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   In uk.politics.misc Ed  wrote:   
      
   > "banana"  wrote in message   
   >> The way the BBC and the rest of the UK media are parroting the verbiage   
   >> about the capture of an Israeli soldier as a "kidnapping" is revolting.   
      
   > Why so?  The speak English in the UK, and what the Palestinians did to that   
   > soldier is called "kidnapping."   
   > Also, what they did to the other soldiers is called "murder."   
   > And what they do to Israelis in general is called "terrorism."   
      
   > Perfectly understandable English words.   
      
   Understandable English words.   
      
   How do you define:   
      
   - Killing children   
   - Knocking down people's houses   
   - Refusing to allow people to marry or practice their religion.   
      
     And with regard to the last point do not bother to come up with some   
     spurious reply.   
      
     I have been in the Middle East many times and quite happily enjoyed   
     the very friendly company of the people there... even with regard to   
     drinking alcohol and eating pork (although I avoided lettuce for   
     obvious reasons), wandering around ancient places and being quite   
     astonished that I could still read them a couple of thousand years   
     after they had been inscribed (yes I could read them, although it took   
     bit of effort since they were inscribed without spaces as in   
     normalised texts).   
      
   Axel   
      
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