tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post115637319022762901..comments2024-01-18T11:30:45.737-05:00Comments on Les Politiques: A Canadian MP is forced to resign after he suggested opening a dialogue with HezbollahUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1160685581639062492006-10-12T16:39:00.000-04:002006-10-12T16:39:00.000-04:00This MP needs to be commended and Canada should be...This MP needs to be commended and Canada should be ashamed. Israel is the most brutal terrorist state in the world. They attack first and ask questions later. When they're in the wrong, they just spread their lies and propaganda around the world. <BR/><BR/>Israel also dropped over 1 million cluster bombs in Southern Lebanon - 90% of them at the end AFTER peace talks were underway. That is about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1157390238016708082006-09-04T13:17:00.000-04:002006-09-04T13:17:00.000-04:00Hi Colette,I am traveling right now without a regu...Hi Colette,<BR/><BR/>I am traveling right now without a regular internet connection but will update my blog in a near future. <BR/><BR/>regards<BR/><BR/>SophiaSophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1157338886463246772006-09-03T23:01:00.000-04:002006-09-03T23:01:00.000-04:00Sophia, I was very glad to find your blog.I have l...Sophia, I was very glad to find your blog.<BR/><BR/>I have little good to say about the Conservatives, since I've always been middle-of-the-road, although the Liberals somewhat lost me recently. But I don't believe the conservatives will, or even can, change any values. The Prime Minister already back-pedalled on some of his more outrageous election pronouncements. I think a lot has to do with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1157263816519863132006-09-03T02:10:00.000-04:002006-09-03T02:10:00.000-04:00Thanks Colette. It is great to have a Canadian co...Thanks Colette. It is great to have a Canadian commenting on this. As a person who has lived in many places after I left Lebanon during the civil war, I found Canada a heaven for free thinking, tolerant and open people and it is these values that attach me emotionally and intellectually to Canada and I will be very upset if the conservatives are going to change these values which I believe are Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1157259131558393722006-09-03T00:52:00.000-04:002006-09-03T00:52:00.000-04:00As a Canadian, I was aghast when I heard this on t...As a Canadian, I was aghast when I heard this on the news. I thought we were better than that, but obviously I was wrong.<BR/><BR/>Keep writing!<BR/><BR/>Colette (in Toronto)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156568875267574662006-08-26T01:07:00.000-04:002006-08-26T01:07:00.000-04:00Roxie,Surveys do not allow such nuanced responses....Roxie,<BR/><BR/>Surveys do not allow such nuanced responses. Generally, all you would be permitted would be a "yes" or a "no", which would then be reported as "70% of Lebanese agreed with statement #1" or something to that effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156450086439315202006-08-24T16:08:00.000-04:002006-08-24T16:08:00.000-04:00Anonymous said... Imagine these two questions:1) "...Anonymous said... <BR/>Imagine these two questions:<BR/><BR/>1) "Do you support a renegade militia starting a war without the approval of the government?"<BR/>---<BR/>RoxieAmerica answers: The renegade Militia you are talking about is I would assume Hezbollah. Hezbollah is an Islamic fundamentalist resistance group. If the Lebanonese Army did not rise up against the Hezbollah, then they have blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076471580399507200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156444602393891972006-08-24T14:36:00.000-04:002006-08-24T14:36:00.000-04:00SophiaThe survey questions that you have presented...Sophia<BR/><BR/>The survey questions that you have presented are the type I show in my data management class when we discuss bias.<BR/><BR/>Imagine these two questions:<BR/><BR/>1) "Do you support a renegade militia starting a war without the approval of the government?"<BR/><BR/>2) "Do you support the actions of the heroic freedom fighters who have regained honour for the Arab World?"<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156423801193295102006-08-24T08:50:00.000-04:002006-08-24T08:50:00.000-04:00Sophia said... Roxie,Bush is loosing capital for s...Sophia said... <BR/>Roxie,<BR/>Bush is loosing capital for sure but still some 49 % of Americans still believe that he is successful in the war on terror.<BR/>---<BR/>Sophia, I see those 49% of Americans as scarecrows from the Wizzard of Oz, going though life and singing to themselves, "If I only had brain."blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076471580399507200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156417998061480812006-08-24T07:13:00.000-04:002006-08-24T07:13:00.000-04:00Anonymous,recent survey copied from lettersapart.b...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>recent survey copied from lettersapart.blogspot.com and earlier published in al-akhbar (arabic)<BR/><BR/>Public Survey: Support for Hezbollah <BR/><BR/>The Beirut Center for Reasearch and Information has released a new public opinion survey consisting of five questions. <BR/><BR/>Q1: Do you believe the resistance has emerged victorious from this war?<BR/><BR/>> Yes: 72% -> Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156415542890649472006-08-24T06:32:00.000-04:002006-08-24T06:32:00.000-04:00Roxie,Bush is loosing capital for sure but still s...Roxie,<BR/>Bush is loosing capital for sure but still some 49 % of Americans still believe that he is successful in the war on terror. This is half of the population and if Bush were to ask for reelection tomorrow, he will win on this subject with a little help from his friends who will design the latest electronic ballot boxes and make them scarce in poor and heavily democratic preccincts.<BR/>Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156415369666272232006-08-24T06:29:00.001-04:002006-08-24T06:29:00.001-04:00Just a quick correction, Hezballah is not supporte...Just a quick correction, Hezballah is not supported by more then 50% of the Lebanese population.<BR/><BR/>It exerts the support of apprimately 30% of the population. If you are to take the whole Lebanese population, that is, including Lebanese expats, that number dwindles down to 20% tops.<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to clarify this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156415357866235962006-08-24T06:29:00.000-04:002006-08-24T06:29:00.000-04:00Mark,Thanks for the link, actually I did put the l...Mark,<BR/>Thanks for the link, actually I did put the link in one of my posts but I didn't realy post about it yet and will do when I will read carefully the report.<BR/>You are right, we have to go through next year and then we will see what will happen. <BR/>I agree with you, racism is the key word and has to do a lot with these attitudes. Ordinary racism is the start of the dehumanisation ofSophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156415273393508722006-08-24T06:27:00.000-04:002006-08-24T06:27:00.000-04:00I should have added:United States Suffers Defeat i...I should have added:<BR/>United States Suffers Defeat in War on Terror http://blue-is-beautiful.blogspot.com/2006/08/united-states-suffers-defeat-in-war-on.html<BR/>A quote: "President Bush miscalculated when he chose to attack terrorism in Iraq and that miscalculation has lost him a significant battle in the war on terror. President Bush is powerless to do anything to prevent Iran’s rise to blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076471580399507200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156414827453785262006-08-24T06:20:00.000-04:002006-08-24T06:20:00.000-04:00Bush said, "If they are not with us, they are agai...Bush said, "If they are not with us, they are against us." This courageous Canadian MP will be known as a visionary. <BR/><BR/>Bush has suffered a significant defeat in his self-declared war on terror. He has empowered an extreme Islamic Iran, and he has no political capital left to do anything about Iran building nuclear weapons. He has spent his political capital in Iraq and in support blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076471580399507200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19435968.post-1156398667677761812006-08-24T01:51:00.000-04:002006-08-24T01:51:00.000-04:00Hi Sophia,Depressing. You know what this reminds m...Hi Sophia,<BR/><BR/>Depressing. You know what this reminds me of? How for a long time anyone who <I>dared</I> speak the truth about apartheid era South Africa got howlrd down. Can we agree between ourselves that a lot of the problem is that quite simply when it comes to Arabs (let alone Muslims) that racism is still not only acceptable but damned near mandatory. <BR/><BR/>A report you might want markfromirelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986196139220642840noreply@blogger.com