FOR PALESTINE ( Archived) (744)

I will add this to my post above...We are rapidly losing the world ; we can no longer write 'normal' history, because we no longer have a 'normal' society. Whether there can be history under twenty-first century electronic conditions, remains to be seen, but the only safe assumption is that it will bear little resemblance to post-Renaissance historical study, above all where individual motive is concerned. A study based on the written word cannot survive the marginalization of paper. We may be on the verge of a new prehistory, with the era of serious, intricate, intimate knowledge of the past merely a fortunate interlude. Electronic communication means no history. The fashion for open access means no history. The mass production of 'evidence', and its mass destruction on an equally industrialized scale, means no history. Unrecorded history means no history, or at least, as in pre-history, a history of material matters at the expence of thought.
History is about primary sources. All secondary sources were primary sources once, even if the originals no longer survived. Indeed, a primary source is a secondary source which has yet to be interpreted and all primary sources are suspect; their destiny is to add to misunderstanding and lies, primarily by those with 'justifiable agendas' to be fulfilled...
The search for hidden truths has led to a bias against print and against books especially of those not adhearing to a preconceived agenda. Print, meaning records are becoming the Sumerian archives of tomorrow; "it just can't be true! It's all myths!"

And you know Quran?

Than you must know that the religion of Islam which a majority of Arabs follow (not all of them mind you), has made the hostility between Jews and Arabs, who are basically people of the same roots, more profound.

You also must know that Quran contains contradictory instructions for Muslims regarding Jews, not unlike our CS friend Gary ...
At one point it instructs Muslims to treat Jews as brothers and then at another point commands Muslims to attack Jews who refuse to convert to Islam.

The Quran also introduces a conflict which son of Abraham was truly the son of promise. The Hebrew Scriptures say it was Isaac. The Quran says it was Ishmael. The Quran teaches that it was Ishmael who Abraham almost sacrificed to the Lord, not Isaac (in contradiction to Genesis chapter 22). This debate over who was the son of promise contributes to the hostility today.

INSANITY

...or is it called organized religion





P.S. freak, shoo...



SF tought me to say it...

I know, right?

And men are always known to be pigs,

And women are always known to be naggers ...umm... trendy and fashionable

And gypsys are always known to be thifs,

And scots are always known to be drunks,

And... oh, I think it's a good idea for a game thread

wow, you are really getting into it Laura...if this was a game thread, you would have scored some major classic stereotype points!

Be careful when calling people by a descriptive adjective...You may be reported like Gary did to me ... of course, we can always argue that it is not a name, it's an adjective, besides is not written in capital letter

the problem is OUTRAGEOUS just because you don't agree with someones views. that does not give you the right to call them names.

Is your name really Gary?

real giving name is ?????.

wont let me tell real name since its russian.