> > Michael wrote: > > But your missing the entire point. By praising him, you make him out to be someone > > to be emulated. By praising him you say he was right. This leads to even more children > > killed, not less. > > For the last 50 years people have been calling Arafat a terrorist and > for the last 50 years people have been emulating him. I don't think > your theory has much empirical support. It has total support because in all that time the Arab world has been calling him a hero and the amount of terrorist he's spawned, the amount of terrorism done in his name has grown. Emprical support is in dead bodies and terrorist attacks.
> Do you see a shortage of followers for Bin Laden since we started > calling him a terrorist? How about Iraq? We've been calling them > terrorists for a decade and even a year after an invasion we can't > keep the peace. Did we see a shortage when we didn't? Calling him a hero will only get him more support. Want evidence, look at the countries where he's called a hero and look at the babies given his name. As for Iraq, most of the attacks are mostly from NON-IRAQIs. But the point here is moot. Iraq has nothing to do with calling a terrorist a hero. Your just trying to cloud the issue > Calling people names doesn't seem to be working - at least not for the > last 5 decades. Seems to work. Germany called Hitler a monster and the few who still support him are considered criminals. If the Arabs called Arafat and Bin Laden a monster then it would go the same way. > The reality is, no matter what we call Arafat, his people think he's a > hero. Insulting him only strengthens his cause. No, insulting him shows his people that to be accepted in the world they will have to divorse themselves from the destruction he's brought to them and to others. > Let's stop beating our heads against a wall, and give the Palestinians > what they want which is: What, the destruction of Israel? That's what Arafat stood for. > 1.) Respect, > 2.) Recognition, and > 3.) peace. Have they earned it? Have they shown respect, recognition (beyond a paper that they ignore) or peace to others? The answer to all of them is no. > Let Arafat die. Let's get a Palestinian leader committed to a 2 state > solution who renounces terror as a tactic and let's move on. Arafat's > dead. Yes, but to his people he will be a hero in their minds and in the minds of the world as they see it. Not something that'll breed respect, recognition or peace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135811 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
