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  1. It's not bullying, that's a bit overdramatic.lol...

    It's not bullying, that's a bit overdramatic.lol Siblings squabble that's what they do. One minute they are squabbling because one went in the other's room, the next they're playing Xbox together.
  2. No, it's not. It's about making moral judgements...

    No, it's not. It's about making moral judgements through refusing to be myopic about either sides excesses, by refusing to form opinion by echo chamber and by removing as much pathos as possible...
  3. We should do a cultural exchange. We've never yet...

    We should do a cultural exchange. We've never yet got to the end of a game of buckeroo. ;)
  4. I agree. I'm not pretending 'all' the people on...

    I agree. I'm not pretending 'all' the people on either side. Many thousands of people on both sides are stuck on the cyclic bullshit merry-go-round.
  5. What very disciplined teenage/child siblings you...

    What very disciplined teenage/child siblings you all must have over there. Over here, you sit down to play a boardgame with them, five minutes later...squabbling.

    I just expect them both to stop...
  6. Wow, comprehension not really your strong point...

    Wow, comprehension not really your strong point is it? I am not condoning Israeli actions or violence. I am not condoning Palestinian violence (that's where you're at). I am condemning the stupid...
  7. This made me chortle. I would describe partisans...

    This made me chortle. I would describe partisans of both sides as having a dodgy moral compass. As I have said, to be partisan means seeing fault only in your opponent and to turn a blind side to the...
  8. I have one child who is five and another who is a...

    I have one child who is five and another who is a teenager. They squabble all the time. Her size doesn't excuse the five year old for continuing the tit for tat, or for the mischief she does to her...
  9. An example of how language used indicates...

    An example of how language used indicates partisan allegiance, that you are buying into one side's propaganda.



    What you really have here is a tit for tat situation. Each side will look back...
  10. Your interpretation of what has occurred over the...

    Your interpretation of what has occurred over the last few years is entirely one sided, your use of language clearly indicates that you have a partisan opinion on the situation and it is pretty much...
  11. Hate to sound like a pessimist but even the...

    Hate to sound like a pessimist but even the briefest of glances through human history shows that goodness rarely if ever plays a part in geopolitics.
  12. I admire your optimism. I'm not sure what, in...

    I admire your optimism. I'm not sure what, in the long history of this region, inspires it though.
  13. But will either side ever agree to that? And then...

    But will either side ever agree to that? And then follow that through by being good neighbours?

    Neither side seems to want the other's existence.
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    Facts are rarely contentious. It's in their...

    Facts are rarely contentious. It's in their interpretation that people disagree. :)
  15. Not surprising. The Jews were evicted by the...

    Not surprising. The Jews were evicted by the Romans in 70AD. The Arabs evicted the Romans and occupied the land from 687AD (approximately, can't be arsed to look up the exact date of the seige of...
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    Thank you. In the intervening years since my...

    Thank you. In the intervening years since my last visit, I have become neither left nor right, neither liberal nor conservative. There are too many flaws in both ideologies and it is too flawed to...
  17. Israel has gotten to the point where it is losing...

    Israel has gotten to the point where it is losing its humanity when it reacts. The reaction is always excessive.

    After years of being under attack from without and within, you can certainly see...
  18. I think you are all kind of missing the point a...

    I think you are all kind of missing the point a little.

    Of course people of all races and religions rape. That's a given.

    And this isn't specifically about Cologne. There has been such an...
  19. I seem to remember getting quite a bit of flak...

    I seem to remember getting quite a bit of flak from you colonials a few years ago when a Royal Navy vessel was picked up in Iranian waters.

    Glad your sailors are ok, but still.... ha ha ha!
  20. One thing you could never accuse the...

    One thing you could never accuse the Scandinavians of is xenophobia.

    Some facts. Of the one million people that migrated to Europe last year, less than a third have come from the warzone in...
  21. It says something when Sweden and Denmark close...

    It says something when Sweden and Denmark close their borders. They have pretty much been the barometer of liberal openness. When they close their borders you know something has gone wrong.
  22. Ah race relations, that old chestnut. Where did...

    Ah race relations, that old chestnut. Where did that go wrong?

    I'd suggest it was Derrick Bell.

    MLK had a dream, exquisite in it's simplicity. Judge people by the content of their character,...
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    Do you guys have panto over there? ...

    Do you guys have panto over there?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantomime

    That's exactly what celebullshit is. Panto.
  24. I've got a solution. Nobody gets the 'holy land'....

    I've got a solution. Nobody gets the 'holy land'. Both sides conquered and occupied it. Jews in pre-historic times (taking it from Aegean 'Sea People' who in turn had conquered and occupied it),...
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    Ricky and the Globes

    Reading about a bit of a hoo-haa over there about Ricky Gervais being transphobic about Katyln (sp) Jenner at the globes. Even heard he committed a hate crime.

    Think folks are missing the point....
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