Comments on: Old hebbits die hart

By: Ethel

Ethel — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:31:30 +0000

Amanda – sometimes living in a dream world is not a bad thing – it helps one survive – otherwise there will be more than the 30,000 in Malta and all over the world suffering from depression ! Still, sometimes dreams do come true – who would have dreamed that America would have the president they have today which is a good thing because it shows that Americans are changing. Things are happening in the world today that we never dreamed of (and I am not talking only about wars !!) and I still think that things will do change in the coming years – hopefully for the better but not in my lifetime or yours. – I still have hopes for mankind whilst being fully aware of what is going on around me.
Gianni – when there are two sides who are utterly obstinate one can only try and really try, to get them together using diplomatic means. Agree that if I were attacked I would defend myself but surely an eye for an eye is not the solution. Please believe me when I say that I try not to take sides but my nature has always been that of siding with the underdog in whatever situation in life because I think the strong do not really need support. Of course I do see what is really bad and what is good but still think that war is not the solution whoever tries to convince me to the contrary.

By: Ganni

Ganni — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:45:39 +0000

Ethel, peace negotiations are always a good thing. But how can Israel hold talks with Hamas if 1) Hamas refuses and 2) Hamas has sworn to destroy Israel? Israel has been able to make peace with Egypt and Israel had to pay a price, i.e. giving back the Sinai. However Israel was ready to pay that price in order to have somewhat good relations with its neighbour. If you were the PM of Israel, what would you do in face of constant rocket attacks from Gaza? Would you just sit back?

And by the way, people of different religions do live together in Israel ;)

By: Amanda Mallia

Amanda Mallia — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:56:03 +0000

Ethel – “I may be a dreamer but I still do believe that peoples of different religions can, with great goodwill, come together.”

It may be in a different context maybe, but a look through the racist comments on http://www.timesofmalta.com whenever there is an article concerning immigrants will show you that you are living in a dream world.

By: Michael A. Vella

Michael A. Vella — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:15:03 +0000

Ethel: “I am simply saying that when things come to a head and it is war, yes, both sides are always to blame. There is absolutely no justification for wars.”

Ethel, get real: Neville Chamberlain came back from Germany proudly displaying an agreement negotiated with Adolf Hitler that purportedly assured ‘peace for all time’. A short while later Hitler started WWII. A peace pact was also signed between Hitler and Stalin, but that did not stop the Nazis from invading the Soviet Union. The Japanese attacked the USA base in Pearl Harbour while deluding the US government of their true intentions. North Korea invaded South Korea without warning. The Syrians, Jordanians, Egyptians attacked Israel several times and always without valid reason or provocation. Need one go on?

It is never both parties that are to blame for war; one side is the aggressor, the other is the legitimate defender. In the Israeli/Palestinian scenario, it is Hamas and Hizbollah who are the aggressors; the Israelis are simply and legitimately acting in defence of their homeland and of their people.

Hamas and Hizbollah are claiming something that is not theirs and so are totally to blame for all the consequences of their aggression, including the sufferings and death of the people in Gaza.

By: Ethel

Ethel — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:29:22 +0000

Never in my life have I turned the other cheek even in difficult situations, and never expected others to do so although there is no doubt that they did ! Anyway, what is wrong with trying to use peaceful negotiation but it seems that the production of armaments and weapons of destruction is too much of a good ongoing business, and maybe it is not in some countries’ interest that there are no wars. I may be a dreamer but I still do believe that peoples of different religions can, with great goodwill, come together.

By: Ethel

Ethel — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:28:50 +0000

@Michael and Gianni
I give up trying to reason with you and not for lack of arguments. You are both so completely biased that it is useless wasting energy. Stick to your opinions if you must. I am simply saying that when things come to a head and it is war, yes, both sides are always to blame. There is absolutely no justification for wars.

[Daphne – What would you have done had you been Winston Churchill in the late 1930s – let the Nazis invade? Allow them to march all over Europe and take control? Use peaceful negotiation to dissuade Adolf Hitler from his mission to eradicate Jews, gypsies and the mentally and physically handicapped from the face of the continent? Turned the other cheek?]

By: kev

kev — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:02:12 +0000

No, Ganni, ma fhimtnix sew.

By: Ganni

Ganni — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:45:56 +0000

I won’t answer again on the Khazar racialist theory – already did in another thread. AST is a zionist? Oh, didn’t know that :O (jekk fhimtek sew insomma). Anyway, I don’t have to cover up for anyone. They can do that themselves. And no, I’m not some other Ganni you might know.

By: Kev

Kev — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:12:50 +0000

Ganni, are you by any chance the same Ganni, the Sant apologist, who was famously anti-EU before the referendum but turned Europhile the moment Sant expediently dropped his dissenting mantra? If not, accept my apologies. But if you are, I see you’re still an apologist, this time trying to explain what you see as an anomaly in AST… other than being a great supporter of the Khazars living on Palestinian land. Pity Joe Mifsud has been ousted from his IntSec job – you’d have had a tough time apologising on his behalf.

By: Ganni

Ganni — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:43:08 +0000

Dear Ethel, the Jews of Palestine were given just 20% the mandate of Palestine. Now, does that mean that the Arabs of Palestine had no land where to live? It’s also interesting to note that while Israel integrated its Muslim population, the Arab part of Palestine (i.e. Jordan) forced all Jewish residents to leave, bulldozed Jewish-owned homes and used tombstones from Jewish graveyards as road construction material (zrar). To this day it is illegal for a person to be both a Jordanian and a Jew. Now…who tried to annihilate who?