http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 6 Aug 2004 02:15:08 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/04/112613.php#comment-78390 My dear RJ, even the Bible claims it took six days to create the world, so how could Corinna answer all your life encompassing question in one post or comment. Wait for my future post. As for Barak - some of the team involved there, Israelis, claim we were misinformed on this issue as well. Don't forget, if you happen to remember, that Barak voted against the Oslo Accords when they were brought to Goverment vote (before they were signed). He happened to be a Minister then. So maybe the cat was left to guard the cream. It got sour for sure. I do not know Arafat, but one thing I'm sure - both our peoples might benefit from a better, sane leadership. It's bound to happen. Meanwhile, guess who's paying the high price, on both sides. 78390@blogcritics.org Fri, 6 Aug 2004 02:15:08 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/04/112613.php#comment-78383 Didn't Barak try "peace" with Arafat, Corinna? That didn't work... 78383@blogcritics.org Fri, 6 Aug 2004 01:15:18 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/04/112613.php#comment-78382 Oh. As of "Sharon is acting more defensively than offensively" - I see I have no choice but to post soon an article just so entitled. Stay Awake!... 78382@blogcritics.org Fri, 6 Aug 2004 01:14:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/04/112613.php#comment-78379 Hi, RJ, Haven't you noticed my name is Corinna? Do you have a Gmail account? That's (and the lab) are correct places to use labels. Present continuous (Sharon is forcing)is for an action that has already begun and in process. Allow me to wake you up when this will be happening... Meanwhile just think: If you happened to be enclosed by a wall, your lands taken, your house demolished, left stranded - will a wall deter you or will despair lead you to unspeakable desperate action? I happen to live in Tel Aviv. Two weeks ago a bomb exploded in a bus by chance I wasn't on it that day and minute. It is possible to have peace here. For this we need leaders to switch on both sides from violence to a peace agreement. At this stage in the conflict we need outside mediators to throw water on the fire, not flamming. 78379@blogcritics.org Fri, 6 Aug 2004 01:09:12 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/04/112613.php#comment-78367 Isn't Sharon forcing settlers to abandon their settlements, and pulling out of Gaza? Sounds like a pro-peace move to me. Also, his building of the wall has reduced terror attacks against Israel. Sharon is acting more defensively than offensively. You, as a Lefty, should appreciate that. 78367@blogcritics.org Fri, 6 Aug 2004 00:12:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/04/112613.php#comment-78152 Thanks Hal, "I take it Netanyahu is also not on your list of favorite leaders of all time :-)" You know who are among my leaders? Martin Buber Martin Luther King My heart 78152@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Aug 2004 18:11:03 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/04/112613.php#comment-78096 I take it Netanyahu is also not on your list of favorite leaders of all time :-) I think one of the problems here is a fondness for gross over-simplifications. Israel is a particularly thorny issue because when you complain about some specific action or policy there, people are prone to jump up and immediately start shouting "anti-Semitism." Mind you, that isn't generally true of the American Jews I know, who seem to have a better grasp of the nuances of reality in Israel. (Some of them do shout, but they also tend to stay on topic. :-) Thanks for the view from the real world. 78096@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:28:13 EDT