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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:16 PM Original message |
Israeli police target young people for refusing military service |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ah, let someone else do the fighting. We have that here, too. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Why SHOULD those young people have to oppress Palestinians if they don't want to? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. If would be enough to have the lands in the pre-1967 borders |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Are you in the IDF? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-21-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's some awesome democracy Israel has going there. |
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henank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So you encourage breaking the law? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Most democracies have a right of free association. |
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henank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Ridiculous assertion |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So does yr 'IT'S THE LAW! SUCK IT UP!' attitude apply to the US during Vietnam? |
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henank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well excuuuuse me! |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. How about answering the question I asked you... |
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henank (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. What did I miss? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. You 'missed' my question about Vietnam.... |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
75. henank's response to you, and the lack of a profile makes me wonder |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. They should give a shit. Prior to 1967, Israel almost never had draft evaders. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Israel wouldn't need a permanently militarized society if it didn't oppress the Palestinians |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Ken, you cannot possibly believe what you type |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. What you are still not getting is that it is impossible for the Occupation |
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Dick Dastardly (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Japan and Germany were beaten into being better so was the South. as were many others in the past |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Israeli civilians have been at risk throughout the country's history |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Ken, do you think Israelis could ever make peace with Mufti al Hussayni and his followers? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I'm not sure. But it would at least be more likely |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. you're not sure whether Israel could make peace with al Hussayni, Hitler's Mufti, if he were left in |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Tbe Mufti doesn't matter now. The man's been dead for thirty-five years |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 04:59 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. sorry Ken, your mask slipped in that last response |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Deleted message |
shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Ken, what do you have to say about the 2 links in post #67? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. The IDF could agree to let those who don't wish to serve in the Territories serve somewhere else |
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Dick Dastardly (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Thats not how militaries work, they dont get to choose where and how they serve. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Would letting people who object to the Occupation refuse to serve in the Territories |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. would your opinion change WRT ending occupation if MOST of your family & friends were living in the |
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Dick Dastardly (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. Just so you know for context where I am coming from. |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. it's not about protecting "pogromist settlers", Violet |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. IDF troops are expected to protect extremist settlers.... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. way to once again avoid the main point, Violet |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. The main point in this subthread was about soldiers having to protect extremist settlers... |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Violet, I fight fire with fire |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Fire with fire? You appear in threads replying to my posts to someone else... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Arguing that the situation is all the faulf ot "the Palestinian leadership" is an extreme view |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. it's not all the fault of Palestinian leadership - just mostly their fault |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. If it's not about changing the leadership, then why do you keep going on about "the leadership"? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. because PA and regional Arab leadership has been the main problem, Ken |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. One more note on the leadership: |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. if Barghouti deliberately killed some of your family and friends and were released |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-27-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. If the man was released now, he'd immediately start a presidential campaign |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Arafat killed and led at the same time.....Hamas too....what makes you think Barghouti is different? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. The man is secular, he's expressed progressive viewpoints, |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Why do you keep acting as if the settlers and the settlements don't matter? |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. why do you keep acting as if kassams and grads wouldn't fall on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem once the IDF |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Violent resistance is always much less likely to occur among people who AREN'T being oppressed |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. but it's not up to the Palestinians being oppressed, Ken |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. History has proven that a hardline in the territories has never weakened that "leadership" |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:01 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I agree it's a bad idea for Israel to convince Palestinians to change their leadership |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You're somewhat twisting my statement there |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. I'm not trying to twist anything |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You can't seriously be arguing that the Occupation can create a better Palestinian leadership |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. "If there is a law, one must keep it" |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
74. Why shouldn't Syria want the Golan back? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. In this specific case, I certainly am. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. You have the right to refuse to serve in a war you don't support |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. Have you ever heard of a little thing called non-violent resistance |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. Support the occupation or else? n/t |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. This will always be an issue in Israel |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. Gee - what would happen if everyone refused to join the militaries? |
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Sezu (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Then various enemies would destroy Israel now that |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. It has never been about not having Jews in Palestine |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. right, it's about only having Jews as dhimmis in Palestine....no self-rule for them |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. self-rule for Jews doesn't require that self-rule for Palestinian Arabs be prevented |
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shira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 05:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. you're changing the topic, Ken |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. what I hope for, here on this board, and also with the World - intelligent discourse |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Suppose they gave a war, and nobody came? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well heck, this can't be a good sign. nt |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
53. one of the early signs of rome's collapse... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Was that before or after the bulimia and the lead poisoning? |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-28-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #57 |
69. after and during |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Umm, conscientious objectors have existed in many countries |
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