how you misread my comment I cannot tell but why you keep conflating the occupied Palestinian population with the governments of surrounding Arab and Persian-dominated states should no longer be a mystery.

well, i’ve long argued for conflation in regards to islamic terrorism. the hyper contextualiztion misses the big picture, as the recent mumbai bombings demonstrate.

how you misread my comment I cannot tell but why you keep conflating the occupied Palestinian population with the governments of surrounding Arab and Persian-dominated states should no longer be a mystery.

confidence that unopposed qassams of Hamas represent an armageddon scenario to Israel

your narrative only works if you decontextualize the conflict from the fact that arab nations initated 4 wars against israel. undemocratic nations mind you that not only practice apartheid but contain cultures responsible for giving the world one of the most fascistic movements since the third reich. and now you have one of the worst totalitarian and repressive states, one that denies the holocaust and openly talks of eliminating israel while seeking nuclear arms, financing hamas.

so, yeah, for practical purposes i don’t suggest the israelis start practicing satyagraha; though it would be great advise for the palestinians. then again, if they possessed a culture where practicing would be feasible, we wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with.

This is great. A few dedis I know asked me yesterday what the big deal about MLK was, I’m going to send them these links!

I remember a desi, who asked me what this

MiLK

holiday on the company calendar was!. Social Studies mark from HS is not counted for engineering/medical admission in India. He.. he..

But has human nature changed that much since King or Gandhi?

People never learn much from history. History has a habit of repeating itself. The struggles of the morals of Gandhi, King, Thoreau, [Jesus] are applicable any day today and it will be applicable in future. I agree, the world has not changed a bit in macro terms. [not to take religiously]

Forget about Hindus! There was a shout out to non-believers! And to Led Zep, with the levee breaking. And to Creed.

I’m in love. I’m a non-believer, I couldn’t leave ‘er till I died!

I guess you already know the group i meant..