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Highwayman · Feb 2, 2004, 02:38 am

Hi Suburbanite
No problem. I was actually ready to get sarcastic myself- it is a sad reflection on part of the web milieu that to out-insult one another is par for the course...

I am an ex-South African, and as such we have always had a kind of kinship with the Israelis- both countries had a relatively small ethnic minority in a hostile environment, as well as world opinion against them.

History has it that the white South Africans surrendered power to try and save the country from becoming something that Israel is now heading towards: A kind of militaristic security zone with Berlin-like walls and barbed wire everywhere, soldiers and military service and guns everywhere, with terrorism a part of daily life. Who the hell wants to live like that?

I don't understand why a kind of ethnic tolerant system cannot be set up there which will allow both Israeli and Palestinian to live without trying to kill each other...

Anyway, the whole spiel about these conspiracy things are that there is very little anybody can do about it- except be aware, and perhaps try and protest things like the fundamentalist Noahide laws becoming the norm. I appreciate the fact that we should all try and support a morality which would be best for society- only I think we have come a long way towards a little enlightenment- and away f5rom fundamentalist traditional dogma. We don't stone unmarried mothers to death. We dont chop thiefs hands off. We dont stone homosexuals of any sex to death. We allow people to divorce when they made a mistake.

And we don't want to go back to the inquisition type religious rule like they have in sharia Muslim countries.

Somewhere, somehow there should be a watchdog to ensure freedoms and equilities and enlightened views are never rolled back.

I just think religion is a perfect tool should any ideology want to further itself...

Feb 2, 2004, 02:38 am	#19 (permalink) (top)
Highwayman Molten Ash Posts: 34	Hi Suburbanite No problem. I was actually ready to get sarcastic myself- it is a sad reflection on part of the web milieu that to out-insult one another is par for the course... I am an ex-South African, and as such we have always had a kind of kinship with the Israelis- both countries had a relatively small ethnic minority in a hostile environment, as well as world opinion against them. History has it that the white South Africans surrendered power to try and save the country from becoming something that Israel is now heading towards: A kind of militaristic security zone with Berlin-like walls and barbed wire everywhere, soldiers and military service and guns everywhere, with terrorism a part of daily life. Who the hell wants to live like that? I don't understand why a kind of ethnic tolerant system cannot be set up there which will allow both Israeli and Palestinian to live without trying to kill each other... Anyway, the whole spiel about these conspiracy things are that there is very little anybody can do about it- except be aware, and perhaps try and protest things like the fundamentalist Noahide laws becoming the norm. I appreciate the fact that we should all try and support a morality which would be best for society- only I think we have come a long way towards a little enlightenment- and away f5rom fundamentalist traditional dogma. We don't stone unmarried mothers to death. We dont chop thiefs hands off. We dont stone homosexuals of any sex to death. We allow people to divorce when they made a mistake. And we don't want to go back to the inquisition type religious rule like they have in sharia Muslim countries. Somewhere, somehow there should be a watchdog to ensure freedoms and equilities and enlightened views are never rolled back. I just think religion is a perfect tool should any ideology want to further itself...