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roachboy · 01-03-2009, 06:04 PM

it should be self-evident that the jewish population of the world is not of a single mind about much of anything, that there is a huge diversity of views, that it makes no sense--at all---to allow oneself to fall into a goofball essentialist game and make opposing the particular actions of the israeli right in that direction. this is secondarily about religion--religion has been instrumentalized by all sides to make a political conflict appear to be something other than it is--but the fact is that this is a political matter.

i see israel as a modern nation-state that should be understood and judged as a modern nation-state.

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this ground offensive really is obscene.
even as i am not surprised, i am still stunned that this is happening--i just found out about it as i am writing this.

against my better judgment i'm watching the one-sided idiotic coverage on cnn.

i feel sick.

01-03-2009, 06:04 PM	#79 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	it should be self-evident that the jewish population of the world is not of a single mind about much of anything, that there is a huge diversity of views, that it makes no sense--at all---to allow oneself to fall into a goofball essentialist game and make opposing the particular actions of the israeli right in that direction. this is secondarily about religion--religion has been instrumentalized by all sides to make a political conflict appear to be something other than it is--but the fact is that this is a political matter. i see israel as a modern nation-state that should be understood and judged as a modern nation-state. ============= this ground offensive really is obscene. even as i am not surprised, i am still stunned that this is happening--i just found out about it as i am writing this. against my better judgment i'm watching the one-sided idiotic coverage on cnn. i feel sick. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 01-03-2009 at 06:15 PM..