To: Everyone
From: Rog
Rod, Gav, Rasheed and others are dismissing views that contradict their own
as products of brainwashing, biased media, Orwellian distortion, etc. At
first I thought they were just adopting one of David's little social-level,
rhetorical tricks of winning the argument by undermining their opponents'
credibility. But on further thought, how can I be sure that they aren't
right? I am no Middle East expert. Perhaps I am making a decision based upon
incorrect and biased facts. So, to test this, I thought I should lay out the
supposed facts that I am acting upon, giving them a chance to let me know
where they disagree.
To accomplish this, I wrote up a little test that shows what I believe to be
the case. I ask questions like in high school and then offer a believed
correct and an incorrect answer. In every case, the answer in **'s is the
one I BELIEVE is true. If I am wrong, please help me see where.
1. Which people cheered on the streets on 9/11?
a) Israelies
b) *Palestinians*
2. Who, in 2000, refused an offer to give the Palestinians 97% of the west
bank -- in a contiguous area -- shared control of Jerusalem, a capitol in
Jerusalem, and the right for Palestinians refugees everywhere to return to
the new homeland?
a) *Arafat*
b) Barak
3. True or false -- Palestine was a British mandate given to Jews and
Palestinian Arabs after WWI from the remnants of the Turkish Empire?
a) *true*
b) false
4. 80% of Palestinian land is in which country?
a) *Jordan*
b) Israel
5. Prior to Israeli occupation, the West Bank and Gaza Strip were controlled
by..
a) The free state of Palestine
b) *Jordan and Egypt*
6. Israel occupied these two areas because...
a) They attacked peaceful arab neighbors in a land grab
b) *They captured it in a battle while defending themselves from attempted
arab annihilation*
7. Which people have textbooks teaching their children that another religious
group is evil and must be killed?
a) Israelis
b) *Palestinians*
8. Whose government-run newspaper ran a headline praising Adolph Eichman with
"The Honor of Killing 6 Million" people?
a) America's
b) *Saudi Arabia's*
9. Which side of the struggle pays $25 to $50K to the families of suicide
bombers that kill mothers and children?
a) Jews
b) *Arabs*
10. A representative of which country boasted that the final solution to the
middle east problem was in getting nuclear weapons?
a) Israel
b) *Iran*
11. Whose covenants of 1968 specifically state that "the establishment of
Israel is fundamentally null and void" and that it "is a national duty....to
purge the Zionist presence."?
a) *Palestine's*
b) France's
12. Whose geography maps in school don't show Israel?
a) *Palestinians'*
b) Turkey's
13. Palestinians are denied employment, healthcare and government services
in...
a) Israeli occupied territories
b) *Lebanon*
14. Who ethnically cleansed (deported) hundreds of thousands of Palestinians
about a decade ago?
a) *Kuwait*
b) Israel
15. Who provides sanctuary and support for some of the most wanted terrorists
and suicide bombers and also celebrates murderous martyrdom?
a) Clinton
b) *Arafat*
Please correct my test above, and help me become aware of my indoctrination.
I can't progress until I learn.
Rog
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