Mike wrote: > Mack, if you really mean that you consider 'Arabs' evil, then this IS > racist, or at the very, very least, pretty offensive. If you mean that > you consider the Palestinian suicide bombers evil then it makes more > sense, and of course you have a right to express this view, but please be > more precise with your comments. How would you feel if someone said > Americans were racist murderers when they really mean the Ku Klux Klan > (or Timothy K)?
For the umpteenth time, I did not mean all Arabs on the face of the earth. The context was the Arabs in conflict with the Jews, that is the post I responded to. How do you know? You have no desire to visit but yet you pontificate. > With what authority? And from whom would I get that authority? > > Yes, and judging all Arabs by comparison with the suicide bombers is akin > to judging all Americans by, say, the Boston Strangler. Ditto the above. > > Exactly, and what irks many of us non-US listers (or at least me, I > imagine I'm not the only one who feels this way. is that our opinion about the actions of the US > government (in this case in support of Israel, "Sharon is a man of > peace", give me a break!!) is considered invalid I never made any such statement about Ariel Sharon. Look elsewhere for that one nor did I say anything demeaning about France, other than I have no desire to visit there. I like Laurent, respect his statements, and would not do so. mack
