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sometimes it`s just best not to say anything madrchsod Jan 2013 #1
Not in this case. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #6
This is Mengele stuff brush Jan 2013 #56
It's allowed to happen because there exists a racist view of what the leadership wants to see as MADem Jan 2013 #77
I'm now wondering if the Bene Israel or Yemeni might have similar stories to tell. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #80
seems like the corporation who bought out the media is 'foxlike' promoting this "allie' dislike Sunlei Jan 2013 #92
No, no, no! Instead, Maybe the USA should stop giving Apartheid Israel free Money, Weapons and Intel PerceptionManagement Jan 2013 #102
Eugenics comes full-circle psychopomp Jan 2013 #2
Israelis are good at building ghettos, too. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #15
Whoa! You're right, that speaks for itself. Laurian Jan 2013 #3
Outraged denunciations from US fundies in 3...2...1... tanyev Jan 2013 #4
THEY won't be outraged. "N-----s shouldn't be breeding anyway" - is what they kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #8
I don't believe it. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #5
Evil racist fuckers. END aid to Israel. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #7
Question: Was this state sanctioned, a JDC policy, or the action of a small group of people? FleetwoodMac Jan 2013 #9
Done by Jews, exposed by Jews. aquart Jan 2013 #10
No one is claiming this was "By the Jews" ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #12
done by government officials Enrique Jan 2013 #19
This song is getting old. U4ikLefty Jan 2013 #111
What in the world . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author libdem4life Jan 2013 #28
That's pretty sick. Of course, we in the US have a history of doing various bad things TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #13
We don't? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #14
It's not racist to practice eugenics like this. It IS anti-semitic to complain, though robthomaseyes1 Jan 2013 #16
It's not ok for any healthcare system that provides birth control to not explain the medication. Sunlei Jan 2013 #94
Lovely condoleeza Jan 2013 #17
100,000 Ethiopian Jews moved to Israel. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #18
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #21
Give me a break. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #22
50% over ten years Enrique Jan 2013 #24
Unfortunately, I don't subscribe to that newspaper and cannot read the whole article. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #52
They "remedied the situation"? harmonicon Jan 2013 #27
Those poor women Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #30
How long did the practice continue? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #51
They stopped the practice. I don't know how long it continued. That is another missing JDPriestly Jan 2013 #54
Stopping isn't really the same as a remedy, now is it? harmonicon Jan 2013 #60
To how many women? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #68
What the fuck is going on your mind? harmonicon Jan 2013 #69
It isn't necessarily wrong to give a woman birth control. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #71
THEY WERE LIED TO! ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #75
It is wrong when there is no consent. Health has nothing to do with it. MADem Jan 2013 #78
Without consent it is wrong. Period. No "maybe, maybe not" about it. uppityperson Jan 2013 #100
Oh, my God. This is fucking pathetic. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #109
I find your defense of this behavior shocking and surprising Marrah_G Jan 2013 #64
But we don't know that they were given this based on their ethnicity. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #67
Evidence suggests otherwise... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #72
ummmm wtf? Marrah_G Jan 2013 #33
Yeah riiight... Move along. Nothing to see here... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #50
I wish America had a healthcare system for all the people. Sunlei Jan 2013 #83
It was a FIFTY PERCENT drop in their birthrate over a decade! tblue37 Jan 2013 #84
What did it drop from? What number? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #87
How much the birth rate dropped is immaterial ohheckyeah Jan 2013 #97
what is the agenda here and WHO ordered it? lovuian Jan 2013 #20
No one is the answer to the last question. nt geek tragedy Jan 2013 #26
From the way I understood it Lions_fan Jan 2013 #41
From what I've read, the treatments continued on the women for years. nt brush Jan 2013 #57
At least ten... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #62
You're wrong. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #66
The question that scares me is... Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #44
Additional good questions. Was it criminal behavior? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #55
"well meant"? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #59
Why? We do not know how many children and pregnancies the JDPriestly Jan 2013 #70
I'm actually more horrified by your responses than I was by the article Occulus Jan 2013 #73
I agree. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #74
The responses get worse....check out the thread in the I/P forum Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #90
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #93
None of that matters. What does matter is giving it withou consent to even 1 is wrong. uppityperson Jan 2013 #101
Eugenics, anyone? Ian Iam Jan 2013 #23
Like the Tuskegee syphillis scandal from US history. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #25
I am speachless iandhr Jan 2013 #29
I don't get it. Israel is freaking over the rise in Muslim births. So why stop Jewish women from McCamy Taylor Jan 2013 #31
Sometimes people mistakenly think racist is an American thing Marrah_G Jan 2013 #34
shhhh (nt) harmonicon Jan 2013 #61
note the article a comment said, the immigrants wern't Jewish. Open immigration to all in Israel Sunlei Jan 2013 #82
Unbelievable. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #85
Their Leadership corrected the issue right away. Why all the Israel hate? from you? Sunlei Jan 2013 #91
Give me a break. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #95
This was a recent report from an interview about the camp in Ethiopia. Sunlei Jan 2013 #103
Disgusting lib87 Jan 2013 #32
"The abused become abusers" dictum applies to peoples as well as individuals... Odin2005 Jan 2013 #35
Sadly I think that one applies on all possible scales. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #45
Can't help thinking about the motive in this and some other country that tried to purify its people L0oniX Jan 2013 #36
I can't help but think about the famous line from Animal Farm NickB79 Jan 2013 #37
And then, there's this: Ian Iam Jan 2013 #38
Furore in Israel over birth control drugs for Ethiopian Jews whiteroses Jan 2013 #39
I've heard them referred to as the "chosen people". I guess I always assumed god did the choosing, hughee99 Jan 2013 #40
Yes we must have heard their moniker wrong LiberalLovinLug Jan 2013 #43
The Israel Ministry of Health’s director-general was right to act quickly & put forth new guidelines Sunlei Jan 2013 #42
Medical personnel? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #47
Israel's Ethiopian Birth Control Story Reflects A Broader Problem (The Daily Beast) whiteroses Jan 2013 #46
What racist stuff. God! nt brush Jan 2013 #65
Ethiopian Women Claim Israel Forced Them To Accept Birth Control Shots (Huffington Post) whiteroses Jan 2013 #48
Jesus F. Christ tabasco Jan 2013 #49
This is just so horrible and disappointing in so many ways. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #53
The Ethiopian Women are rising up with "NEVER AGAIN" Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #63
Israel Forcibly Injected African Immigrants with Birth Control, Report Claims TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #58
And what if it was Germany doing it to the Jews today? Fearless Jan 2013 #76
The ability to empathize completely Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #107
+1000! Fearless Jan 2013 #108
There are a few threads on this Scootaloo Jan 2013 #79
Those threads are being locked, too RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #81
Some of those "scumbags" have influence or are mods here. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #86
+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #99
Watch the righties use this as an excuse to block socialized medicine. /nt Ash_F Jan 2013 #88
The righties where? Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #96
I meant the righties in the US. /nt Ash_F Jan 2013 #98
Israel reviews contraceptive use for Ethiopian immigrants (Reuters) whiteroses Jan 2013 #89
Look at that coddling headline... Ash_F Jan 2013 #104
Birth control shots forced on Ethiopian women (Al Jazeera Video) whiteroses Jan 2013 #105
Having a diverse (in lieu of a crony) media Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #106
The injections were required as a condition of immigration... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #110
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