to do a recount on who we think are friendly countries. xponent Electric Cars Maru rob
