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To: Diggadave; phoenix0468; monkeywrench; Lurker; Grandma2
I was pointing out that violence begets violence and that it is cyclical. The view from the other side of the fence looks exactly the same (i.e., there are plenty of missile damaged houses in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as Haifa and Northern Israel, etc).

But you have not shown as I pointed out, (and cannot show because the empirical evidence contradicts it) that passivity reduces violence. Standing peacefully in the face of violent assault results in injury or death, not tranquility.

Your apparent refusal to comprehend this leads me to question your intellectual capacity - long quotes from lengthy dissertations (which are similarly disconnected from reality) not withstanding.

So by all means show me where 6 months of passivity on the part of Israel has ever resulted in 6 months of Israelis not being killed by Mohammedans. You may look for any period from 1948 to present. That's 58 years. Demonstrate the validity of your argument. If such validity exists.

31 posted on 08/30/2006 1:15:54 PM PDT by MrEdd (The easiest way to LIE with statistics is to use the average instead of the Median.)
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To: MrEdd

The inability of Israel to secure its border or end suicide bombings and rocket attacks in the 58 years since its foundation would suggest that your methods have not worked, either.

As for "long quotes from lengthy disertations" - when I quote I use quotation marks. I could have left my response at "utter drivel. Have you ever been to these places?" but if that is the level of debate then its a sad day.


35 posted on 09/01/2006 8:59:17 AM PDT by Diggadave
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