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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:47 AM Original message |
Britain's Trade Union Boycotts Israel |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think it's time American Jews and other Americans who believe in justice |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hey! I know it's infuriating, but don't tar us all with the same brush! |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Sometimes, the only way people learn is to act |
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Lee_n_Tenn (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
73. Believe in justice? Taking over a land and pushing its inhabitants into ghettos?.. |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:24 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. America? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. 'The resolution apparently has no practical consequences' - yes, that's the whole point of it! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Correcting a typo there... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. From the union website... |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Why not rape, murder and piss on the body |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Are all British leftists this freaking idiotic? |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Rhetorical question-obviously they're not |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Couldn't agree more.... |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thomas Friedman has it correct |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. There was a story posted here a while back about a Palestinian who won a scholarship |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. well, assuming that story is true, why wouldn't |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. How about ... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Now the wisdom of Friedman |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. How funny that it took less than a day for my propetic words ring true |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:21 AM Response to Reply #19 |
50. How true. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I've no idea what Friedman is like in general |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I think that one quote of his, regarding the hidden fist, says much |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You've yet to actually address his point |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Those who are supporting sanctions against the occupation state |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Deleted message |
Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Were you opposed to the sanctions against apartheid south africa as well? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Deleted message |
Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Did you think the sanctions against the South African regime amounted to a |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. No, because they were logical and based on specific policies |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. He may be a warmonger, for all I know |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. I'll do the two-fer-- attack the message and the messenger. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. so i understand you're against scholarships to Palestinians? |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 07:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Clarify? Hardly. The word I used was arrogance. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. the word you used was: Wrong answer (i put it in bold).... |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Please stop repeating questions for which answers were given |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. as i understand: |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Wow-- accusations much? I do not presume to know what's better |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Quite a number of universities and funding organizations.... |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Did anyone read this line in Friedman, or is it just willful ignorance |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. is there a problem with that? |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. It is clear you are unwilling to discuss the issue, but rather wish |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. It sounds like typical modern education-speak |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. The way Friedman worded it is different than the solution you provide at the end |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. actually its your attitude that i find problematic... |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Arrogance is as arrogance does. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
66. What happens when Palestinians get University Scholarships?? |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. they have extremely limited opportunities.... |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
69. Perspective from the right and the ultra-left, BUT! |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. UK: produced 4 million refugees.... |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. There is no principle involved here |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Hey, i support any action you want to take against the Blair/Bush regimes |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Deleted message |
LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Agree with that too!!! |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. as should olmert and Peres. and sharon.... what's left of him. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. making light of a virtually brain dead person |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. We make light of a nearly brain-dead person here in the US all the time. |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
72. Bring 'em on |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Olmert perhaps |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. guess sharon can't. but if he ever wakes up... then he should go straight there |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Fully agree! |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Any world leaders that supported the Bush/Blair attack on Iraq have not only done |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. the boycott is not about those who support or |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Deleted message |
Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I love you too avib!!! |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Nothing personal, just following your own logic |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. how could anyone mistake that for being personal??? of course not! |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Coming from someone who tried to paint |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I never said that, or even thought that. I merely asked why and how you |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Israel didn't love South Africa |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:58 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. OK, prove it. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Man, when two regimes make the Bomb together, what else is that but love? |
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grassfed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. thanks tom joad |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
77. Thank you for so precisely fulfilling my prediction. |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. You know more than I the methods used to avoid discussion. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
61. so your boycotting |
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number6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
71. Good |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
75. The chances are that UCU will eventually vote against the proposed boycott |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 06:33 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Our students don't think that a boycott is a good idea |
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