Comments on: What's Carter Doing in the Middle East? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:19:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Duende http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/comment-page-1/#comment-1440529 Daniel Duende Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:16:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/#comment-1440529 Michael... Do you really believe that every Muslim and Arab in the world is behind 911? Can you spell "p-r-e-j-u-d-i-c-e? Are you even certain that YOUR government is not behind 911? Why blaming people you don't even know (worse yet, people you think you know because some people told you things about them), while believing so blindly in people you SHOULD know better, just because the later LOOK like you and the former look DIFFERENT? Thinking every Arab is a terrorist is the same as thinking every North-American is stupid, or a mass-murderer. To this, we give the name "prejudice". In my "backward" country, prejudice is a crime and can take you to the jail. Best, D.D. Michael… Do you really believe that every Muslim and Arab in the world is behind 911? Can you spell “p-r-e-j-u-d-i-c-e?

Are you even certain that YOUR government is not behind 911? Why blaming people you don’t even know (worse yet, people you think you know because some people told you things about them), while believing so blindly in people you SHOULD know better, just because the later LOOK like you and the former look DIFFERENT?

Thinking every Arab is a terrorist is the same as thinking every North-American is stupid, or a mass-murderer. To this, we give the name “prejudice”.

In my “backward” country, prejudice is a crime and can take you to the jail.

Best,
D.D.

]]> By: Jason Paz http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/comment-page-1/#comment-1440184 Jason Paz Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:18:31 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/#comment-1440184 The words "no compromise" offer a summary. The possibilities are: 1. Israelis under heavy attack fall back to the sea and drown. 2. The Israelis drown and 200 millions Muslims are radioactive cloud cover. 3. 200 millions Muslims perish in a matter of a few hours. The dead will have the comfort of knowing they never compromised. The words “no compromise” offer a summary. The possibilities are:
1. Israelis under heavy attack fall back to the sea and drown.
2. The Israelis drown and 200 millions Muslims are radioactive cloud cover.
3. 200 millions Muslims perish in a matter of a few hours.
The dead will have the comfort of knowing they never compromised.

]]> By: Michael http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/comment-page-1/#comment-1439418 Michael Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:26:31 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/#comment-1439418 I think that former president Carter is an old man that is bored and looking for attention. He doesn't realize that the people he is talking to are probably the same people that were involved in the 911 terrorist attacks. Maybe next he will try to talk peace with Osama Bin Laden. I think that former president Carter is an old man that is bored and looking for attention. He doesn’t realize that the people he is talking to are probably the same people that were involved in the 911 terrorist attacks. Maybe next he will try to talk peace with Osama Bin Laden.

]]> By: BiBiJon http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/comment-page-1/#comment-1438823 BiBiJon Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:32:36 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/22/whats-carter-doing-in-the-middle-east/#comment-1438823 Iran is frequently portrayed as a backward and fanatically fundamentalist tyrannical outpost. As a result of constant repetition, most of us believe that we have a fairly accurate image of Iran. But, do we really? As the premier conservative British daily, The Telegraph, puts it: There are countries in the world that we know only through the prejudice of others; countries that we are encouraged to avoid. ... we think we know about Iran: hotbed of religious zealotry, hater of the West, sponsor of terrorism, and so on. This précis bears little relation to the reality. See http://www.bibijon.org/iranimage/ Iran is frequently portrayed as a backward and fanatically fundamentalist tyrannical outpost. As a result of constant repetition, most of us believe that we have a fairly accurate image of Iran. But, do we really?

As the premier conservative British daily, The Telegraph, puts it:

There are countries in the world that we know only through the prejudice of others; countries that we are encouraged to avoid. … we think we know about Iran: hotbed of religious zealotry, hater of the West, sponsor of terrorism, and so on. This précis bears little relation to the reality.

See http://www.bibijon.org/iranimage/

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