On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:18:26 -0400, Moses Backman III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thursday 13 September 2001 03:48 am, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > This is the kind of point that I have been trying to make. As you have said
> > "there are always two sides to every issue". In many cases, there are even
> > more than two sides and viewpoints. The US media has managed to convince
> > many people to believe that all (or many) Palestinians are terrorists, and
> > that they should all be killed. If you look at things from the view of the
> > Palestinians, _they_ are the ones who are being persecuted.
> >
> > Things are not as simple as they may seem, and I thank you for sharing your
> > views.
> >
> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:39:07 +0200, "Mohammed Arafa"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > i thank you for reminding us of the people being discriminately
> > > massacared in Palestine. of how the Israelis are using guns and armoured
> > > vehicles and mortar and missiles against unarmed men, women and children
> > > every day. Of how, the Israelis have by force taken away land from their
> > > owners, sometimes killing them; the Palestinians, displacing them, , how
> > > they have razed homes of the parents of "suspected" freedom fighters,
> > > even though those freedom fighters arent there or living there. how they
> > > have imprisoned those freedom fighters, on mere suspicion, without
> > > rights, without time limits, without age limits (could a 14 old kid be a
> > > terrorist?)
> > > of how the israelis have taken the opportunity given by the world looking
> > > at america to take over more land in Palestine (a whole town yesterday on
> > > tuesday). of how the israelis are slowly and surely killing the parties
> > > who they are *talking* with in Palestine, may i remind u that the
> > > israelis took over the government building of the PNA recently?
> > >
> > > finally, may i remind u that there are always two sides to every issue:
> > > the israelis are after land; from the nile river to the tigris in iraq;
> > > whereas the Palestinians are after their very survival: life.
> > >
> > > thanks for letting me rant on a for a bit
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Spivak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:00 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] Newbies forum (this one)
> > >
> > > > Please let me remind you again, coz I'm sure many
> > > > people did it already, this mail list is about newbies for Linux
> > > > and not politic, and not terror. Don't think that I like
> > > > what happened there, I was in shock myself. Just
> > > > try to think , that people in Israel deals with the situation
> > > > every day, all the day, all the week, all the year .......
> > > > Now, back to the theme of the letter, try not to send
> > > > any letter, that not about the main theme - LINUX.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > >
> > > > Michael Spivak
>
> to be perfectly honest, the World Trade Center's 50,000 employees have
> nothing to do with what happens in that dirt farm over there. People are
> just trying to make a living and are being killed for it. maybe it's ok with
> you, but it's not with me. don't try to justify what happened here. there
> is no argument you can make that will set this as fair. i say we wreck out
> the entire area starting in Afghanistan. when we've made moves it was always
> in a way that minimized risk to innocent people. that's who these animals
> went after. maybe you were one of the shit heads dancing around when you
> heard and saw this. i hope not. i hope i never see you if you were. my
> hometown was destroyed by losers and now they should have to pay
You really should read _all_ the posts in the thread before responding. I have
already expresesed my deepest condolences to the victims and their families. I
have also stated that I do _not_ condone such violence, whether it be by the
United States, by terrorists, or by someone else.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
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