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[crazynezumi]

Mandela was put on the terrorist blacklist by the US, while the word "blacklist" itself has a negative connotation on the word "black,"  and why is Israel harassing Gaza, can't people simply realize that they were and are all a part of the same land as Israel indiscriminately cuts off supplies to Gaza; and speaking of the same land, Nepalese vote

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Initial comments

[latenightcoder]

I had thought when you deleted my previous comments that you perhaps were not interested in anything I had to say. In case I was incorrect, I do have some things to add to your latest post

Re: Initial comments

[latenightcoder]

Why the heck would Palestineans jeopardize their own gas supply? Reminds me of the two figures stuck inside the two glass box areas

They fight because they shouldn't have to

[latenightcoder]

Some Palestinians saw the supplies coming from Israel as a handout and would rather starve (or let their people starve) than accept the mercy of those they consider their enemy. You could say that it is similar to the land issue in that when the Israelis give territory back to the Palestinians, there is still suicide bombings. Each attack on the Israeli people is responded to with a counter attack and at times a military push that takes more land away from Palestinian control. Some people might ask why the Palestinians would risk losing the land they still have by fighting, while others would say they fight for the land they have already lost.

-LNC

Re: They fight because they shouldn't have to

[latenightcoder]

I didn't think Palestine's "land" was even recognized by Israel as its territory; it was provisionally occupied? From what little I recall, I thought it wasn't just a territorial or tribal battle

[thetruebard]

Can't people simply realize that they were and are all a part of the same land?

Um...no. In that part of the world, with so much religious motivation involved and so many atrocities already committed by both sides...no.

[crazynezumi]

Gaza is just stuck in between, though, it's not one or other side and not even enjoy the tenuous neutral status of a buffer zone.

[crazynezumi]

The people of Gaza are not to be blamed for atrocious conditions they live in