In any event, my nonexistant misogny aside, why do you never give a straight forward answer to a straight forward question?

You conclusion is based on zero knowledge. It could only be right as a fluke.

Therefore, there’s no reason to talk about it.

But feel free to continue to believe your opinions are facts. It makes it so much easier to laugh at you.

It always comes back to this: The Palestinians are the most inhuman monsters that have ever walked the earth and there has never been and will never be a more savage people.

Anyone want to guess why that is?

So? Israelis hold hundreds of Palestinians in jail without bringing them to trial. And why is Hamas’ re-arming so surprising? Israel is stockpiling weapons too. When did cease-fire equal unilateral disarmament? Given that Israel has demonstrated repeatedly that it does not live up to its word (1982 – we will not go to Beirut, 1993 – we will not expand any settlements, 2006 – we will limit our bombing to southern Lebanon) – Hamas is acting in a very expected, very rational manner.

But hey, whatever — the insult gave you a chance to dodge the actual issue, so it’s all good, right?

Asshole.

J.

Is “blustering pussy” like “Pussy Galore”?

It’s such an inventive insult, “Amused Observer”.

When right wingers call women “pussy” it reduces women to their gender’s reproductive organs.

It’s a way to dehumanize women.

But you can be honest here, “Amused Observer”, since you are comfortable typing out such a misogynistic insult, when you call someone a “pussy” you do so because you think women are less than men.

Wouldn’t it be sad if all of your eliminationist, racist, and violent tendencies that you’ve expressed in various threads, “Amused Observer”, all stem from just not being hugged enough by your mother as a child?

Lonya, I looked up those two incidents. The bus massacre killed ten men. The pub bombings, despite phone warnings, killed 21 and wounded 182.

The bombing of the Sbarro Restaurant in Jerusalem killed 15 and wounded 130. The injuries were exacerbated by the bombs being laced with nails, nuts,and bolts.

The series of bus bombings generated literally hundreds of casualties. Six of them alone killed 120 and injured close to 400. Again, the bombs were loaded with nails, nuts, and bolts.

The Passover Massacre, when a suicide bomber blew up a religious gathering, killed 30 and injured 140. Once again, the bombs were laced with nails, nuts, and bolts.

I don’t need to be an expert on all terrorist movements to know that the Palestinian form of terrorism is especially savage and inhumane — they seem to have a gift for finding new and creative ways to kill and maim, especially the innocent.

J.

And as far as the willingness or ability of Palestinians to reach and live by a peaceful settlement… well, one concrete example trumps a thousand theories. Can anyone offer one?

J.

So, we’ve established that Jewish terrorists can change their ways (like Begin) to become ordinary politicians. We have shown the same is true of Irish terrorists and Sunni terrorists in Iraq. But, Palestinian terrorists must be so uniquely awful, that they cannot be allowed any say in their own governance. And if they elect a party Israel does not like, that just means they are not ready for democracy.

To answer your question – has Hamas ever been serious about a negotiated peace – let’s look at actions instead of words. You cite their charter in which they call for the elimination of the state of Israel. Given that their home-made rockets could not hit the side of truck from 10 yards, Israel is under no threat of destruction. OTOH, before Hamas even had the chance to assume the elected office to which they were elected – Israel, with American help, armed Fatah to start a Palestinian civil war. Then when the civil war did not end the way they hoped, they implemented a blockade.

So, you have Israel actively working to overthrow a neighboring government before it has the chance to even put their name on the office letterhead. Then, it cuts 1 million people off from the rest of the word. But, I guess since Israel does not “say” that keeping the Palestinians under their boot is their goal, then it is ok. Hamas words are, evidently, a far greater threat to regional stability than Israel’s action.

Lonya, meet Jay Tea. Jay Tea, Lonya.

Sorry Sherlock, that may work for Arthur Conan Doyle but in the real world one’s subjective self-determination of what constitutes both logic and common sense is not a substitute for the facts. And thehe fact of the matter is the IRA, particularly the Provos, bombed, shot, and otherwise murdered more than their fair share of people both in the Six Counties and the UK. Try googling the Kingsmill Massacre or the Birmingham Pub bombing or look up the link between arms dealers and training between the Provos and Libya.

Simply because all you remember is kneecapping does not mean that was all that happened. The universe of bad deeds is broader than your memory can hold.

Infering that the press would have made a comparison if one existed is utterly specious.

That said – this is not a defense of Hamas – far from it, simply a suggestion that one can only make logical inferences from facts – not from what one wishes facts to be.

You mean you total lack of knowledge plus your prejudices.

That’s it, man, you’re done.

Game over.

What little credibility you may have possessed is now evaporated.

Wow what an intellectually dishonest person you are. Your last post addressed absolutely nothing regarding your position on appropriate response following an agreement in the mideast between Israel and the rest of the Arab world successfully implemented precisely as you wish.

1967 borders.

Dismantle all settlements.

No “right of return”.

Your propaganda website looks a little busy in design. Maybe you need a new webdesigner. You know spruce up the place a bit.

You mistake volume for content in your intellectual endeavors. You sure come across as a blustering pussy here when you debate someone on the merits of a case.

If you want to prove me wrong, and demonstrate that the IRA did indeed engage in atrocities like the Palestinians do routinely, feel free.

The main thing I remember about the IRA was that they tended to “kneecap” informers and the like, and they often called in warnings about bombings. Oh, and they tried like hell to avoid injuring Americans.

I infer that the IRA didn’t commit atrocities like the Palestinians do is because had they done so, it would have been mentioned countless times in relation to a Palestinian terrorist attack. I don’t recall that ever happening. Indeed, the contrary was often cited — how the IRA was far, far less savage and brutal and inhuman than the Palestinians.

Funny how no one wants to reconcile “negotiate with Hamas” and Hamas’ own Charter, though…

J.

Because Melanie Phillips already answered it two months ago:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3464331/the-haaretz-blood-libel.thtml

A brief excerpt, on that particular incident:

he second charge is based on a supposedly real incident in which, when an elderly woman came close to an IDF unit, an officer ordered that they shoot her because she was approaching the line and might have been a suicide bomber. The soldier relating this story did not say whether or not the woman in this story actually was shot. Indeed, since he says ‘from the description of what happened’ it would appear this was merely hearsay once again. And his interpretation was disputed by another soldier who said:

She wasn’t supposed to be there, because there were announcements and there were bombings. Logic says she shouldn’t be there. The way you describe it, as murder in cold blood, that isn’t right.

You gotta keep up on your blood libels, “Newsy.” Find some that haven’t already been answered. Hey, what about Muhammed Al-Durah? How about the Jenin “massacre?” How about the “beach massacre?”

So, “Newsy,” are you on the Pallywood payroll, or do you do their work for free?

J.

There you go. J.G.Thayer admits he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

“…the IRA NEVER stooped to the depths of depravity that Hamas and the other Palestinian terrorist groups have done.”

But he will still use his total lack of knowledge to make a statement of fact.

That’s all we really need to know about you to judge your arguments.

Nothing you say matters, because you treat your uninformed opinion as fact.

Normally I would call this a lie. Representing your uninformed opinion as a fact is a lie. It is a textbook definition of a lie. However, you really think your uniformed opinions are facts. You are not lying, per se, you are delusional.

This is why you think your opinion on waterboarding can overrule expert testimony, first hand accounts, and even legal documents.

In your warped mind, if J.G.Thayer thinks it, it is fact.

To which I’ll give a concrete answer.

NOT THIS:

Israeli squad commander Aviv: “One of our officers, a company commander, saw someone coming on some road, a woman, an old woman. She was walking along pretty far away, but close enough so you could take out someone you saw there. If she were suspicious, not suspicious – I don’t know. In the end, he sent people up to the roof, to take her out with their weapons. From the description of this story, I simply felt it was murder in cold blood.”</a

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And no, I don’t think the Palestinians are 100% to blame. I said so earlier. But I think that they need to be held accountable for their actions and their decisions.

J.