Re: Is the dancing over?

From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Thu 07 Nov 2002 - 06:36:48 GMT

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    > >Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 21:39:31 -0600
    > >
    > > > And I take major umbrage at your 'final solution'
    > > > >canard; that's what Hitler was doing to the Jews. The only
    > > > >belligerent who has gassed people in the present conflict is
    > > > >Saddam Hussein.
    > > >
    > >The dancing is not over, because music is no longer banned. Anyone
    > >can point out isolated and anecdotal incidents. They do not reflect
    > >the overall picture, however some ideologically infected people may
    > >wish them to. It reminds me of the people who were sorry that
    > >Palestinians had not been massacred in Jenin, because it removed
    > >their ability to condemn Israel for it.
    > > >
    > > > If umbtrage makes you feel better, take it. I had no intention of
    > > > equating Saddam to the Jews or Hitler. I was talking about using
    > > > war as a final solution to a political problem. You matched it in
    > > > your head with something Hitler said, but it was not a match in my
    > > > head. I meant killing someone is THE "final solution" to a
    > > > problem. No matter who you do it to, it takes away all alternate
    > > > solutions.
    > >
    > What a strange thing to be reminded of. Are you perhaps Jewish or
    > Palestinian? Everything you think of seems to lead you in that
    > direction.
    >
    Actually, I am Irish, English, Dutch and 1/4 Native American.
    >
    > Grant
    >
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