Yes that must be it.. dafty.

 

[QUOTE=Einstein RA;10882680]As long as you're happy. Over and out.

 

[QUOTE=Mouser;10882690]Walle kum sallam. I never have and never will adopt the ostrich mentality, I don't particularly relish getting slipped a length up the old Hershey Highway.
Since you're so vehement in your quest to have your earlier point addressed I'll do my best to do so.
You raised the point of Britain, Australia and the US as paralells to the situation in Israel. You stated that the aforementioned nations were all guilty of land grabbing and forced occupation, by this token you admit Israel is taking land forcefully, yes? The difference is these nations have all reached some sort of appeasement with the native populus. In Britains case it happened so long ago it is not even relevant anymore. The US and Australia have both admitted the indiscretions and appalling treatment they meted to the Native Americans and Aborigines respectively. They have both gone some way to right some of those wrongs.

 

[QUOTE=Gus M;10882699]Happiness?

Happiness is:
1. Falling in love.
2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.
3. A hot shower.
4. No lines at the supermarket.
5. A special glance.
6. Getting mail.
7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.
8. Hearing your favourite song on the radio.
9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.
11. Chocolate milkshake ... (or vanilla ... or strawberry!)
12. A bubble bath.
13. Giggling.
14. A good conversation.
15. The beach
16. Finding a 20-pound note in your coat from last winter.
17. Laughing at yourself.
18. Eye contact with a hot member of the opposite sex.
19. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
20. Running through sprinklers.
21. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
22. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful/good looking.
23. Laughing at an inside joke.
24. Friends.
25. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
26. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
27. Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).
28. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
29. Playing with a new puppy.
30. Having someone play with your hair.
31. Sweet dreams.
32. Hot chocolate.
33. Road trips with friends.
34. Swinging on swings.
35. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
36. Making chocolate chip cookies (and eating them...!).
37. Having your friends send you homemade cookies.
38. Holding hands with someone you care about.
39. Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.
40. Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much-desired present from you.
41. Watching the sunrise.
42. Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day.
43. Knowing that somebody misses you.
44. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.
45. Knowing you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.

 

[QUOTE=Einstein RA;10882712]Err, I think Gus M is the dude you mean when you use the word vehement. Personally , I don't think the situation will be resolved anytime soon. BTW you spelt parallels wrongly.

 

My teeth are ok thanks.

 

Apart from that........

FAO Gus, Mouser and EinsteinRA,

You are not quoting one another properly in your own posts. What ERA says seems to be stated by Gus, what Gus says seems to be stated by Mouser, and what Mouser says seems to be stated by, well, any of you. You can't go around quoting someone else's post as yours and then try arguing with it/answering it, unless 3 of you are the same person putting up the show by having conversations with your various fragmented selves. Get it right, it's not difficult. It is confusing us readers.

 

I feel duly chastised Swati.

 

If Israel really wanted peace, they could end this, you know how?

By empowering the Palestinian people...They do that and Hamas and it's ilk are finished but they don't do that do they?

No instead the degenerate a nation of people and have been doing so for a very very long time. So what hope do the Palestinian people have if all they see is death and destruction daily while the Israeli's live a pretty good standard of life?

Believe it or not, Israel is the new **** regime (until it changes its ways).

 

Great talk by an intelligent person, we need more honest people like this to end the regimes on both sides.

 

Tell me how this works, finalzero.

This makes you sound at best ignorant and at worst malicious and demagogic. Happy Ashura.

 

Yes in hindsight not the best use of that word so I apologise, the word I was looking for was:

Apartheid

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_apartheid

 

And there is nothing 'Happy' about Ashura

 

Elucidate please, and you've not explained how Israel are to "empower" Palestinians. I must say I'm looking forward to a Muslim's take on apartheid.

 

Don't beat yourself up!

 

They stop persecuting the Palestinian people, they stop oppressing them and destroying any hope they have.

Blowing up Schools, Football pitches and destroying ground that could be used to harvest food is one way of pissing people off completely.

Another way is to choke the very blood out of the social and economic system that Palestine (barely) clings onto...using excuses like "we can't allow medical aid through because it will be used by terrorists" is a lame duck excuse Israel has been using for a long time.

Then they ask questions like why do the Palestinians support Hamas? They don't but they have no other choice, the lesser of two evils I suppose.

Even someone who has no idea of the conflict that is going on there can see that Israel (the regime) is like a rabid dog waiting to attack anyone that it perceives as a threat to its existence.

If they had any sense they would realise by empowering the people on the ground they could win this war as those very people would realise that Hamas is a detriment to peace in the long run (as is any fundamentalist group).

But lets not be ignorant or naive here, Israel has been stoking the fire and has no intention of putting it out so they in turn fuel the hatred that breeds the next group of terrorists (or freedom fighters depending on your perspective). The people fighting now don't even know (or care) what they are fighting for, they just know that the world they live in is full of death and misery.

The current Israeli regime has admitted they don't want a two state deal (which in my opinion is a bad idea as well) but they will not have a one state deal that allows different cultures to exist when they have such a racist, xenophobic view of the world (Apartheid).

 

Haha only Shias do that, we just stay sad for a few days I think

 

Yes, sir!

 

You were good enough to define apartheid for me a couple of posts back; very helpful, thank you. Did you look up demagogic?

I thought the Sunni celebrated (by starving themselves for the day) and the Shia indulged in ferocious self-flagellation, uncontrollable wailing and battle reenactments. You boys certainly know how to have a good time!

 

We sure do!

I will expand on my comments another time my friend, I am on and off the net these days due to a few personal challenges I have to now deal with, speak to you soon

 

Beats getting drunk, going home via assaulting randomn strangers, arguing with the kebab shop guy, then ordering the wrong thing, then blaming the kebab shop guy for it all, then telling him to **** off back to his own country, then getting in a cab, being sick in said cab, calling the driver a paki, then going home in a drunken state waking up all your neighbour with your crap football songs, pee'ing in the kettle, shaging the dog and battering the mrs by miles

 

[QUOTE=Einstein RA;10882716]Number 9 is NOT happiness and 21 is a sign of madness

 

No.9 is very therapeutic though and as for 21, we're all mad in some way anyway.

 

****! That sounds terrible Shaid, if I were you I’d cut down on the drinking and you may benefit from seeing a councillor about the drink problem.

 

http://www.france24.com/en/20121201-...palestine-vote


Cos this will help.

 

 

What an interesting thread.

Battle lines drawn, all the usual suspects firmly sat on either side of the fence.

Oh the irony.

We're all doomed.

 

Any splinters in your **** Richard?

 

No splinters here mate, i know which side of the fence i'm on.

Besides i'm part wog, so they'd shoot first and then say i was throwing stones at their armoured personal carrier, so i deserved to get shot.