On 9/17/07, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In large part, in my opinion, due to the influence of the United States. > > False
Thanks for that convincing argument. > > You're suggesting that the jewish people have always been in control of > > Isreal? > > No, but they've lived in the land continuously since biblical times. That's irrelevant, really. How long were native americans in North America before it was invaded by the Europeans? > What do you consider the return of Jews to the land? There have been Jews The First Aliyah, I'd say. > The real difference was not the return of Jews. It was the return of Jews > who saw no other place to run to and decided to take a stand. That's the > problem that many have with Israel. That's the reason for the double > standard. The Jews took a stand rather then kept running. It undermines > Christianity. It undermines Islam. It undermines just about every social or > religious theology. Jews are not supposed to win. We're supposed to convert, > be submissive, disappear into the dust of history. We piss everyone off by > surviving. I want to be very clear that I don't have a problem with Isreal's right to exist, lest someone think that I'm blaming Jews for OUR problems. I am not. -- Rick Root Check out CFMBB, BlogCFM, ImageCFC, ImapCFC, CFFM, and more at www.opensourcecf.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
