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In reply to the discussion: I got the meaning of "Schindler's List" completely wrong! [View all]ProfessorPlum
(11,254 posts)162. You are correct! LOL
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That is funny because I live in an area with lots of Jews and most of my friends are Jewish
hollysmom
Jul 2014
#129
packman, I'm not sure I get your meaning. Are you saying there are not even 10 Palestinians
DesertDiamond
Jul 2014
#19
"They just want their land " Without taking sides I want to point out that no one has an eternal
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#189
People will fight for land! Always have and always will. But no one has an eternal right to
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#201
If it is targeted a a certain group of people. It always starts with the idea
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2014
#205
It's not enough to stand idly by while a military junta kills in the name of your religion.
randome
Jul 2014
#199
Agree about Afghanistan. But Israel isn't threatening to kill their own people.
randome
Jul 2014
#202
I disagree with your interpretation of "the lesson". IMO the lesson has nothing to do
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#191
Is it wrong to defend your citizens against an enemy shooting rockets at them?
NaturalHigh
Jul 2014
#7
'Defend your citizens'? This is how you defend them: give up some of the fucking land!
randome
Jul 2014
#29
Give up the land they stole. "Anything necessary", the generals say. They don't mean that at all.
randome
Jul 2014
#34
Agreed - the generals didn't mean "give in to our enemies and run like hell."
NaturalHigh
Jul 2014
#38
I think the United Nations had something to do with the creation of Israel.
NaturalHigh
Jul 2014
#105
Quotes, because they happen whether they really occur, as they genuinely do at times,
GoneFishin
Jul 2014
#223
Those are the equivalent of the tactics that were used to drive the Indians off their territory
onenote
Jul 2014
#227
Hamas may theoretically wish to eradicate Israel, but if you look at the actual
nomorenomore08
Jul 2014
#132
Were we defending our citizens when we used phosphorous bombs to burn Iraqi
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#192
Is it wrong to place people in a concentration camp on the basis of their ethnicity and religion
intaglio
Jul 2014
#143
well, the stuff behind "a right to exist" and "never again" only belong to Zionists
stupidicus
Jul 2014
#12
that movie was frightening and would certainly make any would be "agents"
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2014
#49
I see - the victimization of people is wrong if the state is getting rid of "undesirables"
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2014
#46
No ... just that there are different types and degrees of victimization and ...
frazzled
Jul 2014
#69
Right-wingers are the same everywhere. As long as the right-wing Likud Party is in the majority
w4rma
Jul 2014
#33
Well duh, killing white people is wrong. Killing brown people and taking their land
Exultant Democracy
Jul 2014
#56
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2014
#57
I am sure that you know that there are many Jews within Israel and in the US who have
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#68
I am aware of that - or at least I am aware of the possibility that there must be
ProfessorPlum
Jul 2014
#72
The sad fact also remains that at least IMO Hamas doesn't care too much for the Palestinians
CTyankee
Jul 2014
#81
I say you don't make up for your suffering by trying to pass it on.....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#87
Then you must think the entire history of Israel has vanished into some non-existent ether.
delrem
Jul 2014
#150
Thank you. You summed up my feelings perfectly. It bothers me to come here and see this as
jillan
Jul 2014
#177
We saw many of our guys willing to risk their lives fighting fascism overseas wholeheartedly
brewens
Jul 2014
#156
If you are saying the message is that it's wrong for people to be treated as the Nazi's did,
rhett o rick
Jul 2014
#198
Using the holocaust as a comparison may indeed be inappropriate, but the OP does have a
randys1
Jul 2014
#226