I try to stay WINGLESS by TESTING my beliefs through open debate. I also occassionally (albeit it’s becoming quite rare lately as polarization increases) find somebody who stimulates me through an engaging, respectful debate.

So I go to this site were alot of the authors use Jewish pseudonyms (they may be, they may not be; it’s a testament to Israel & Judaism that the tribe is so diverse) and they had this absurd article doubting Kuntar’s guilt.

So I post, they reply, I post again, I get a (rather empty) reply… And then I posted something that I knew would test these folks (Alot of information, stuff Pal sympathizers have a tough time countering) and the guy ERASES THEM! He censors me, mid-debate…

A blogger who censors comments based on his inability to counter arguments?! It really is a new low. No reason given, just some mumbling, tail-between his legs: ‘if they want your opinion they can go to your site’… If that isn’t a cop out, what is?!

Like most on the Pro-Israel side, I’ve had to deal with my fair share of 4 letter words, blind accusations (racist, islamophobe, zionist hellraiser, chairman of the jewish conspiracy to take over the world – I WISH!), and even death threats… but to censor MID DEBATE?

Alas, credibility seems not to be important to Moderator Elf (so fitting)… I have asked, I ask, and I will continue asking: If truth is on their side, why is it they are so afraid of open public debate…

Children’s television shows still teach children hatred; the schools still teach a false history (maps show Israel with word “Palestine”, as if such borders under this name have ever existed); the majority still support terrorism (defined as the purposeful targetting of civilians). Something you also do not see on tv here (I get newspaper & TV clips from contacts in Lebanon, Iran & Bethlehem) is the glorification of death. On PA TV alittle while back there were young girls on the TV saying they aspired to Shehade, the anchor (an adult) lauded them; they danced in the streets after 9/11, the London bombing and the Spain bombings; they call Samir Kuntar a hero…

The saddest thing is, those that claim to sympathize with the Arabs in the West seem just as mixed up. As Arabs kill each other in the thousands, they spend all their energies on the evil Zionist… Really strange considering Arab on Arab violence, nearly always due to tribal, “honor” or religious differences, claims tens of victims every single day.

‘Tis a bizarro world…
I may not post in next few days, I have to go out of town to take care of something…

Abbas does not have the ability or more likely, does not have the will to fight the parts of his population who want to capture of all of Israel. Does it really matter? It is the Palestinian’s responsibility to end the violence if they want even more land than was already given to them. It really does not matter if they will not or cannot, just that they are not. If they cannot police current population, then how can they be trusted with more people under their juristiction?