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Old 02-26-2004, 12:11 PM   #14
Barry the Sprout
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Join Date: October 19, 2001
Location: York, UK.
Age: 42
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Yes, I understand where you are coming from however you have to understand the problems I had with your original wording. In fact its possibly quite telling that you assumed when you said "Palestinians" everyone would know you meant the state and people as a whole, as opposed to the exact definition of just "someone from Palestine". Lets make this clear - the terrorist attacks being carried out at present are not carried out by the majority of people, or with their consent. I see no reason why if a state were formed it would be complicit in terrorism or harbour terrorists. Your, admittedly unfortunate as opposed to deliberate, assumption that Palestinians engaging in terrorist activities have the support of the state in some manner is a little disturbing.

So basically what I'm trying to say is that the wording you used is a little Freudian for my liking. Like it or not we keep making the connection between Palestinian terrorists and Palestinians as a whole.
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