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researchok6/25/2011 8:13:04 pm PDT

re: #25 Lobengula

Israeli law only allows children 12 and over to be detained and incarcerated for throwing stones (how merciful!). Children who are younger, like this 7 year old, are detained, beaten and then freed. As for stone-throwing being an offence, why are settler children exempt from this rule when attacking palestinians? Come on now, that’s just a little bit racist, no? I mean, even firing a gun at a Palestinian isn’t guaranteed to land you in hot water.

Outliers? That is no pattern of behavior, Is that the best you can do?

Again, do you really want to compare the Israelis to the Palestinians? Do you really want to go there?

You need to send in one of your smarter friends.

Believing you can present anecdotes and outliers as a pattern of behavior may work with 16 year olds but just won’t cut it with informed adults.

Of course I’m not surprised at your response. I’ll bet you piously noted the deliberate and targeted massacre of innocents in Itamar was regrettable, but entirely justified.

(This is where you get to say, ‘all violence is terrible’)

Now, how about a rousing round of that favorite Hamas kindergarten ditty, ‘HAMAS! HAMAS! JEWS TO THE GAS!’

C’mon, you know you want to.