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| How Gaza Could Turn Into Mogadishu |
| 2006-06-13 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #17 I, too, loved Margaret Meade's stories when I was young, Xbalanke. It turns out, however, that the kids are still laughing at the scam they pulled -- there was a follow-up study done within the last few years, and it turns out the society is stereotypically conservative (girls must be virgin to marry, no running off to enjoy romantic moonlit nights alone together, overprotective fathers with big sticks, etc.). Dr. Meade saw what she was looking for, not what was really there... admittedly with a little assistance from the interviewees. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-13 18:03 |
| #16 If they import several hundred thousand crazy, heavily-armed, khat-chewin' brothas? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-06-13 14:23 |
| #15 still putting out the Israeli beach picnic shelling story too. A Paleo mine is more likely. Must still be the Joooos fault somehow |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-13 14:02 |
| #14 A bit too much Margaret Meade anthropology, so to speak. Except for the distinct lack of bare-breasted native woman "coming of age" and all that. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-06-13 13:53 |
| #13 I fixed that link for you LH. For commenters who aren't sure how to put a link into a comment, see this page |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-06-13 13:19 |
| #12 try again |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-13 13:17 |
| #11 #6 for you link here |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-13 13:17 |
| #10 Time Magazine owes the Somalis an apology for comparing them to Palestinians. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-06-13 11:57 |
| #9 If Mossad was worth a durn, by now it would have had both sides at each others' throats, actively slaughtering each other rather than burning buildings and firing their guns into the air. They can curse and blather all day, but until there is some serious homicidin' goin' on, nothing is going to change. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-06-13 11:19 |
| #8 Well, this is who the people voted for. Vote for your man and live with the consequences. Aint democracy grand? Couldnt have happened to a nicer people. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-13 10:44 |
| #7 How Gaza could turn into a charred piece of earth. |
| Posted by: Glavitle Crererong6298 2006-06-13 10:43 |
| #6 Moderate Hamas. Ha. Like Patriotic Liberals. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-13 08:37 |
| #5 : But this is TIME magazine, so the writer and the editors will lick the boots of Hamas and every other Islamofascist, hoping to be spared.: I don't think it's about self-preservation under the new order, Shieldwolf. I think they think of terrorists as "aboriginals demonstrating quaint local customs," with no thought that this might spread to their own neighborhood... or to yours and mine. A bit too much Margaret Meade anthropology, so to speak. But I completely agree about moderates in Hamas. Well said. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-13 08:05 |
| #4 They worked so hard to deserve this. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-06-13 07:51 |
| #3 Typical MSM bullsh*t. Moderates in Hamas?!? I guess those are like the liberals in the SS, or the moderates in the Khmer Rouge. There are no moderates in Hamas, they are pure scum and terrorists. You cannot negotiate with them since their words mean nothing, and they have no honor. The only way to deal with Hamas is to kill them, no prisoners at all. But this is TIME magazine, so the writer and the editors will lick the boots of Hamas and every other Islamofascist, hoping to be spared. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-06-13 03:26 |
| #2 Step up if everybody dies. Step down if new status quo kept. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-06-13 01:12 |
| #1 So, is this like a step up - or down? How can you tell? A body-count thing? |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-13 00:47 |