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   His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey to kamerm   
   Re: What's causing the strife in the Hol   
   14 Feb 13 10:02:24   
   
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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Feb 12, 8:24 pm, "kamerm"  wrote:   
   > computer scientist wrote:   
   > > TibetanMonkey wrote:   
   >   
   > >> I want to talk next about another people that has parallels with the   
   > >> Jews: the blacks.   
   >   
   > > You do know, or don't you know,   
   > > that in so stereotyping you are a racist?   
   >   
   > >> Blacks are a people that live in ghettos   
   >   
   > > Really?   
   >   
   > > And the whites, what exactly are they?   
   >   
   > > In your stereo or mono type casting of your   
   > > idiotic particular brain-wave functioningingringing, oh?   
   >   
   > >> like the Jews used to.   
   >   
   > > Are you referring to geographics?   
   >   
   > > Like all the so-called white immigrants to the States?   
   >   
   > > Whites are people who live in trailers.   
   >   
   > >> They were until the 50's   
   >   
   > > When trash became fashionable to recycle.   
   >   
   > >> what the Palestinians are today:   
   >   
   > > Geographical people?   
   > > Drawn by you, by lines, artificially, on maps?   
   >   
   > >> discriminated.   
   >   
   > > As you discriminate.   
   >   
   > >> But after being granted rights they were found   
   > >> very nice people,   
   >   
   > > As you are, know doubt.   
   >   
   > >> much more open than the Jews are today.   
   >   
   > > Not to mention, the whites.   
   >   
   > >> Go and figure.   
   >   
   > > Yes. Figure it out.   
   >   
   > >> My point is that we shouldn't assume that the Palestinians are NOT   
   > >> nice people.   
   >   
   > > Nor are the whites.   
   >   
   > >> Ever realized that the Palestinians and bicyclists are   
   > >> thought of as low life people, but that's not true at all?   
   >   
   > > Not unless you think it is.   
   >   
   > > You live in an apartment, last eye knew,   
   > > with a dog, whom you probably figure you own.   
   >   
   > > As if ownership of my cousins is really, like, cool.   
   >   
   > > I figure you're basically whomever   
   > > and whatever you are. As far a sigh figures.   
   >   
   > > At any rate,   
   > > perhaps another beer   
   > > would suffice, ore knots.   
   >   
   > > Aye, knowing you mean well,   
   > > in spite of your knows and your face.   
   >   
   > > - cheers!   
   >   
   > early on, was partnered on a research project with an Israeli Orthodox and a   
   > Palestinian.  the only thing they agreed on was as a non-Orthodox, American   
   > Jew, i wasn't "really Jewish" and so could mediate.  We broke the project   
   > into 3-portions - each took one of the main functional components while i   
   > wrote utilities, UI, and bridging code.  Generally, a mess (the main   
   > components had totally different architectures and incompatible APIs), but   
   > enjoyed catching lunches (separately) with each of them.   
   >   
   > Hadn't realized how biased i was against Palestinians until getting to know   
   > this fellow - as learned, creative, earnest, and opinionated as his Orthodox   
   > peer.  What a mess that region is.  Don't look for solutions any time soon,   
   > when such similar peoples hate each other so much for so many reasons of   
   > blood.   
   >   
   > -k   
      
   Very enlightening. Maybe some puppeteers are feeding that hate, not   
   least the politicians and church leaders.   
      
   Maybe a bicycle ride from each community to the other may help bridge   
   the gap. You may say I'm a dreamer...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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