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Technically correct. I was referring to the post-Pauline use of Christ Jesus, in which “the Christ” certainly changed the metaphysical idea of the sim...

The shibboleth is Netanyahu. What don’t you get about these questions? That is basically asking how moderate pals plan to control violent deranged ele...

I mean yes, the reason the Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes so much interest is because like it or not, that is the place where a large chunk of Wes...

Your reductions of whole threads or argument to a straw man is laughable. In fact, you are falling for exactly the kind of fallacy the OP set out to e...

This seems to be pretty tenuous argument as it is basically generalizing the end of a conflict that had determining factors for why Israel was battlin...

Oh and you brought up Rabbi Gamliel. In Acts, if there is anything of truth in that Pauline reinterpretation of events, Rabbi Gamliel is sympathetic t...

I quoted the most anti-Pharisee passage and showed that there were similar (self-critical) texts in the Talmud. Then I pointed to the fact that there ...

So, I've already sufficiently answered your question regarding this. I would say reference the the whole post again, do some more research on historic...

So my point was that almost all of us on this forum have disagreed with Bibi's handling of the two-state solution, and his basically stopping it. But ...

I think trauma is certainly part of the equation but that gets really complex. I think I agree with that characterization, and thus the idea of not be...

Most of what you said seems to be a certain sentiment except the war imagery at the end. It was probably a mix of just wanting to feel secure and I wo...

Curious, are you familiar with Max Tegmark’s ideas on Levels 1-4 multiverses? His general metaphysical theory is that the physical world (what we huma...

I would say the whole colonial world was shaped by "greater powers". You are bringing this up as if I hadn't already addressed this, but perhaps you d...

Yes good points. It is the frog being boiled slowly with ever higher temperature increases. It is the dog whistles and winking nods and the suggestive...

But then that swings both ways. The reasons for a hardliner like Netanyahu got to power was because of previous events that pushed it that way on the ...

Why is it you suppose that people cannot give them agency?

Look at my whole comment. If you don’t agree with my first statement, you can’t easily deny the facts that followed.

So you are comparing Churchill’s behind the scene writings, who was born in 1874, and known for his notoriously anti-communism to the point of frothin...

Yes don’t trust any party that isn’t western, liberal democratic, and who are not generally trying to get along peacefully. Unfortunately, in that par...

Exactly. The US rather have had the Northern Alliance or something not Taliban. It's not all black-and-white? Were the Soviets "good guys"? No one's h...

I believe only in so far as they fought Iran in the 80s. That makes sense somewhat. However, they rather have not had the Baathists at all. That was w...

Again, Iraq fell to Baathists.. The US and Britain rather have had their monarchy there (I guess constitutional?). The coup against Mossadegh was conc...

Again, I'm not sure it is that simplistic, and feeds into "oppressor/oppressed" framework that I am questioning on these forums. Much of the politics ...

Certainly America (and Britain and others) favored various policies before and during the Cold War, but I don't think the US would ever want Nasser or...

I'm not sure of the US putting Nasser in charge. In fact, he seemed pretty antagonistic overall to the US and West in general.

“We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our...

NOS, how would you not see this as unhinged, echoing well-trodden fascist rhetoric for political opponents? Trump is saying all the stuff upfront, pol...

That’s a bit reductionist. Nasserism and Baathism were internalized versions of Marxism that failed on its own. There’s only a few countries that came...

Really good post, especially this part :up:. I’ve been trying to make all the same points in various ways, but you coalesced them really well there.

Just curious. What “made” them a state?

First off, that itself is huge… it implies testing, changing hypotheses, observation, mathematical modeling, applying to materials, mechanics, energy ...

Some want to conveniently overlook these points.

You took that out of context ti make an irrelevant point with it and clearly didn’t see my last post which actually goes more to your peace point. Tha...

I said "oppressor/oppressed", there is a difference. This means a very specific cliched framework used in this conflict whereby the "underdog" is supp...

I think this is absolutely the crux of the problem. Because of the "oppressor/oppressed" framework people seem to be working on in this forum, the foc...

Non-violence is the opposite of the PA and Hamas curriculum.

I think I addressed that earlier…political grievances don’t justify that kind of civilian grotesque killing, period. And as to response, in context of...

That’s all that the commentary was trying to convey is needed. If you saw the second video it was condemning the conflation with any Palestinian cause...

I should add that my comments above are mainly aimed at responses from so should probably refer him to that if he wants to respond. I kind of unloaded...

This might be the most sensible characterization yet :up:

It’s part and parcel of the same thinking. The oppressed and oppressor is exactly the black and white thinking that Maher brings up. Looks at how even...

You speak of strawmen but this is one. Your characterization is off. He was against the immediate cheering for Hamas after the attacks. If you can’t b...

Ok, so I'll admit that one of the main reasons I brought up Dutch history was to show its connection with the US to some extent. That's why I put in s...

First off, great video of the US military training for soldiers occupying Germany. The problem is the video highlights exactly why the situation is so...

Yes, education is key. The problem is when "Rights" are used as a tool to bludgeon the enemy, and not as a way to govern one's own population. Only ot...

I am not sure the likelihood of anything, but the point you and I were making I think was that Germany and Japan essentially went along with the progr...

Actually this is a great point. I am for Gandhi, not for (X shitty "freedom fighter"). Means do matter. And repeated use of those means makes the case...

When you are recounting the points I made differently as if I wasn’t making those points, that’s a sort of a straw man. Because, similarly I stated:

I just asked recently if there are any people familiar with military strategy. See above. But yeah, I'm glad you are not a fan of terrorism. My point ...

I asked a while ago if there is someone who has actual military knowledge to analyze the tactics and strategy in Gaza and why various moves are made. ...