From: makowsky@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky)
Subject: Re: What is this doing on page 15
Reply-To: makowsky@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky)
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:30:08 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.085701.11387@netcom.com> zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes:

# In article <1993Jan5.030841.2752@ennews.eas.asu.edu> makowsky@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky) writes:

# >	William Safire did not give his interpretation.  He was reporting
# >on the OFFICIAL interpretations of the Geneva Conventions as well as
#         ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# >its evolution.

# Made by whom?

	The international legal bodies.  I probably should not have
capitalized "Official" since that is indeed part of the name of the
publication.

# >	The US and the world are making POLITICAL, NOT LEGAL, statements.
# >When Bush Baker & Associates wanted the State department to issue a
# >legal opinion with your interpretation, they had to get some third
# >rate flunky to do it.  None of their top lawyers would because they
# >knew it was bogus.
 
# WOW! you must be conected! You know all the legal experts in the State Dept.
# and their official rating as well. Care to produce any refrences to any of
# this crap.

	William Safire.  And he is well connected.

# >	Than why did the Arab war against the Jews start long before there
# >was an Israel, your false comment about Israeli oppression of Arabs
# >notwithstanding.
 
# Because giving half their country away is oppression, just like taking all the
# indians land in America was oppression. I'm not sure what is false about my
# statement about oppression? You don't consider denial of human and civil rights
# to 1.8 million people oppression.

	Your response is bogus and even if it were not,it still does not
answer the question.  Why did the Arab war against the Jews start long
before there was an Israel?

# Why don't you annex the "liberated" areas and
# give the inhabitants the vote? 

	First of all, there is no need to annex what is already yours.
Second of all, inhabitants there do vote.  Third of all, if the Arabs
there were allowed to vote, in the not so distant future they would
outvote the state of Israel.

# ># I'm sure living in South-Central L.A. is an excuse for drive-by shootings. Nice
# ># going @#$%^*(!

# >	Nope.  But it might be an excuse for having a quick trigger finger
# >if you suspect someone in a car is about to shoot you.
 
# There isn't a court in the USA (but there are many in Israel) that will accept
# that as a defense, espaecially when you're going around beating the shit out
# of black people (vs. arabs).

	Wanna bet?  Have you ever heard of Bernard Goetz?

# ># ># >Can You say "hypocrisy" boys and girls?
 
# ># ># I.S.R.A.E.L.I. A.P.O.L.O.G.I.S.T.S. , is that close?

# ># >	Nope.  Israel does not need apologists since it has nothing to
# ># >apologize for.
 
# ># An oxymoron If I ever seen one. "I'm NOT defensive!".
 
# >	I was making a point to some iombeciles who do not understand
#                                      ^^^^^^^^^
# >simple logic.  There was no need to defend the actions.
 
# (sic!) and you are STILL not defending Israel. Why do you keep posting then if
# there is not need to justify all the good deeds Israel performs to the arabs.

	There is no need to jusify.  There is a need to explain the
situation more clearly.  Once the situation is more clearly
understood, the facts defend themselves except to the most extreme of
bigots.

# ># >--
# ># >	There are three types of people in the world.  Those that are good
# ># >at math and those that are not.
 
# ># You are obviously of the third kind :-)
 
# >	I thought I was of the fourth kind :-)
 
# Judging by your spelling, you think 3==4 :-)

	Could be.  Since I started using spell checkers (which I do not
put my articles on USENET through) my spelling has become awful.
--
	There are three types of people in the world.  Those that are good
at math and those that are not.

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