[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] And a good Monday morning to you too

[C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss]

"Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which reason I have, long since, as good as renounced it."

--Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus (1834) 2.4


On Aug 25, 2014, at 12:05 PM, David Green via OccupyCU <occupycu at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> You're doubling down on my sarcasm.
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> On Monday, August 25, 2014 11:42 AM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> 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?
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> 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. 
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> 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. 
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> Or is it uncivil to say so?
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> On Aug 25, 2014, at 8:24 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> > Here is the last paragraph of today's NG editorial:
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> > "In that context, it's worth noting that Foley's killer spoke with a British accent. He may well be a British citizen who left a civilized country to return to the Middle East and participate in a barbaric religious war. Such is the nature of religious fanaticism that revels in death and cruelty in pursuit of a new prehistoric vision of the world."
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