Thomas Jefferson

FFS. Of course less Israelis have died -- their government has built bomb shelters which their civilians keep having to evacuate to. If the Israeli civilians didn't go into their bomb shelters, you'd be looking at thousands of deaths on the Israeli side.

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Union of Foundry Workers

Maybe they're in Australia.

Note he said Jewish, not Israeli, thus confirming he is a Jew-hater.

Bullshit. Where's my Itzhak Perlman album?

Massive Attack are rubbish.

Another interesting point from Dr Brown in a post on his Facebook page:

An interesting article by Dr Michael Brown.

Music has been an important part of the Jewish religion since biblical times. The traditional synagogue service (which is in Hebrew) has a theatrical tone to it, especially on the high holy days like Passover and Yom Kippur. There is the influence of persecution in their their cultural and artistic output but I find them to be a very optimistic and proactive people. A bit of a stretch when you consider the Yiddish theater was the bedrock of early Hollywood and the development of the film music genre.

The fighting would stop when the IDF babes send the Hamas scum to meet the God of Israel.

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I do love Jews -- especially IDF babes. <3

A brief interlude for some lovely Israeli music Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold), written by Naomi Shemer, sang by Shuly Nathan.

"Goyim" is plural of "goy" which just means "nation" in Hebrew. Not even remotely akin to the Islamic concept of infidel. In Judaism, non-members don't need to join the club; being a good person is sufficient.

Rambo (I responded to the wrong page before)

Am Yisrael Chai. Get over it.

Nobody has said a child is anything other than an innocent civilian. However, you have to remember that Hamas and the childrens' brainwashed parents are using them as human shields. I don't think you appreciate the power of the cult of martyrdom in their culture. They even have Palestinian kids' TV shows, with a mickey mouse character brainwashing the kids to think it's cool and trendy to want to grow up to be a martyr and kill Jews. The Israelis are not just attacking Hamas while they're at home eating hummus; they are attacking Hamas while Hamas are continuously firing rockets at Israeli civilian areas. Now, do you seriously think the Israelis should sit back and let Hamas keep firing these rockets into Israel, because they've got human shields around them? It's a nice idea but how else do you propose to stop Hamas firing the rockets? Ask them nicely?

The idea of the will of the people in this context comes from Rousseau as you likely know. I think "the CONSENT of the people" would be a better phrase. The people are sovereign. Without democratic representation, there is no consent and no legitimate right to legislate. Only agents (representatives) of the sovereign power (the people) can legislate. An absolutist monarchy or an unelected bureaucracy does not have a divine right to arbitrarily legislate without the consent of the governed.

The Palestinians are brainwashed to act as human shields and even the children are taught to be martyrs and get involved in the fights. It's not as simple as saying they're just innocent civilians minding their own business or getting caught up in it. They are being told by Hamas to deliberately get involved.

Isaiah Berlin's Two Concepts of Liberty should be required reading for all high school students.

Let's hope it sinks.

This is becoming tedious. One of you is convinced I'm a Jew, the other is convinced I'm pretending to be a Jew even though I keep categorically stating I'm not a Jew. Can you people get your shit together? And what I said about my grandfather is the truth.