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Hatalles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-02-06 04:40 PM
Response to Reply #14
18. Experience.
Considering I'm a Muslim and have been to the Middle East and South Asia several times, I think I know a thing or two about the Muslim world.

You may buy into the good and evil, black and white, clash of civilizations kind of nonsense, but most of us know better.
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  -Another point of view -- from a Lebanese woman speaking for Israel SharonRB  Aug-02-06 04:24 PM   #0 
  - just wondering what Madison avenue team hired her...  QuestionAll...   Aug-02-06 04:27 PM   #1 
  - Sick Uncle Tom. Bet she's making some serious bucks.  chimpymustgo   Aug-02-06 04:29 PM   #3 
  - Uncle Tom?  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 04:32 PM   #5 
     - Damn straight, an Uncle Tom.  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 04:34 PM   #8 
     - How do you know she's wrong?  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 04:37 PM   #14 
     - Experience.  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 04:40 PM   #18 
     - Do you think she's fabricating her experience?  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 04:42 PM   #21 
        - No. The problem is her "experience" is fashioned as the "truth."  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 04:46 PM   #27 
           - I don't know if she's right...  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 04:54 PM   #36 
              - In both cases, yes they should.  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 05:00 PM   #43 
                 - Where did she say all Arabs were evil?  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 05:05 PM   #46 
                    - Poor analogy.  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 05:15 PM   #48 
                    - Right -- after all, there aren't Arabs in their Arab World.  The Stranger   Aug-02-06 05:29 PM   #55 
     - How do we know she even exists, except on the pages of some PR agency?  scarletwoman   Aug-02-06 05:16 PM   #49 
     - How do you know she's not wrong?  The Stranger   Aug-02-06 05:31 PM   #57 
     - This is exactly right ...  SharonRB   Aug-02-06 04:37 PM   #15 
        - You got a link for that bullshit you posted? Thanks for the laugh, though  chimpymustgo   Aug-02-06 04:45 PM   #26 
        - It was e-mailed to me, so I don't have a link  SharonRB   Aug-02-06 04:53 PM   #35 
           - Thanks -- sterling organization you're citing.  scarletwoman   Aug-02-06 05:28 PM   #54 
        - Where did the former head of the IDF speak last night?  The Stranger   Aug-02-06 05:32 PM   #59 
           - At the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit  SharonRB   Aug-02-06 06:13 PM   #68 
     - Yeah I'd say it fits  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 04:36 PM   #12 
        - Which Arab country do you live in? n/t  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 04:37 PM   #16 
        - I don't currently  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 04:42 PM   #24 
           - Sorry, then. Which one did you grow up in? n/t  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 04:45 PM   #25 
              - Ok, first of all...  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 04:57 PM   #38 
                 - Sounds like you've had an interesting life.  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 05:00 PM   #42 
                    - I'll tell you what I didn't like  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 05:29 PM   #56 
        - I don't generalize and say that "all Arabs" are like that  SharonRB   Aug-02-06 04:41 PM   #20 
        - I don't think she said all Arabs were like that either.  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 05:01 PM   #45 
        - n/t  smirkymonkey   Aug-02-06 08:30 PM   #94 
        - She basically does, though  Marie26   Aug-02-06 08:39 PM   #102 
        - you Are welcome.  QuestionAll...   Aug-02-06 04:58 PM   #41 
        - I have seen the anti arab sentiment here.  jonnyblitz   Aug-02-06 05:18 PM   #50 
        - I've seen that too  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 05:25 PM   #52 
           - This has been quite the education...and disappointment.  chimpymustgo   Aug-02-06 05:45 PM   #63 
           - and I will never forget who they are either. nt  jonnyblitz   Aug-02-06 08:02 PM   #83 
              - Nor Will I n/t  Southpawkicker   Aug-02-06 08:15 PM   #89 
           - I Have Too (Lost Respect)  Southpawkicker   Aug-02-06 08:15 PM   #88 
        - Sigh, I hear you -- the anti-Arab sentiment is so much a part of culture  AliceWonderland   Aug-02-06 09:08 PM   #122 
  - A bit cynical, aren't you?  SharonRB   Aug-02-06 04:35 PM   #10 
  - no, not a bit. Very. nt  QuestionAll...   Aug-02-06 04:40 PM   #19 
  - It's a real speech  Marie26   Aug-02-06 07:55 PM   #81 
  - she speaks out for Israel  dwickham   Aug-02-06 04:29 PM   #2 
  - Let's just say she is suspect.  amBushed   Aug-02-06 04:33 PM   #7 
  - I'm an Arab and I'll speak out for Israel  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 04:34 PM   #9 
  - The question was . .  msmcghee   Aug-02-06 04:55 PM   #37 
     - Not in this post  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 05:20 PM   #51 
        - Sorry, missed your previous answer.  msmcghee   Aug-02-06 06:38 PM   #69 
        - I'll do my best  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 07:09 PM   #74 
           - Deconstructing the monolith is a hard task...  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 07:17 PM   #76 
           - thanks for a really terrific and enlightening post  Ms. Clio   Aug-02-06 07:45 PM   #80 
           - I'll add my thanks.  msmcghee   Aug-02-06 09:24 PM   #130 
        - you must answer and show your papers!!!  QuestionAll...   Aug-02-06 09:27 PM   #132 
  - "Barbarism vs civilization" . Dissing her OWN? That's an Uncle Tom, baby  chimpymustgo   Aug-02-06 04:36 PM   #13 
     - We diss our OWN every minute of the day here.  bling bling   Aug-02-06 07:02 PM   #73 
        - Let me field that  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 07:14 PM   #75 
           - Thank you for your response.  bling bling   Aug-02-06 07:26 PM   #79 
              - ???  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 08:02 PM   #82 
              - Also, I think you might be very interested in this book...  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 08:05 PM   #84 
              - Wow that looks really interesting  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 08:10 PM   #86 
                 - Yes, I've only read part of it...  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 08:13 PM   #87 
                    - It's something I've thought about before  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 08:16 PM   #90 
                       - See post #92  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:35 PM   #101 
              - Hmm. Maybe, but probably not.  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 08:09 PM   #85 
              - See post #92  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:32 PM   #96 
  - Having not heard of her before, I did a quick google of her name  Wonk   Aug-02-06 04:31 PM   #4 
  - My, they love her at FreeRepublic. Good catch, Wonk!  chimpymustgo   Aug-02-06 04:50 PM   #32 
  - Figures.  TahitiNut   Aug-02-06 05:11 PM   #47 
  - See post #92  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:35 PM   #100 
     - Yep. From the same folks who brought us "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth"  TahitiNut   Aug-02-06 09:45 PM   #133 
  - See post #92  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:33 PM   #98 
  - I love her generalizations  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 04:33 PM   #6 
  - that script writer should be fired...  QuestionAll...   Aug-02-06 04:36 PM   #11 
  - Interesting POV  Phx_Dem   Aug-02-06 04:39 PM   # 
  - She lost me here:  Xipe Totec   Aug-02-06 04:39 PM   #17 
  - it's rascist, absurdly rascist.  QuestionAll...   Aug-02-06 04:48 PM   #30 
  - a self-loathing arab perhaps? nt  jonnyblitz   Aug-02-06 04:52 PM   #34 
  - Yeah, me too.  Marie26   Aug-02-06 08:42 PM   #105 
  - Ooh...  cracksquirrel   Aug-02-06 04:42 PM   #22 
  - Ay.  Marie26   Aug-02-06 08:46 PM   #111 
  - Nonie Darwish wannabe?  Scurrilous   Aug-02-06 04:42 PM   #23 
  - Maybe more of a Wafa Sultan wannabe.  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 04:48 PM   #29 
  - LMFAO! that's like "Chickens for Colonel Sanders"nt  jonnyblitz   Aug-02-06 04:48 PM   #31 
  - Well I goggled 'Duke University Counter Terrorism' sans HER  patdem   Aug-02-06 04:47 PM   #28 
  - I got lots of stuff.  cigsandcoffee   Aug-02-06 04:58 PM   #39 
     - I am SORRY...SHE was not at that conference..it was a bunch of  patdem   Aug-02-06 05:33 PM   #61 
        - I see what it probably was  charlie   Aug-02-06 05:58 PM   #65 
  - How is this any different from Mel Gibson?  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 04:51 PM   #33 
  - because its ok to say racist shit about muslims  ComerPerro   Aug-02-06 06:41 PM   #70 
  - I want to see a link. This sounds like just another apocryphal email  scarletwoman   Aug-02-06 04:58 PM   #40 
  - She's real  charlie   Aug-02-06 05:26 PM   #53 
     - Yeah, caught that. She's real -- a real tool for the right wing.  scarletwoman   Aug-02-06 05:33 PM   #60 
  - Oh yeah -- Incubator Babies in Kuwait. (nt)  scarletwoman   Aug-02-06 05:01 PM   #44 
  - I'm not going to doubt  fujiyama   Aug-02-06 05:32 PM   #58 
  - Is this a trend with Lebanese Christians? I think there is just  HopeLives   Aug-02-06 05:41 PM   #62 
  - So you were treated well by the Israellis, that sgood, but so what.?  pennylane100   Aug-02-06 05:56 PM   #64 
  - My problem with this  eissa   Aug-02-06 06:05 PM   #66 
  - Greetings  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 07:20 PM   #77 
  - That email is the biggest bunch of over the top.....  Missy M   Aug-02-06 06:06 PM   #67 
  - shes definately a tool  ComerPerro   Aug-02-06 06:42 PM   #71 
  - She keeps some interesting radio company...very credible source  Strawman   Aug-02-06 06:54 PM   #72 
  - I read at one of the links that she's a Maronite Christian  Emit   Aug-02-06 07:26 PM   #78 
  - Just try to send that to the families whose children are dead in Qana.  Lindacooks   Aug-02-06 08:17 PM   #91 
  - ALERT!!! ALERT!!!! RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA!!!!!!  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:23 PM   #92 
  - Good work Swampy  YOY   Aug-02-06 08:26 PM   #93 
     - Teamwork  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:30 PM   #95 
        - Oh no, Keep this crap open!! It exposes their lame, bs propaganda.  chimpymustgo   Aug-02-06 08:39 PM   #103 
           - OK, maybe that is a better idea...  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:44 PM   #107 
  - Who can't spot this as a load from a mile away?  6000eliot   Aug-02-06 08:32 PM   #97 
  - See post #92  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:34 PM   #99 
  - This line is curious  buddyhollysghost   Aug-02-06 08:41 PM   #104 
  - Olha a #92 - É propaganda!  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:45 PM   #108 
     - Oh sure, claim all the credit! You apparently didn't read my post #54  scarletwoman   Aug-02-06 08:55 PM   #114 
        - LOL! I did say "teamwork" in my next post.  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 09:02 PM   #117 
           - 'S okay. I'm just happy to see you!  scarletwoman   Aug-02-06 09:09 PM   #125 
              - Done!  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 09:16 PM   #127 
  - Her racist views are very progressive  JackNewtown   Aug-02-06 08:43 PM   #106 
  - that's what I have been saying. nt  jonnyblitz   Aug-02-06 08:45 PM   #109 
  - The neocons are smart  JackNewtown   Aug-02-06 09:02 PM   #116 
  - The same is true  Marie26   Aug-02-06 08:46 PM   #110 
     - See post #92  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 08:50 PM   #112 
        - Right  Marie26   Aug-02-06 08:54 PM   #113 
           - Any anti-Semitic articles, pieces posted here?  JackNewtown   Aug-02-06 09:01 PM   #115 
           - Loads  Marie26   Aug-02-06 09:04 PM   #118 
              - What threads?  JackNewtown   Aug-02-06 09:08 PM   #123 
                 - Well I've been given the suggestion that it should NOT be locked.  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 09:15 PM   #126 
                    - I'd prefer it to be locked.  Hatalles   Aug-02-06 09:18 PM   #128 
                       - That was my first reaction when I alerted on the thread.  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 09:23 PM   #129 
           - OK  Swamp Rat   Aug-02-06 09:06 PM   #120 
           - It sure is!  Marie26   Aug-02-06 09:08 PM   #124 
           - I'll denounce anti-semitism if I see it  Ravenseye   Aug-02-06 09:07 PM   #121 
  - Ma'am, you do not own the Lebanese experience  AliceWonderland   Aug-02-06 09:04 PM   #119 
  - The "only democracy in the Middle East" is dead wrong  GAPeace   Aug-02-06 09:24 PM   #131 
  - Locking  mvd   Aug-02-06 09:45 PM   #134 
 

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