tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post113329681337208940..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: The Argument is not that Dumb, Sarah....Jeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1133739881213481212005-12-05T01:44:00.000+02:002005-12-05T01:44:00.000+02:00You wrote:It is, however, the line harped on and a...You wrote:<I>It is, however, the line harped on and advanced in the Israeli media and in broad swaths of academia. That does not make it less claptrap (maybe more).</I><BR/><BR/>Let's not forget the diplomatic and political worlds. (And it's not just the Israeli media.)<BR/><BR/>Elder of Ziyon had an excellent post a few months ago: http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2005/08/this-is-fourth-explusion-of-jews-from.html<BR/><BR/>Somehow the capture of land by force is not acceptable when done by Jews. But when done by Arabs it must be respected. How else is it possible that Jews in Hevron are obstacles to peace? Were not Jews driven from their homes (for good) in 1935? Why should we validate that?<BR/><BR/>Finally the whole discussiong reminds me of something my brother heard over Jordan radio in 1980 or so, "In occupied Be'er Sheva today ..." In most Arab eyes, Tel Aviv is every bit the "illegal settlement" that Maalei Adumim is. Sacrificing one doesn't mean that the Arabs will say, "they're being reasonable," no it means they'll say "we chased them from one place, let's chase them from another." (The gist of Yisrael Medad's response to Sarah.)Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1133335603395998272005-11-30T09:26:00.000+02:002005-11-30T09:26:00.000+02:00ah, zero-sum.once again, the influence of richard ...ah, zero-sum.<BR/>once again, the influence of richard landes. actually, as he mentioned to me when i raised this point to him, islamic society is NEGATIVE-sum.<BR/>that is, (for example's sake)moslem society would ruin 60% of their infrastructure to destroy, say, 20% of israel's. <BR/><BR/>as opposed to zero-sum, where, in the classic example, i would choose to be blind in one eye, as long as my neighbor/enemy is blind in both.<BR/>negative sum would be along the lines of, me getting blinded in both eyes as long as you are blind in one.<BR/><BR/>great guy, richard is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com