<backon@vms.huji.ac.il> wrote in message
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In article <ecfm6e$g6i$1@falcon.steinthal.us>, "Chano"
<chano@blueyonder.co.uk> writes:

"Herman Rubin" <hrubin@stat.purdue.edu> wrote in message
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In article <2006Aug22.132918@mm.huji.ac.il>, <moshes@mm.huji.ac.il>
wrote:

"Marc Adler" <marc.adler@gmail.com> writes:

moshes@mm.huji.ac.il wrote:

I think it's a "reverse" discrimination. We _know_ the Arabs behave
like animals, so there's no point citing them for it. OTOH Israel is
decent so we can gang up on her.

At least until recently, if one has a dangerous animal,
one kills it or brings it under control. This even
applies to members of endangered species.

In Pirke Avoth, it states that if someone is trying to
kill you, rise up and kill him first.

Another Rubinism. Nowhere in Pirkei Avot does it say any such thing, or
anything resembling it. Considering you've got a Purdue addy you don't
take
any trouble to verify your sources.
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It's a gemara in Sanhedrin 72a, Yoma 85b, and Brachot 58a.

Right, and also in Brachot 62b. In Sanhedrin and Brachot 58 the lashon is
"Im bo l'horgecho, hashkeym l'horgo" In Yuma and Brachot 62 the lashon is
"Bo l'horgecho, hashkeym l'horgo." Nothing to do with Pirkei Avot.