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From: jjboritz@watnot.UUCP (Jim Boritz)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The Zionist Double Standard
Message-ID: <11568@watnot.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 09:48:23 EST
Article-I.D.: watnot.11568
Posted: Mon Mar  3 09:48:23 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Mar-86 19:03:41 EST
References: <95@ubc-vision.UUCP>
Reply-To: jjboritz@watnot.UUCP (Jim Boritz)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <95@ubc-vision.UUCP> mokhtar@ubc-vision.UUCP (Farzin Mokhtarian) writes:
>Subject: The Zionist Double-Standard
>
>Last week I wrote about an act of terrorism by the Haganah in which many jews
>were killed. Some time ago, I wrote about several acts of terrorism by the
>Haganah and the Irgun and the Stern in which many Arab civilians died.
>In both cases, there were no shouts of "liar, liar", no cries of 
>anti-semitism, just the good old "Collective Silence Treatment".

What do you want people to do? First of all there is not total silence on 
the matter.  I have just read several postings dealing with the first act
you mention where several jews were killed.  Secondly you cannot expect 
someone with any sense of reality to try to dsiprove facts. It appears to
me that you want to evoke some sort of response from someone.  Do you want
someone to call you a liar? True facts cannot be denied.  It is only when
people post false facts and rumors that we (colectively) are urged to tell
you and others that you have been reading too many propaganda papers.

>  
>What does this silence mean? Why can't the zionists and other supporters of 
>Israel out there condemn zionist terrorism the same way that they condemn
>Palestinian terrorism? Isn't Israel democratic and don't democratic nations
>pride themselves in their capacity to accept real criticism?  

Perhaps you would like to tell me how many democratic Middle Eastern Arab
nations there are out there.  I can only think of one or two out of more
than 25, and I cannot even remember their names.

>  
>   -- Farzin Mokhtarian
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>"Each one seeks to be stronger in his hatred."
>		

I agree   --^     

Jim Boritz