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2006-09-15 Europe

Arab "intellectualls" praise ex-SS member Günter Grass

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Posted by Mike 2006-09-15 09:36|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The document says a lot about the sensitivities of many Arab intellectuals. They live in a world of conspiracy theories, far removed form reality; they mistake populist slogans and rhetoric for intellectual discourse and they see no need to take a serious look at the Holocaust and Nazi crimes."

they sound just like our own intellectuals.

Posted by Shush Sholuth7794 2006-09-15 09:54|| 2006-09-15 09:54|| Front Page Top

#2 our intellectuals have one advantage on the arab intellectuals

our intellectuals agree that the holocaust happened and that it was a bad thing

arab intellectuals can't agree on either of these propositions; in fact they almost evenly divide on

a. it happened, it was bad
b. it didn't happen
c. it happened, it was good
d. it happened, it was OK but should have been more thorough

Posted by mhw 2006-09-15 10:24|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-09-15 10:24|| Front Page Top

#3 mhw--- dinnerjacket's possibility, you forgot this one:

5. It did not happen, but it should have, and we should finish the job.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-09-15 10:28|| 2006-09-15 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 6. Bush did it.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-15 10:59|| 2006-09-15 10:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Arab intellectuals . . .

Well, there's an oxymoron if I ever heard one.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-09-15 11:40|| 2006-09-15 11:40|| Front Page Top

#6 In actual fact, their culture allows for two competing thoughts to exist simultaneously. It's mindboggling to western sensibilities, but it really is the case. Take, for example, arabs who claim Mossad/CIA were responsible for 9/11 yet dance in the streets over it and praise bin Laden (the CIA shill, I presume?) as an arab hero.

Thus, there are those who believe:

a. it did not happen,
WHILE ALSO BELIEVING
b. it DID happen and they should have killed more

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2006-09-15 11:42|| 2006-09-15 11:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Uhm . . . if the Holocaust never happened, and therefore Jews weren't exterminated, then I guess the Nazis FAILED, right? So why are the Arabs supporting a failed regime and its leaders?

Oh, right, it's cuz' they KNOW the Holocaust happened, and they want to give it a second round, which is why they admire the Nazis.

Once you know that LYING is a valued asset among Moslems, everything else makes sense.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-09-15 11:43|| 2006-09-15 11:43|| Front Page Top

#8 "Take, for example, arabs who claim Mossad/CIA were responsible for 9/11 yet dance in the streets over it and praise bin Laden (the CIA shill, I presume?) as an arab hero."

This point, while obvious to us, is completely unpersuasive to moonbats.

Posted by J. D. Lux 2006-09-15 11:59|| 2006-09-15 11:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, this vote of confidence from the Arab world should certainly rehabilitate Grass' image.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-15 15:20|| 2006-09-15 15:20|| Front Page Top

#10 http://nexusmagazine.com/articles/Fascist%20Roots%20of%20Al-Qaeda.html

Posted by J.D. Clampet 2006-09-15 16:17|| 2006-09-15 16:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Once you know that LYING is a valued asset among Moslems, everything else makes sense.

.com once described a lying game the Soodi youths played as training for adulthood, can't remember the details.

Posted by 6 2006-09-15 18:02|| 2006-09-15 18:02|| Front Page Top

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