On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:59:45 -0400, "Ed" <nesord@comcast.net> wrote:
"Steve Andrewartha" <s_andrewartha@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:451b6b72$1@herald...
The Pragmatist wrote:
Israel is a grim reminder to the Arab states of the failure of their
societies...the Jews have venerated education for thousands of
years....the Islamic world venerated "martyrdom."
Well, if Muslims value martyrs above Nobel prize-winners, then they're
hardly likely to view Israel as a more successful society. Having many
more martyrs, they would, in their estimation, be hugely more successful
than Israel.
Civilized societies do not value martyrdom.
Nor do they value treachery. I'm still laughing at your joke about
the jew captain in the US Navy!
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