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Fri, 05 October 2007 11:54

JFR

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Location: Israel
Registered: October 2004
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Sorry I'm late with this, but I've been offline for a few days - enjoying myself.

Curtis, I hope this doesn't throw your homework completely out of kilter, but I must inform you that the Battle of Shiloh was fought between the Israelis and the Palestinians ... oooops! I mean the Israelites and the Philistines in the 10th century BC. The Philistines won.

Eldon, I completely agree with you that it is most impolite to make remarks about a country which might be construed as being insulting. This is happening all the time as regards my country. We have "no right to exist", we are "Zionist scum" - to quote the latest speech by the Iranian president. And it was not so long ago that, during a private party in Kensington at which 'everyone who matters' was present, the French ambassador to the UK called Israel, "that shitty little country".

We Israelis are so used to it that we couldn't care less. Well, that's what everyone says. But we do care, because however many times it is said, it still hurts.

J F R

The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)

		Curtis, Eldon, Please note: By: JFR on Fri, 05 October 2007 11:54
		Re: Curtis, Eldon, Please note: By: Whitewaterkid on Fri, 05 October 2007 12:59
		I guess its gonna have to be pistols at dawn! By: cossie on Sat, 06 October 2007 04:43
		Re: I guess its gonna have to be pistols at dawn! By: Whitewaterkid on Tue, 09 October 2007 00:32
		Re: Curtis, Eldon, Please note: By: JFR on Mon, 08 October 2007 17:47
		Re: Curtis, Eldon, Please note: By: Whitewaterkid on Tue, 09 October 2007 00:41
		Re: Curtis, Eldon, Please note: By: Curtis one who makes noise on Mon, 08 October 2007 23:19
		Re: Curtis, Eldon, Please note: By: Whitewaterkid on Tue, 09 October 2007 00:50
		Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear .... By: cossie on Tue, 09 October 2007 04:37
		Re: Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear .... By: Curtis one who makes noise on Tue, 09 October 2007 04:56
		Re: Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear .... By: JFR on Tue, 09 October 2007 06:58
		Re: Oh, dear, oh dear, oh dear .... By: Curtis one who makes noise on Tue, 09 October 2007 21:01
		Do I speal Gaelic? By: cossie on Wed, 10 October 2007 03:33
		Re: Do I speal Gaelic? By: Curtis one who makes noise on Wed, 10 October 2007 04:15
		Gotta say that I'm impressed! By: cossie on Thu, 11 October 2007 04:58

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