[FreeCanuckistan]

But the "hate" that is taught to young Arab children has been going on for an eternity.

And if "racist people are unworthy"......what does this say about Arabs? Examples of Arab intolerence towards the "infidel" are too numerous to document.

Racism is a grossly misused and poorly understood word. It's the "burn witch.....burn!" catch-phrase of modern times.

Any given 'race' on this planet can be held accountable......by its deeds, whether it's been a positive or negative contribution, on the behalf of humankind.

As for the statement that "Arabs respect might"

I think it's largely true. They are a 'people' with little exposure to the 'fruits of freedom' and the more complicated level of expectation, that a democratic society fosters.

The Arabs are a 'race' on the whole.....that must step forward. There is little in Arab lifetsyle or culture that is worth idealising.

[a_Turk]

>> But the "hate" that is taught to young Arab children has been going on for an eternity.

I don't know about that. They lived together fine when we were running the place. Since we left, though, and then Britain left too, there has been a vaccuum there - a leadership vaccuum. How can a class lead while stripping a nation and its resources bare? By scaring the nation about the "devil" next door.

Hey, they had been doing that sort of crap between Greece and Turkey, but I guess it doesn't work as well as it used to..

>> And if "racist people are unworthy"......what does this say about Arabs?

There had just been a story posted here about a bunch of Iraki arabs protecting a small Jewish community from looters! You see, your question contains a stereotype.

I said before that I don't care where the racism comes from. Whrever ignorant hate exists, it must be doused with a refreshing bath of positive education. Sometimes that requires a kind of "emergency rule" for some difficult to determine period of time, a manifestation of which may be affirmative action for example...