Reply #16: Yeah, it is a flippant statement... [View All]

But from my experience it seems to be a flippant, almost throw-away statement that is a result of the frustration people feel over the never-ending violence of the conflict. Not that I'm making any excuses for it, because I think flippant, frustrated or not, it's a stupid comment to make, but not half as stupid as the ones I've seen elsewhere where some Americans sincerely advocate nuking the 'sand-niggers'...

I disagree with their view that even the Palestinian people ridding themselves of Hamas once and for all would bring peace. Not with Sharon at the helm of Israel, it wouldn't. All it would achieve is for his clearly desired wish to continue his oppression of the Palestinian people and the taking of their land to be done with zero resistance. I'm pretty sure that when the word 'peace' slips from his lips, that's what he defines it as...

I also disagree with a future scenario where Israel would adopt a Final Solution to the Palestinian people. I'm sure there's a tiny element in Israel who would support such a thing, and when the term Final Solution is used, I take it to mean that it's talking about extermination and not forcing people from their land based solely on what religious, ethnic or national group they are, because the latter was never what the Final Solution was about. Sorry, I should have addressed most of this in a separate post to the person who said it, but I'm in a lazy mood this morning and decided to plonk it here...

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