Well I have spoken my mind here in this thread and not a word of it is untrue. I do show an obvious bias against Israel in my general posts because I personally hold them to be the original blame-holders (along with certain other parties), something no doubt you would contest.lowing wrote:
No Cam, you do not criticize Palestine as much as Israel. From your posts, until this exchange, you pretty much have been blameing Israel for everything. Only throwing token morsels of blame on the Arab world, I guess, so you can say you maintain neutrality. The fact is though, it is obvious you layed the blame at the feet of Israel. It is only now that I have read from you almost an equal share of blame for both sides.
My bias also derives from my experiences in Israel/Palestine and the fact that I expect them as a purported just state to act in a more righteous and moral way, something they are not. They are as much a terrorist state as Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organisations. The reason they irk me more than Hamas or Hezbollah is because they masquerade as holier-than-thou moral guardians of righteousness and expect to be impervious to criticism lest ye be deemed 'anti-semitic'.
The arrogance gets to me as does the religious identity based nature of their country. People complain about Islamic Republics. Israel strives to be a mono-religious state, going as far as to allow all jews, anywhere in the world, to have automatic citizenship of their country (while millions of Palestinian refugees rot landless in other countries). I am a fan of pluralism not artificial majority based democracy.
The basic and primary point is that my posts are flavoured by the fact that I am personally aligned with the Palestinian cause, not the Israeli cause. The incidentals of what goes on the ground then shapes the form my posts take, though I concede I rarely if ever make posts critical of Palestinians (which is my undeniable prerogative).
Last edited by CameronPoe (2006-11-11 16:37:39)