Come on. This is Judaism 101. At the Passover and Yom Kippur they repeat/sing the prayer "L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim". This is not the same as Zionism which requires a Jewish ethnostate, this is simply a religious desire to return to the holy land. ...
Agreed. It isn't an excuse for bad behaviour. This situation needs leadership though - something Trump can't provide. A lasting peace agreement requires give and take, and it requires both parties to feel safe doing so. Upping the anti with each other ...
Jews migrated to Palestine from Europe and other places in the Middle East where they weren't wanted. At first they bought land etc... And population changed. Nature of immigration. It wasn't an invasion. Eventually the international community decided it ...
Drago, don't play dense. Jews have for centuries/millennia dreamed of a return to Israel. As you say, that was where they once lived. Jerusalem was their spiritual capital. It is the home of their religion. Each year their saying was "Next year in ...
Apology accepted. I think we talked past each other. You can accept the right of Israel to exist while condemning their crimes in Gaza and the West Bank.
Morrissey, at least have the intelligence to put forward an argument. Maybe for you the situation is clear cut and the Jews should be kicked out, but I see the situation as a lot more complex. And no, I wouldn't fit in on Whaleoil because I think there ...
Occupiers in a non-pejorative sense. They literally occupy the land, whether they stole it or not. In the same sense I now occupy my home.
Two major diaspora on the genetic record, latest being around 2,000 years ago. But yes, it has been a while. I'd argue though that they maintained a spiritual connection to the land and it remained of significance to them. How long does a land have to be ...
Draco, how would that help? Both Jews and Palestinians have rights to land in the area. There was the original mandate, but it led to war. Over the decades war, and violence have entrenched positions. In 1967, for example, during the war, Israel seized ...
Yeah this is a conflict where both sides are wrong in different ways. It is a very difficult position to be in. But Lorde's management should have seen this coming. This is a situation where a good adviser would have simply not booked a concert there and ...
"Terminal decline" is a good way of putting it. Once the rot sets in, it is very hard to reverse the process. And if there is a renaissance it will be a very different environment to what we have today, so different it wouldn't be America as we know it. ...
I don't know. Trump's probably got three more years. In two years he'll start looking like a lame duck (if not before). They'll probably be a swing towards the Democrats, and as recent elections show the US is electing more and more 'fringe' candidates. So...
I was 'that guy' and I think we as a society can't address this until men can acknowledge their own demons. How often is dismissive behaviour the result of inner defensiveness (realized or unrealized)? As discussion unfolds, how often do men see themselves...
A lot of trouble yes, but then when someone comes asking for money or food, I'm not the sort of person to easily turn them away. Running into a burning house to save someone also can bring a lot of trouble. But people do it. I dunno. Maybe an optomistic ...
Yes. I can see the political reasoning though. Voters will be dazzled by the numbers, and KiwiBuild will be cheaper.
Are you insulting homeless people who live under bridges?
Good grief come on - asking an honest practical question here on what we as individuals do. We can have opinions about government till the cows come home, but sometimes we as individuals are called (or put in a position) to do something. Telling them to ...
That is true. I stand corrected.
Agreed. Limit to what I can do as I don't actually want to get too close to the situation. Won't go into her house, won't talk to her any longer than necessary. Don't really "want" to help, but then this is a human with kids involved.
When you spend your entire income on meth and can't look after or feed your kids, we're a bit beyond the "some people take drugs" defense.
Contrary to my reputation as a rwnj, I do sometimes try and be a good human being. I'd like some advice. Growing up white, upper middle class in tidy neighborhoods with white picket fences and any problems kept strictly behind closed curtains, I've never ...
Both those articles completely miss the mark. Outside of an outraged fringe, the problem isn't that she defended an accused in a court of law. That is an unreasonable standard to hold a lawyer to. To say that's the problem is creating a strawman argument ...
Well that's silly. Natural justice should allow a claim to be test, especially since it is both a social and financial claim (ie. the father will have to pay the mother money).
But now we have DNA testing, with a high degree of accuracy, can men still complain they're unfairly named?
It is a tough one. No one wants to disadvantage children. But what measures do you take when parents don'y follow expectations? Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child says children have "the right to know ... his or her parents." Pretty ...
Take that story with a grain of salt. Besides cognitive bias readers may bring to it, there is little credible information to be taken from it. Think about it. The chances Soper has a copy of this clause is zilch - otherwise it would be front page news. So...
Sincerely apologize and will put more thought into my comments in the future. Thanks weka.
Over blown storm in a tea cup. But so is 99% of all politics. Even if she's done wrong (and who hasn't?) this isn't that bad. She can save herself. Smile to the camera and come out with a full and frank discussion and turn this on its head, reminding ...
It is a tough one. On the one hand you want parliament to operate smoothly. On the other you do not want to limit in any way the opposition's ability to get information out of government. Of all means to hold government to account, information is the ...
Naturally I can only go off the previous agreement text, and not what's been changed post-Trump. But the public interest agreement had a number of conditions. From memory: a. be in good faith. b. give time for public feedback before passing the law. c. ...
Mods; I didn't read the whole way down but Ben prefers pronouns "they" etc... as per Twitter profile.
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