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   Ivan Ivan to ivankalish@hotmail.com   
   Re: psychology and sadism   
   20 Jul 08 07:48:26   
   
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   From: Ivan@Ivan.com   
      
   ivankalish@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > On Jul 19, 4:46 pm, Ivan Ivan  wrote:   
   >> ivankal...@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >>> I don't think anyone has written a book on the psychology of sadism.   
   >>> As a Jew, I've read Jewish history and read of sadistic tortures by   
   >> Why is present day Israeli practicing sadism against Palestinians?   
   >   
   > Well I don't live in Israel, and I don't really know what goes on   
   > between Israel and Palestinians, but I know the following:   
   > 1. Israel has a substantial Moslem population, even without the West   
   > Bank and Gaza.   
   > 2. This population has increased dramatically since the founding of   
   > the State.   
   > 3. Israel does not rule over Gaza, and many of the Moslem areas of the   
   > West Bank have practical self-rule.   
   > 4. Most Moslem countries have a population of zero Jews, because they   
   > made life very unpleasant for their Jewish minority when they had   
   > one.  This is very unlike Israel, which as I said has a substantial   
   > Moslem minority (about 20%).   
   > 5. If Israel were killing Palestinians right and left, the Moslem   
   > population would have decreased, not increased.   
   > 6. Bethlehem, which had a substantial Christian population, has lost   
   > many of its Christians due to Moslem maltreatment.   
   > 7. In Lebanon, Palestinians seriously maltreated the Christian   
   > population.   
   > But anyway, even if you believe the Israelis are sadists who hate   
   > Moslems, the fact is that Jews have often been the victim of both hate   
   > and sadism, and another fact that I have also read in history is   
   > sadism practiced by Moslems, including by Moslem Turks in battles with   
   > Christians.  Sadism is an interesting issue, no matter who practices   
   > it.  I didn't really want to get political in my post - I am   
   > interested in the psychology of sadism, not a blame game on who is   
   > worse than who.   
      
   Your points are well taken.   
      
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