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Date Posted: 03:49:05 04/25/02 Thu
Author: Peter van der Hoog
Subject: Yes, I agree, to see both sides is more difficult
In reply to: Todd 's message, "Better think in black and white than try to sit on two chairs at the same time." on 02:49:14 04/25/02 Thu

>>I don’t defend terrorists. I do challenge the myth
>>that only a few Bedouins lived in Israel when the Jews
>>came.
>
>I didn't said that.

Then what a completely ridiculous discussion this is. 750.000 people were living in Palestine in 1920 with less then 10% Jews. Now, in 2002, Israel occupies most of that land. That’s a fact and nobody can clear that away. The slogan was: “A land with no people for people without a land”. But there were people living in that land. Poor people but nevertheless PEOPLE. Can’t you get that for once in you stubborn head?

>You think in black and white. You can't accept
>>that maybe Israel did something wrong. It’s no use to
>>continue this discussion.
>
>Something wrong were negotiations with Arafat. It is
>like negotiations with Hitler.

The Arabs compare Sharon with Hitler. It’s cheap and I hate that kind of rhetoric. But now, since you mention Hitler, no historian will deny that the Versailles treaty was very unfair to Germany. This treaty left Germany completely broke . When that was acknowledged somebody like Hitler would not have had a change in Germany and without Hitler 6 millions Jews would not have died.

>Yes, and there is nothing to add to it. I strongly
>recommend you to listen to it.

I do listen to it and I am constanly confronted with Israel’s point of view. The problem with this conflict is that people only can think in balck and white. Your either with or against them. Well, there is no need for me to choose sides. I am an outsider and whatever the pressure, from whatever idiot, I keep my eyes open for all the information I can get.

>Those people just don't allow to wash their brains.
>They see the things clearly.

They see the things in your way. That’s why you think it’s clear. But you are probably unable to think in greys. You are like these stupid Americans who zap away to another channel and watch American wrestling, when there is not a clear good or bad guy.

>German people were also victims during WWII. There
>were a lot of atrocities towards Germans. German women
>and children were killed too. Does that mean that you
>should take a side of Germany?

I don’t choose sides.

>Better think in black and white than try to sit on two
>chairs at the same time. Unscrupulousness is
>ridiculous.

Yes, I agree, to see both sides is more difficult. When I watch a sportgame I also tend to choose sides. That's why good referee's are difficult to find.

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