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To: KDD
>Tom Friedman, a New York Times' columnist, wrote recently of "Suicidal Lies", warning that "The Palestinians are so blinded by their narcissistic rage that they have lost sight of the basic truth civilization is built on..."

That was a good comment. And a good, telling phrase: "narcissistic rage"

One way I think about this business, is to in my mind, put myself in the place of the PLO.

I mean, I was born in a little neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. My family has lots of ties there. My grandmother, in fact, was born in a little house not far from where I grew up. But-- If (and this is a little crazy, but it's for thought purposes) some weird UN decree came down handing over the south side of Chicago to some Native American tribe and demanding that all non-Native Americans get out, I wouldn't start killing people because I disagreed vehemently with the politics of the decision. And, after all, I can live anywhere else in Chicago, or anywhere else in America...

The PLO are in the same kind of fix. The Jews have no other place to call home. The PLO are "home" any where in the Arab world. Is the establishment of Israel a "perfect" solution? (It's not as crazy as my example.) No. But is the psychotic, unbounded Arab rage and hatred in any way proportional to the context around them? No. Is it in any way a civilized response to the context around them? No.

Mark W.

26 posted on 04/10/2002 2:20:19 PM PDT by MarkWar
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To: MarkWar
The dogma that drove Hitler to try the "final solution" is still alive and well in the world today.
28 posted on 04/10/2002 2:29:55 PM PDT by KDD
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