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2005-07-26 Israel-Palestine

Islamic Jihad fires rockets at Israel town

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-26 09:11|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 squash that crap, now, Sharon.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-26 09:25|| 2005-07-26 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Each time this happens, the israelis should respond with artillery and level a grid square. Consider it the mideast equivalent of whacking the dog on the nose for pissing on the carpet. It's the right thing to do.

Posted by ed 2005-07-26 10:22|| 2005-07-26 10:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, Ed, the only thing that teaches a dog is to fear you, unless you do it exactly as the dog is ABOUT to piss. And even then it's not the best approach to housetraining.

See, for instance, excellent books such as Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog or Jean Donaldson's Culture Clash for a good, scientific explanation of operant conditioning and how dogs really learn.

Now this is pretty pendantic on my part -- except for the fact that humans (who have reasoning powers dogs lack) do also learn from operant conditioning. If you want to give effective behavioral feedback it must come immediately AS the action is being performed -- and the subject must perceive the connection between their actions and the response.

Finally, the response must NOT come when they are NOT doing the action in question.

Posted by rkb 2005-07-26 10:37|| 2005-07-26 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Robin, I don't have any need to swat my dog. Unlike the Palestinians, he's quite well behaved. Besides, I let my newspaper subscription run out and now completely out of doggie ammo.

But my quip about firing back stands. Artillery is an immediate feedback mechanism, while closing a border crossing is not.

Posted by ed 2005-07-26 11:10|| 2005-07-26 11:10|| Front Page Top

#5 I hope Israel doesn't shoot back. That would endanger the fragile Cease-Fire™.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-07-26 14:51|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-07-26 14:51|| Front Page Top

#6 jackal:

apparently, the fragile Cease-Fireâ¢ applies only to israel

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2005-07-26 15:51|| 2005-07-26 15:51|| Front Page Top

#7 That's what I was saying. It's like the kid trying to excuse himself by saying "He hit me back first!"

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-07-26 17:26|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-07-26 17:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Wait a minute! Jews arent supposed to fight back, they are just supposed to die.

Posted by Bigjim-ky 2005-07-26 22:45|| 2005-07-26 22:45|| Front Page Top