1) I come to your house and kidnap your children
2) I say I will torture and kill them
3) You come after me, shoot me, but the bullet passes through and kills some random guy down the street

That would be closer to what is going on IMO.

This was an intelligent discussion for a while. So much for that.

No Man - would be closer if in revenge I broke into your house and started shooting up your children and your wife - but kept missing you.

Are you suprised? At least it lasted for 16 pages. On a side note: Where is Wilmac???? He is always good for a laugh on these topics.

It went to the alr. Nuff said.

You are an idiot.

Following your logic, you are assuming that no members of Hezbollah have been killed, and that Israel is only attacking innocents..

Think about what you are saying.

Go back to the hills hippie

What does Cary think of all the tension in the middle east?

It's Brians fault.

That holds until the wars they fought to keep the land. Once they proved that they could defend it and maintain it, then the Arabs lose. You don't see roving bands of indians blowing up McDonald's do you? They got pushed out of their homeland. They fought a war to reclaim it and lost. To me, the Palestinians should stop bitching, live peacefully where they can, and open some casinos.

Huh? There's no tension in the Middle East. It's lies...all lies

He can't give you an opinion without taking UNPAID time off work.

UNPAID!!

What an asshat.

I usually don't like this guy, but the opinion piece that he wrote for last week's edition of US News and World Report was pretty decent: Article Link

It gives a little bit of context to the current situation. Maybe some of you who think that Israel is "overreacting" should read the piece, as it is becoming increasingly clear that most of you in that camp are either ignorant or anti-Semitic. My hope is with the former because that can be remedied.

Personally, I find your ignorance nauseating. But don't take my word for it, just answer these questions for us:

1. How many foreign languages can you converse in?
2. How many times have you travelled abroad? Where and for how much time?
3. Have you ever been to Israel, the middle east or any muslim country?
4. How many jewish and muslim close friends do you have?
5. Do you EVER read non-american media?

Answer this one question...... What the hell do those things matter? Facts are facts. None of those things make a bit of difference.

How many times are you going to change your user name? This is at least your third user name in a week. It was Zizou the other day.

No shit. You got nothing, so now you are going to tell us you are this magical all-knowing world traveler?

You freaking crack me up. Who are you again??

1. Two (German, Spanish).
2. Six. Denmark, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, UK, Canada.
3. Not yet.
4. I have a number of Jewish and Arab friends, most of whom do not actively practice their religious faith.
5. Every fucking day, asshole.

Do you want me to post my CV too?

Seriously, thanks for showing up here. You make me laugh.

ETA: Oh yeah, I almost forgot since I don't keep ethno-religious spreadsheets on my friends and family members, that an uncle of mine that I play tennis with was born and raised in Kuwait.

Since your name changes almost daily, I'll just refer to you as 'troll'.

That said, Mr. Hezbollah sympathizer....here's a little something to remind you how I view radical Islam....

I sincerely hope it offends you.

Wow - thanks for your response.

From what I have heard in the news it has been about 1:10 ration for every 1 hezbollah - 10 civilians and children - unless you are assuming that children can indeed be hezbollah?

I have never been accused of being a peace-active-hippie-queer. I stated my position plainly that I support the ellimination of all terrorists and terrorist movement, no questions asked. I loved the james bond thing they used to do in Britain with a certain terrorist irish organization.

In the article mentioned above - if Canada attacked the US border and kidnapped two guards while having rockets hurled into the US from within it's borders - then indeed you have a right to invade Canada and deal with the terrorist organization within that is doing that. However, I would hope that while you are doing that that you don't inadvertently bomb me and my family. If I was in that position I would strive to be careful not to bomb you and your family.

At the same time I think it is imperitive that all Muslims take ownership of this issue. It is your and your childrens ass on the line. There is no room in the world for terrorist organizations that blow up innocent civilians. Speak up, let your possition be known. As they say if you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.

Having said that, ANYONE that blows up civilians is in my book a terrorist organization.

So which French national team player are you gonna use for your screenname next?

Remember, Madman, us amateurs need to learn how to correctly read into his name changes.

This guy is most interesting, especially given the undeniable intelligence and worldliness that he has displayed in his 16 posts here.

I think we should start a pool on guessing this guy's vitals.

My entry:

Struggling writer hoping for his "big break," but "The Man" at the publishing houses keeps sending those rejection letters. They just don't understand him or his amazing intelligence. Clearly, he was born two generations too soon. In the meantime he waits tables at the local trendy bistro, using a fake foreign accent. He spends his down time talking to his cat Muffins (still with the accent), reading the latest on moveon.org, and blogging at the Daily Kos.