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Quick, some humour needed.... let's see, a quick Google search throws up (pun intended):

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs passed away - and many a deserving tribute to the man are out there. One piece of news that came out that I only found out this morning, is that his biological father is Syrian - which, for those who look at things this way, makes him an Arab-American. Most people are...

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Your one liners can't undo the fact you misleadingly quoted Karmi, and didn't reference the quote - FD. Name calling won't help either. What is interesting, is that you're whole premise that I am anti-Semitic because I agreed with his views on Segregationism has left you with egg on your face. Your ...

shafique

I toyed with putting it in General - but put it in here because the 'Arab-American' aspect was news to me.

I'm a fan of Apple and was coincidentally playing with an Ipad 2 yesterday evening in the shop... but resisted the purchase in the end.

RIP indeed.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

LOL - ok, FD - you've been caught out and you want to project. Let me cheer you up. I made a major ( I mean major ) mistake in the first few posts of this thread - an error that I am very embarrassed about, that stemmed from me making an assumption which is not true. The artist of the cartoons is no...

shafique

LOL - great come back. You'll have to give a list of lines you think you came up with - but it is amusing that this is the level of debate you have been reduced to after I caught you out.

I thought you'd be a tiny bit more cheerful.. but alas, not to be.

cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Yet another long post to try and distract away from FD's misquoting of Karmi, and the fact that I agree with Karmi's view on the ills of segregationism. I do agree with him. Your attempt at misleadingly equating this with anti-Semitism has failed. No, I don't think calling the Taliban or Wahabis/Sau...

shafique

You're that one that is floundering in your effort to brand me (and Karmi) as anti-semitic. Karmi states that segregationism is a problem, and I agree with him. That's what the quote says. The Jews marching in favour of Apartheid in schools are even more racist against non-Jews - that's the point. S...

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Any desecration of tombs is a heinous crime.

The fact that the tombs are under Israeli Military Occupation since 1967 does not excuse this violation.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

kanelli - I agree. Reading through the obituaries on tech sites that I frequent - he was fortunate to have been born at the right time and brought up in the right neighbourhood to benefit from the new science of computers. He was introduced to his first computer at age 12 by a neighbour who worked a...

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You simply haven't acknowledged the fact that FD deliberately misquoted Karmi and that I agreed with the point he was making about segregationism. Why is that? The doctrine of segregationism is bad. I agree. Do you disagree? He states that Jewish doctrine that splits humanity into Chosen and Gentile...

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eh - isn't a main gripe that the bailouts are going to banks and corporations that made bad loans? I thought you were against big government, but it appears that many on the right are in favour of socialising losses and privatising profits. (Can you confirm the stat you gave that the top 1% contribu...

shafique

What is segregationist about splitting humanity between the Chosen and the Gentiles? Umm, could it be the splitting of humanity and the policies of apartheid which stem from this from some Jews who have powers over others? I therefore do agree it is segregationist. You seem to disagree. Odd that. I'...

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Should taxpayers be forced to pay back loans that were given voluntarily? It looks like German taxpayers are not very happy with paying for the stupidity of French bankers. The thing that thrilled me much more is who is going to pay for stupidity of British banks. Last news from HSBC about cutting ...

shafique

Colonialists are now attacking the Israeli Occupation Forces. This is what comes from turning a blind eye to previous violence by colonials against Palestinians... Alls not well in the Occupied territories: Dozens of settlers surround IDF patrol in West Bank and assault soldiers IDF patrol vehicle n...

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I predict they'll be as successful as the Occupation Forces were in previous price tagging attacks in Occupied Palestine (as opposed to this one in Israel which even the ADL had to condemn). How many colonists have been arrested for previous attacks - eg the those from the Terror Yeshiva in Palestin...

shafique

In your system, those most able to afford to pay more will eventually have no incentive to make more. In a progressive system, the more you earn the more you get - you always have an incentive to earn more. You're not speaking sense - you never get to a situation where you get a tax rate above 100%...

shafique

No, young one. The entire point is that FD misrepresented a quote from Karmi criticising Segregationism and presented it as evidence of anti-semitism. He left out the starting sentence of the paragraph he quoted WITHOUT reference. I agree with Karmi's view on segregationism being bad, and that the J...

shafique

^Really? No condemnation from those who oppose Israel's Military Occupation? You have a short memory FD. When Shalit was captured we discussed the taking and holding of hostages and I stated then, and I continue to believe now, that hostage taking is counter productive and I condemned it. I condemn ...

shafique

FD - you're the one who said:

You won't see any condemnation from the pro-Pali camp though

So, I thought I'd correct you.

BTW - do you have evidence that he's not being treated as well as Israel's hostages and prisoners?

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

So, you do think that the Israeli hostages and prisoners are being treated better - I salute your loyalty. I agree that the hostage takers aren't allowing access to him - and I guess they are citing security reasons. It is very little comfort for the hostages and prisoners that the Israeli side is b...

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There is no excuse for causing the deaths of civilians - and I am glad that those responsible for the deaths have been arrested. It is interesting to note that more Muslims polled agree with this than many other groups: http://www.dubaiforums.com/dubai-politics-talk/poll-muslims-less-likely-justify-...

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Nope, this is the only conclusion I can come up with for your fantastical assumption - it is straight out of the loon handbook, and also part of the Israeli tactic of demonising those living under military occupation (even though some are Christian Arabs). I mean, you're not going to argue that it i...

shafique

^And the focus is also on the fact that Shalit could have been released years ago if the Israelis had agreed to the requested exchange of hostages and prisoners. It happened in Lebanon, so the Israelis don't have a moral issue against exchanging it's hostages. Ultimately though - the issue of the ca...

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My guess is that the Israelis shoot at least 1000 rounds of bullets, real and rubber, and perhaps shoot 100s of bombs for each of the Palestinian civilians they kill. If 498 instances of stone throwing equals 498 instances of attempted murder (which is FD's statement) - then why aren't the 10,000+ b...

shafique

The kids are kidnapped and held hostage. It is an affront to common decency, let alone UN rules and international law. B'tselem monitors and reports the number of hostages held by Israel - including the children. Israel calls holding these hostages as 'administrative detention', but B'tselem points ...

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Israeli propaganda say their opponents are lesser human beings all the time. They talk about how they are not ready for Statehood, or how they don't value human lives or how killing of civilians is justified when it is Palestinians, but capturing of Occupation Soldiers is a crime.. Sure, throw in su...

shafique

:D As I said BM - Israel doesn't have a moral problem with exchanging its hostages and prisoners for captured soldiers - it did so in Lebanon after Hezbollah captured 2 soldiers in 2006 and immediately offered to exchange them for prisoners. Then it took Israel 2 years and a failed war before it mad...

shafique

Please re-read the first paragraph of my last post and acknowledge what the main point is. Should you wish to discuss segregationism and whether dividing humanity into the chosen and gentiles is an example of segregationism, we can do that in another thread. I agree with Karmi that segregationism is...

shafique

FD - you really are losing it. You accuse BB of not condemning the death of the Israeli baby, and hence show off your loon credentials. The underlying assumption is clearly that Bora, an American lady, may somehow not condemn the death of a child because the child happens to be a colonist/Israeli/Je...

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