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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Apartheid on the West Bank
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Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 10:02:37 EST
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> The implication that Arab countries are not members of our "civilized"
> society seems to be very inflamatory.  Are you really meaning to say that
> Arabs are any more CIVILIZED than Israeli's?
> 
> Do you actually believe that any people TOLERATE terrorism? What does it
> mean to better tolerate something which hurts people so erratically? [SINHA]

Frankly, and unfortunately, it seems that many peoples tolerate and
advocate terrorism, but of course, only when it is for "good" causes.
And then, of course, they give it a name other than terrorism, because it
represents the "goodness" of *their* cause, and thus is obviously unworthy
of the name "terrorism".

Until we recognize the futility and arrogant violence (and the danger)
of bigoted divisive petty nationalistic fervor, we are doomed to witness
"our" freedom fighters and "their" terrorists tearing the world to shreds.

	"The most basic change necessary to our collective survival:  the
	 last redefinition of humanity---gradually extending from family
	 to tribe to nation to the human race."  ---from Gwynne Dyer's "War"
-- 
"I was walking down the street.  A man came up to me and asked me what was the
 capital of Bolivia.  I hesitated.  Three sailors jumped me.  The next thing I
 knew I was making chicken salad."
"I don't believe that for a minute.  Everyone knows the capital of Bolivia is
 La Paz."				Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr