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Mon Jan-12-09 12:33 PM
Response to Reply #11 |
| 17. Why could not it be a "her"? |
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There are female MP's in Iranian parliament.
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| -Israel bans Arab parties from coming election |
thewiseguy |
Jan-12-09 12:02 PM |
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while it's doubtless a terrible decision, one might consider the Jewish lawmakers in Arab countries |
villager |
Jan-12-09 12:05 PM |
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Actually that is not true. |
thewiseguy |
Jan-12-09 12:11 PM |
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Ciamak Morsathegh n/t |
Scurrilous |
Jan-12-09 12:13 PM |
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Edit: you are correct |
thewiseguy |
Jan-12-09 12:19 PM |
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There's one, still, in Iran? |
villager |
Jan-12-09 12:19 PM |
#11 |
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Why could not it be a "her"? |
thewiseguy |
Jan-12-09 12:33 PM |
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One doesn't think of Iran as a paradise of feminist sensibility. |
villager |
Jan-12-09 12:35 PM |
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Seriously? Compared to every other country in the region (except Israel) it is |
dmesg |
Jan-12-09 02:48 PM |
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Iranian women |
chocolate ink |
Jan-12-09 05:29 PM |
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sort of like Arabs in Israel. nt |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-13-09 06:59 AM |
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The foreign minister of Bahrain is Jewish (and female) |
shaayecanaan |
Jan-12-09 05:17 PM |
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Really? |
LBJDemocrat |
Jan-12-09 09:01 PM |
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Correction |
shaayecanaan |
Jan-12-09 09:22 PM |
#78 |
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Iran isn't an Arab country |
harmonicon |
Jan-12-09 12:34 PM |
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Its Persian, not Arab |
HardcoreProgressive |
Jan-13-09 12:50 AM |
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uh, there are 6 Arab Israelis in the Knesset |
cali |
Jan-12-09 12:42 PM |
#28 |
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Actually there are 12 Israeli Arabs in the Knesset, |
thewiseguy |
Jan-12-09 12:45 PM |
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But??? |
atreides1 |
Jan-12-09 12:25 PM |
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So why should we give billions in aid to a fundamentalist Jewish |
geek tragedy |
Jan-12-09 02:30 PM |
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Do you honestly think Israel is a theocracy like Saudi Arabia??? |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-12-09 03:29 PM |
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That's true, we actually *get* something from Saudi Arabia ;) |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-12-09 04:51 PM |
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And that's why Saudi Arabia actually does influence the American (and British) governments |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-13-09 05:58 AM |
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Are you saying that KSA leads America, and America leads Israel |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-13-09 06:57 AM |
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No. I say that KSA has some influence on America (bribery basically) |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-13-09 07:24 AM |
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Does Israel "influence" America? You didn't address that. |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-13-09 08:03 AM |
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Israel collaborates with America, as Britain does |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-13-09 08:21 AM |
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Closer to the Jim Crow South. |
geek tragedy |
Jan-12-09 05:48 PM |
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Which is why it should not be allowed to happen -and probably won't |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-13-09 06:02 AM |
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There's little distinction between religion/politics/race in the mid-east, including in Israel. |
iconicgnom |
Jan-12-09 09:04 PM |
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Do you honestly think Israel isn't a Jewish state, flying the zionist flag? |
iconicgnom |
Jan-13-09 12:24 PM |
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Zionism is not just a religious issue |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-13-09 01:57 PM |
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I disagree. Israel is a Jewish state, it flies the Zionist flag, theocracy is foundation. |
iconicgnom |
Jan-13-09 02:42 PM |
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"a budding Middle East democracy"????? |
Double_Talk_Express |
Jan-12-09 12:06 PM |
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Silver lining: Less chance of the Arab parties acting as spoilers and letting the Likud Party take |
w4rma |
Jan-12-09 12:06 PM |
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It'll be an unmitigated disaster of Likud wins... |
villager |
Jan-12-09 12:19 PM |
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Those are the freaking fundies are they not? |
YOY |
Jan-12-09 12:37 PM |
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What kind of democracy is that? This stinks of racism, pure and simple. |
High Plains |
Jan-12-09 12:06 PM |
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Jan-12-09 12:16 PM |
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What kind of democracy? |
Baby Snooks |
Jan-12-09 01:01 PM |
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Jan-12-09 12:12 PM |
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Fascism? What fascism... |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 12:15 PM |
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Fascists |
harun |
Jan-12-09 12:24 PM |
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IIRC, the Iraeli Supreme Court has overturned racist moves like this in the past. |
Poll_Blind |
Jan-12-09 12:27 PM |
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Israel has yet to follow two Israeli Supreme Court decisions that I know of |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 12:29 PM |
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That's interesting... |
Baby Snooks |
Jan-12-09 01:03 PM |
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If I didn't love the idea of America so, I would really hate this country |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 01:06 PM |
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This has so much "They are outbreeding us" Neocon fear written all over it... |
YOY |
Jan-12-09 12:35 PM |
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Just replace "Election Committee" with "Lou Dobbs" and "Arabs" with "Hispanics". |
Kristi1696 |
Jan-12-09 12:39 PM |
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And then you get CNN? |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 12:42 PM |
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And then you get the "they're outbreeding us" hysteria affecting our nation. |
Kristi1696 |
Jan-12-09 12:43 PM |
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One and the same, imo! |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 12:44 PM |
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Excellent point. nt |
Kristi1696 |
Jan-12-09 12:50 PM |
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Thought you might find this interesting. |
Kristi1696 |
Jan-12-09 05:36 PM |
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The Israeli Supreme Court doesn't seem to count for much these days... |
Kristi1696 |
Jan-12-09 12:37 PM |
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I thought we didn't support racist regimes? Oh, silly me. |
High Plains |
Jan-12-09 12:38 PM |
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Why not one state in Palestine where everybody can run and vote? |
High Plains |
Jan-12-09 12:40 PM |
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There would be more Muslims than Jews |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 02:23 PM |
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I wonder why people assume everyone would vote in ethnic blocs. |
High Plains |
Jan-12-09 02:39 PM |
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They do in the Middle-East n/t |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 02:42 PM |
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Really? How many Israeli political parties are there? |
High Plains |
Jan-12-09 02:45 PM |
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What does that have to do with a one-state election |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 02:49 PM |
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The Jews because the Arab vote would be to exterminate/expel... |
ellisonz |
Jan-12-09 02:41 PM |
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An eye for an eye is the way of the Middle-East, no? |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 02:44 PM |
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True... |
ellisonz |
Jan-12-09 06:48 PM |
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The answer here is to transplant one of the two sides to another country |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 08:07 PM |
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Really? I would love to see some polling on that. Seriously. |
High Plains |
Jan-12-09 02:50 PM |
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Here you go: 75% of Palestinian respondents deny Israels right to exist. |
ellisonz |
Jan-12-09 06:47 PM |
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Here are a WHOLE BUNCH OF POLLS that give a more nuanced view. |
High Plains |
Jan-13-09 12:16 AM |
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Here's another poll: 55% of Gazans support a two-state solution. |
High Plains |
Jan-13-09 12:28 AM |
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"right to exist" is a meaningless phrase. Depends on how someone reads that. |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-13-09 05:57 AM |
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self-delete |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-13-09 05:59 AM |
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Ah...rhetoric. |
ellisonz |
Jan-13-09 06:02 AM |
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You don't address the point. |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-13-09 06:54 AM |
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Oh, horseshit. We all know what the real obstacle to peace is. |
High Plains |
Jan-13-09 02:01 PM |
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Not at the present moment but some |
azurnoir |
Jan-12-09 06:00 PM |
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Good luck with that |
Vegasaurus |
Jan-12-09 02:45 PM |
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So all the Arabs are insane religious fanatics? Right. |
High Plains |
Jan-12-09 02:48 PM |
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Yes, its well-known that all Muslims stone women on a daily basis |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 02:50 PM |
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Who said it was every day? |
Vegasaurus |
Jan-12-09 02:52 PM |
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Do you really think the US government is a 'secular democracy?' |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 02:54 PM |
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Are you legitimately (not pulling my leg) |
Vegasaurus |
Jan-12-09 05:21 PM |
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If you are so naive to think that our government is completely secular |
halo experiment |
Jan-12-09 08:06 PM |
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While I've made a similar point about the possibility of such a thing in the present-day Middle East |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-12-09 03:28 PM |
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Kuwait? Bahrain? Morocco? |
dmesg |
Jan-12-09 03:51 PM |
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If a one-state solution were possible, there wouldn't even be this problem at the moment |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-12-09 03:19 PM |
#53 |
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Using Lebanon as a counterexample isn't exactly fair |
dmesg |
Jan-12-09 03:49 PM |
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Got a better option? |
Chulanowa |
Jan-12-09 04:27 PM |
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'The only thing making a single-state Levant impossible is all the people declaring it impossible' |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-13-09 08:26 AM |
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How's that two-state solution coming? |
High Plains |
Jan-13-09 02:03 PM |
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Jan-12-09 12:39 PM |
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how very democratic of them... |
Javaman |
Jan-12-09 01:52 PM |
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Israel is no longer worth supporting. |
geek tragedy |
Jan-12-09 02:28 PM |
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So the other parties get to decide who their competition is? |
Grimm |
Jan-12-09 03:35 PM |
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I'm certain this will improve things |
Chulanowa |
Jan-12-09 04:20 PM |
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Wow, just WOW! |
Arrowhead2k1 |
Jan-12-09 04:44 PM |
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So much for the "mid-east's only democracy" myth. |
AnOhioan |
Jan-12-09 07:18 PM |
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really . . . how democratic |
methinks2 |
Jan-12-09 07:56 PM |
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That's just wrong |
rockymountaindem |
Jan-12-09 08:45 PM |
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I hope the Supreme Court strikes this down |
LeftishBrit |
Jan-13-09 05:54 AM |
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Reminiscent of Iran? One blogger thinks so! |
ProgressiveMuslim |
Jan-13-09 05:59 AM |
#86 |
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