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Re:What should we be worried about? by threeseed on Sunday May 05, 2013 @05:18PM (#5659782)
I don't understand what you mean. America executes thousands of their "lower classes" each year as well as part of the criminal justice system. Doesn't mean that it is systemic "cleansing". You need to have better sources if you believe that is what China is doing.

And the reason the entire world dislikes Israel as a country (as of the latest world popularity ranking) is due to its one-sided, selfish foreign policy and this ridiculous "anti Israel = anti Jewish" position many Israelis take. When everyone is sick of it you shouldn't be surprised if many academics are too.

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Re:What should we be worried about? by spitx on Sunday May 05, 2013 @05:36PM (#5659855)
Perusing the same global distribution list of capital punishment shows 43 American executions.

Do not spout falsities here. You will be called out.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#Global_distr...

Meanwhile your "world popularity ranking" index ( whatever and however that is conceived to measure ) and Israel's bottom ranking in it, needs a citation.

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Re:What should we be worried about? by threeseed on Sunday May 05, 2013 @06:07PM (#5659936)
I was looking at the number of people on death row which is in the thousands. So willing to retract that.

And this study was widely reported in the BBC and elsewhere:

http://www.globescan.com/images/images/pressreleases/bbc2012...

As you can see Isarel is down there with North Korea, Pakistan and Iran and with a downward trend in popularity no less.

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Re:What should we be worried about? by kalms on Sunday May 05, 2013 @06:45PM (#5660077)
Okay. More Tel Aviv for me then!
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Re:What should we be worried about? by wisty on Sunday May 05, 2013 @08:14PM (#5660321)
However, the US does prevent many people from reproducing, by locking them up. Its incarceration rate is the highest in the world (0.7%, compared to under 0.2% in China).
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