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Originally Posted by Nirvana
willravel, you yourself have said that human life is important and precious, no matter what nationality that life is. what's the point of weighing the death tolls on scales if that's the case?
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I dunno. I guess I was thinking outloud. Do you feel the same way? Do you believe that all human life and consciousness is such a mericle that to lose a life in an untimely mannor is a tragic loss on the scale of all humanty? Yes, I am indeed a bleeding heart liberal. Of course, being such a softy, I would like to explore the possibilities in saving life or avoiding untimely death. Let's say, for the sake of the discussion, that the ratio between the dead is 300:1 between Arab and Israeli deaths. Would that have meaning? Would that have bearing on the perceptions of the topic at hand?
The arguments about Israel and Arabs eventually seem to boil down to moral high ground (or apologism). I've seen quite a few people that *seem* to think that Israel can do no wrong. Maybe this is my perception, but when I try to take a centeralist stance on the subject of Israel and Palestine or Israel and other Arab nations, I am branded as a terrorist sympathizer or anti-semetic. That, of course, is silly. My wife is half jewish and I love her mother dearly. I would never condone the act of terrorism, no matter who carries it out. What this tells me is that if I am taking a centerist stance, and am being branded as being anti-semetic, then that means that those doing the accousing are apologists for whatever reason. "Israel can do no wrong" and all that jazz.
Maybe I should ask this: What could Israel do right now to arabs or Palestinains that would make you think that they were wrong (short of nuking them all)?