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Spadecaller1 year ago
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Thanks g. Sorry, I am late to respond. Cluster bombs are the weapons of choice for terrorists. Being that terrorism is "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives," it goes against international law to intentionally target civilians. And, by the very nature of these weapons and their proven "effectiveness" the government already knows that they will kill civilians when they are employed. In actuality, according to international law, they are illegal.
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Like RFE, I suspect the sale and use of these weapons is quite lucrative for those selling and manufacturing them. Hopefully, the day will come when the whistle is blown and the pictures of its victims are exposed on these forums so the entire world can condemn there use once and for all.-
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gamahuche1 year ago
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SC - greatly appreciated..
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Perhaps on the contrary I should explain that my absence on a couple of your recent posts has been based on a feeling of frustration and powerlessness that has been virtual head-banging-against the wall.
The night of the Mumbai attacks, for example, I was awake all night with the BBC World Service and the Rabbi story was already featured there strongly. I couldn't bring myself to revisit it publicly when you posted it because I was unwilling to contemplate any potential disrespect of this story.
It is NOT about keeping quiet as they take away your neighbour!
I've taken on the Metropolitan Police of London and bamboozled them to the point where they were playing us "secret" recordings of meetings held in our home over the phone..
Sufficient was to know the password and the numbers on the secret exchange.
Of course they raided us shortly afterwards but failed to find the "smoking gun" - disguised as a typewriter which was laying in plain view..
P.S. I'm unworried about this disclosure because these events occurred in 1962-
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Spadecaller1 year ago
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I understand g. I never once thought that your absence from the story was for anything but a good reason. There are many times when I reach that point when I cannot stomach reading the kind of disrespect that was displayed by some for that story about the Rabbi and his wife.
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WE have to pick our battles and replenish our spirits to confront these issues and the bigots who hide their hatred under vogue political rhetoric and anti-Zionism.
By the way, I found it amazing when someone cited Tim Wise who incorrectly insists that Martin Luther King never said, "When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking Anti-Semitism." There are a bunch of people trying to rewrite history to suit there own agendas.
How funny is this:
I was there when MLK said it; in fact, I heard him speak those exact words when he was addressing our school that consisted of a relatively large minority of Jewish and black students. This was the first time that I met King; it was in 1964 at South Side JR HS in Rockville Centre, New York.
Sorry for digressing, but I thought you might enjoy that tidbit.-
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gamahuche1 year ago
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"Sorry for digressing, but I thought you might enjoy that tidbit.!
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Certainly did!
And I'd be the last person to accuse anyone of digressing! :)
You may have noticed that I managed to bring Genghis Khan into this thread - as just one of several pieces of lateral thinking..-
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