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Re:C.E.O. Of Orange (Mobile) Meets with Netanyahu to Apologi... by nailer on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:05AM (#9705913)
The hard thing with anything to do with this issue is there really are people filled with hatred on both sides and there are also valid reasons to dislike both sides. Any action, no matter how reasonable, will be misinterpreted.
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Re:C.E.O. Of Orange (Mobile) Meets with Netanyahu to Apologi... by fauigerzigerk on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:40AM (#9706147)
That's right, but what's special about this particular conflict is that otherwise reasonable and intelligent people take completely absurd positions that they would never take in any other conflict.
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Re:C.E.O. Of Orange (Mobile) Meets with Netanyahu to Apologi... by redthrowaway on Friday June 12, 2015 @11:16AM (#9706378)
Politics, religion, and sports are pretty good ways to bring out the same craziness. It's about tribalism: identifying with a particular group united against the Other is a pretty effective way to short circuit reason.
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Re:C.E.O. Of Orange (Mobile) Meets with Netanyahu to Apologi... by meira on Friday June 12, 2015 @11:54AM (#9706649)
But no action is good to only one side.
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