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Originally posted by antryg:
Absolutely correct and history shows this to be true. If Chamberlain had been allowed to continue his diplomacy there would not have been a war in Europe or maybe WW II at all. Diplomacy will always work because humans are basically good and never want to be aggresive.
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Well, I'm surprised that it took 95 posts for a WW2 analogy to be thrown out into the open, good restraint there Antryg
People, do as you feel you have to. But if you are going to advocate/suggest/muse over the eradication of an entire people (ie: 'Let Israel wipe the Palestinians off the face of the Earth with American-subsidised weapons and equipment'), at least do them the courtesy of going to their land and experiencing their ways firsthand. Get to know them a little, learn some of their language, partake in a few of their customs. If you still want them wiped out after that, then so be it, either 'they' or you must be incredibly evil for you to desire such a thing afterward. Having ill opinions of people based on what you've heard through the grapevine is one thing, to support genocide based upon these sorts of prejudiced assumptions is another thing entirely.
Don't be just another citizen, sitting at home, relying on censored news bulletins for your worldly info. Be a human, see the world and it's people for yourself. Citizenship is a social poison, a network of psychological chains, binding you to prejudiced loyalty
and hatred toward people you have never met. Don't be a citizen, be a human.