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» in reply to
re: indiscriminate bombings
More on the difference between the two sides
TB
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1/2/2009 4:39:57 PM
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100 tons of bombs dropped on Gaza
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Lindy
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12/28/2008 2:29:16 AM
Why Israeli and American indiscriminate Bombings and Shock and Awe won't work
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Lindy
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1/2/2009 12:08:33 AM
re: indiscriminate bombings
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TB
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1/2/2009 5:08:42 AM
More on the difference between the two sides
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TB
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1/2/2009 4:39:57 PM
"“They say my kids flew 40 meters before hitting the ground.â€"
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Lindy
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1/2/2009 1:24:21 AM
How many kids died in Berlin, Dresden, or Tokyo?
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Lee
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1/2/2009 1:38:51 AM
So what's your suggestion?
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Lee
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1/2/2009 12:37:18 AM
re: So what's your suggestion?
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Lindy
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1/2/2009 1:25:36 AM
Then keep quiet.
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Lee
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1/2/2009 1:35:22 AM
Actual Body Counts: Israel 3 Gaza 375
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Lindy
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1/2/2009 1:43:57 AM
Yes, it is worth it.
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Lee
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1/2/2009 1:54:01 AM
Not that I want to have to take this to Flame
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Lindy
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1/2/2009 1:39:09 AM
Keep it civil then.
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Lee
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1/2/2009 1:49:46 AM
I do believe Hamas is a democratically elected government
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Lindy
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1/2/2009 2:33:36 AM
That's my point.
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Lee
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1/2/2009 3:26:35 AM
Scuse me?
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Lindy
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1/2/2009 2:30:05 AM
too bad the bombs weren't MK-77 Mod 4
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Obamavich
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12/31/2008 2:54:05 PM
Nuclear weapons are of no use in the Middle East
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Raoul
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1/1/2009 9:36:45 AM
Wouldn't it be nice if this were a nuclear-free world?
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Jacob
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1/2/2009 4:50:31 PM
Galvanizing issue
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azstrummer
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12/30/2008 6:14:22 PM
A basic misperception.
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Bowser
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12/31/2008 5:12:11 PM
What do you call the wars of 48, 67, and 73?
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Lee
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12/31/2008 10:46:03 PM
The result of Stalin's plan for the US in the middle east
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E.P.
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1/3/2009 5:45:31 PM
I'm reluctant to answer you.
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Bowser
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1/1/2009 12:29:09 AM
Sounds like the answer of someone with no answer.
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Lee
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1/1/2009 1:12:34 AM
...completely forgotten by the "Enlightened."
(n/t)
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TB
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12/31/2008 11:00:44 PM
Some of what you say is probably true
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azstrummer
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12/31/2008 7:29:30 PM
No. It isn't.
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TB
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12/31/2008 9:25:52 PM
TB's assertions and other delusions. The Israelis don't dispute their territorial ambitions.
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Bowser
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12/31/2008 10:01:33 PM
Hmm Chomsky's word or Toms......Let me ponder that
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azstrummer
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12/31/2008 9:39:48 PM
Argument from authority?
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TB
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12/31/2008 10:55:34 PM
Wish it were that easy.
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TB
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12/30/2008 9:22:40 PM
Nuclear destruction of Israel
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azstrummer
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12/30/2008 10:36:22 PM
re: Nuclear destruction of Israel
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TB
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12/30/2008 11:31:05 PM
Tom, you're so deluded
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azstrummer
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12/31/2008 1:37:35 AM
re: deluded
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TB
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12/31/2008 2:36:39 AM
And just how do you propose
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azstrummer
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12/31/2008 1:36:33 PM
Now that's the $64,000 question.
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TB
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12/31/2008 10:42:45 PM
Just a few threads above, you were calling for building force fields around the whole region.
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Lee
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12/31/2008 1:51:02 AM
You're still an idiot Lee
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azstrummer
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12/31/2008 1:37:54 PM
Funny, I always thought that arguing two totally divergent points was the sign of an idiot.
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Lee
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12/31/2008 3:59:54 PM
Removing denial
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RobVG
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12/31/2008 1:04:32 AM
All the bombs in the world won't make the Palestinians good neighbors to the Israelis
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z
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12/30/2008 4:56:37 AM
Yes and the SS were just policemen in Nazi Germany
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Obamavich
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12/31/2008 2:47:12 PM
Reality check
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TB
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12/30/2008 4:49:46 PM
So why aren't those "policemen" out arresting the militants firing rockets into Israel?
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Lee
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12/30/2008 5:49:29 AM
Because the Palestinians don't have a real government to order them to do so
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z
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12/30/2008 7:03:36 PM
Hamas was Israel's idea?
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TB
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12/30/2008 8:52:34 PM
Israel didn't create Hamas - they exploited its existence to undermine the PLO
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z
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12/31/2008 12:41:53 AM
Obama's view
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TB
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12/29/2008 8:29:52 PM
A slight correction - addition."
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Bowser
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12/29/2008 10:42:22 PM
Solution remains the same
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E.P.
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12/29/2008 4:45:49 PM
And when Hamas kidnaps or attacks the UN peacekeepers?
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Obamavich
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12/31/2008 4:07:36 PM
Who says it's an unwinnable situation?
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Lee
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1/2/2009 1:58:59 AM
re: Who says it's an unwinnable situation?
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E.P.
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1/2/2009 9:40:00 PM
I doubt most Muslims could even find Israel on a map.
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Lee
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1/2/2009 10:25:07 PM
All you have to do...
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TB
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12/29/2008 7:50:04 PM
A thousand words
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TB
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12/30/2008 12:58:57 AM
E.P?... Do you live in what was Indian country?
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Jacob
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12/29/2008 5:25:57 PM
The normans integrated themselves
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Raoul
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12/29/2008 5:53:01 PM
It's useless, Raoul.
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Bowser
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12/29/2008 8:41:38 PM
Why did Dan Rather lie to US?
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Obamavich
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12/31/2008 4:15:02 PM
Do bombs know the difference between civilians and combatants?
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Jacob
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12/31/2008 5:48:38 PM
In a way you are right.
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Jacob
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12/30/2008 6:41:06 PM
The Palestinians are a weapon.
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TB
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12/29/2008 7:59:09 PM
Well at least the Israelis don't cut off hands off of slave workers, like in the Congo.
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Jacob
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12/29/2008 6:00:26 PM
re: We're in 2008, almost 2009 and we should learn history
(n/t)
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Raoul
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12/29/2008 7:59:25 PM
My point is is that there is no nation on earth that doesn't have blood on its hands.
(n/t)
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Jacob
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12/30/2008 5:47:14 PM
In addition, I beleive there will come a day where humanity will have to give a final account of its wrong doings.
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Jacob
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12/30/2008 6:20:27 PM
Jacob, I understand your prediction
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azstrummer
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12/31/2008 1:43:04 PM
Weapons become deadlier and death is less acceptable
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Raoul
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12/30/2008 9:23:18 PM
Bombs are no good
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Eric
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12/28/2008 12:44:53 PM
Nice photoshop.
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Lee
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12/28/2008 5:13:48 PM
re: Nice photoshop.
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Eric
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12/28/2008 5:56:05 PM
Total photoshop
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SteveS
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1/2/2009 7:48:40 PM
The steady handedness of the photographer for one.
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Lee
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12/28/2008 6:03:05 PM
"Most of those killed were security men"
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TB
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12/28/2008 3:15:19 AM
re: "Most of those killed were security men"
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Lindy
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12/28/2008 3:09:57 PM
Israel learned well from the Nazis.
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Bowser
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12/28/2008 3:07:17 AM
Here's a history lesson, Bowser.
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Jacob
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12/29/2008 4:29:20 PM
That argument has never crawled, let alone flown, Jacob.
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Bowser
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12/29/2008 8:33:13 PM
Thank you Bowz
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Lindy
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12/28/2008 4:13:51 AM
re: Airstrikes
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TB
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12/28/2008 5:05:34 AM
re: Airstrikes
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Doug Ellison
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12/28/2008 3:12:33 PM
How many times do we have to repeat all this?
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TB
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12/29/2008 12:38:58 AM
No words of condemnation for firing "a few rockets"?
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Lee
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12/28/2008 5:29:48 PM
re: No words of condemnation for firing "a few rockets"?
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Doug Ellison
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12/28/2008 11:45:33 PM
re: I agree with
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Johannes
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12/29/2008 7:21:32 PM
Your alternative will only work with sane people.
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Lee
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12/29/2008 12:01:51 AM
re: I agree with
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Johannes
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12/29/2008 7:25:07 PM
re: Airstrikes
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Lindy
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12/28/2008 3:17:03 PM
re: Airstrikes
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Lindy
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12/28/2008 4:29:32 PM
The solution is simple.
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Lee
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12/28/2008 3:07:13 AM
"Israel is hitting legitimate targets, what targets are Hamas aiming at"
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Lindy
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12/28/2008 4:26:24 AM
Hamas is aiming at civilians. What part of that don't you get?
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Lee
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12/28/2008 5:12:30 AM
So by your "hitting" and "aiming at" theory...
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TB
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12/28/2008 4:51:08 AM
So you don't believe Hamas' own words?
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Lee
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12/28/2008 3:13:32 AM
Simplistic ignorance is the hallmark of the toxic bigot, don't you think?
(n/t)
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Bowser
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12/28/2008 3:08:19 AM
[Response by Lee deleted - use of names]
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Space Moderator Nick
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12/28/2008 5:17:03 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.