<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>You're doubling down on my sarcasm.</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, August 25, 2014 11:42 AM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">I'm sure the editors of the News-Gazette would escape the charge of racism by pointing out that the last sentence
also applies to other aggressors in the region, aren't you?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Israel's attack on Gaza reveals the equivalent of "religious fanaticism that revels in death and cruelty in pursuit of a new prehistoric vision of the world" - specifically a vision in which the purported descendants of ancient inhabitants of the land ethnically cleanse it for their own use. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">In fact the Israeli approach is racist in a way in which that of the Caliphate is not: the latter allows conversion to Islam instead of execution - and specifically exempts non-Muslim monotheists. But there's no way for a Palestinian to become a Jew - and thus escape Israeli bombing - even by changing theological opinions. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Or is it uncivil to say so?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Aug 25, 2014, at 8:24 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss <<a
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