Free Palestine from the stupidity of Hamas, and the idea that Israel does not have the right to exist. Free Palestinians from a political aristocracy that's only interested in perpetuating itself and not to the economic progresso the Palestinian people.
This means of framing one's argument around this notion of "Israel's right to exist" is a frustrating one for this academic.
You see, my philosophy derives from an understanding predicated on the supremacy of negative rights, viz. positive rights. Negative rights are rights that cannot come at the expense of the others. Positive rights are rights that can only be exercised by the oppression of another individual or group of individuals. The idea of Israel's "right to exist" bypasses this conception of framing rights-based arguments at the expense of coherence and consistency. The way I see it, Israelis - individuals, in other words - have a right to exist. Israel - a construct whose existence comes at the expense of the rights of Israelis, Palestinians, and, of course, American taxpayers - has no such rights, as such rights are positive rights. Of course, the same much holds true for a Palestine.
In the course of perpetuating itself, "Israel" - meaning the Israeli state - trods roughshod over the rights of Israelis, Palestinians, and Americans alike.
Yes Free Palestine! End 60 years of occupation! Hamas missles cant be stopped. Its the only defense they got! Its bad, but ther aint no other solution. Lets pray for peace for all the ppl affected no matter what religion, and lets hope the occupation of terror will end!
ey beyesn, the hell man? if you dont want politics then just ignore this and dont comment (4 TIMES!!!), why u even bother?
For our anonymous academic, while saying a pox on both their houses is always a useful retreat, what is your solution? Everyone seems to forget how this all started, the British Palestine Mandate, the genocide of Jews in Germany, the idea of an Israel for the Jews, not at the expense of the Palestinians, and then on the declaration of independence for Israel, the attack by the Arab armies and their defeat, the abandonment of Israel by a number of Palestinians and their refuge in camps in the surrounding areas, but never any attempt by those countries to resettle them into permanent housing, the repeated attempts by the Arab countries to eliminate Israel, the repeated attacks by non-Arab Muslims against Jews in Israel and outside. I have much sympathy for the Palestinian people, but doesn't it seem ludicrous that they continue to hang onto the idea that the Jews in Israel have no right to exist in the Middle East? It's all well and good to hide behind academic constructs, but at some point you have to be practical, what do we do? We should stop humoring Palestinians and Muslims with the idea that the State of Israel will somehow be permitted to be wiped off the face of the earth and say, if you want to resolve your economic problems, then you need to accept the reality of Israel and make peace with that, as the Egyptians and Jordanians have, then we can work on rebuilding the West Bank and Gaza, and create a viable economic state.
Thank you for being brave and reminding all of the autistic Americans that Homeland Security has been fighting terrorism since 1492!!! The only thing Columbus discovered is the North American Indian... Please, everyone, go turn off your televisions. Thanx again!
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Is this music blog really the place for this kind of political content? (If so, Hamas needs to stop their missles flying into Israel.)
Well...Israel to return the occupied territories.
humfffffff
You're right !
Agneta Nilson.
Yes,
Free Palestine from the stupidity of Hamas, and the idea that Israel does not have the right to exist. Free Palestinians from a political aristocracy that's only interested in perpetuating itself and not to the economic progresso the Palestinian people.
Not that, Loren, I can really agree with!
Too bad you feel the need to bring yr blog down by posting sad, ill-informed political rants.
Go ask LP at Licorice Pizza how that worked out for him...
You are spoiling what was a great blog. Get back to music.
This means of framing one's argument around this notion of "Israel's right to exist" is a frustrating one for this academic.
You see, my philosophy derives from an understanding predicated on the supremacy of negative rights, viz. positive rights. Negative rights are rights that cannot come at the expense of the others. Positive rights are rights that can only be exercised by the oppression of another individual or group of individuals. The idea of Israel's "right to exist" bypasses this conception of framing rights-based arguments at the expense of coherence and consistency. The way I see it, Israelis - individuals, in other words - have a right to exist. Israel - a construct whose existence comes at the expense of the rights of Israelis, Palestinians, and, of course, American taxpayers - has no such rights, as such rights are positive rights. Of course, the same much holds true for a Palestine.
In the course of perpetuating itself, "Israel" - meaning the Israeli state - trods roughshod over the rights of Israelis, Palestinians, and Americans alike.
WTF? Music please!
Yes Free Palestine! End 60 years of occupation! Hamas missles cant be stopped. Its the only defense they got! Its bad, but ther aint no other solution.
Lets pray for peace for all the ppl affected no matter what religion, and lets hope the occupation of terror will end!
ey beyesn, the hell man? if you dont want politics then just ignore this and dont comment (4 TIMES!!!), why u even bother?
For our anonymous academic, while saying a pox on both their houses is always a useful retreat, what is your solution? Everyone seems to forget how this all started, the British Palestine Mandate, the genocide of Jews in Germany, the idea of an Israel for the Jews, not at the expense of the Palestinians, and then on the declaration of independence for Israel, the attack by the Arab armies and their defeat, the abandonment of Israel by a number of Palestinians and their refuge in camps in the surrounding areas, but never any attempt by those countries to resettle them into permanent housing, the repeated attempts by the Arab countries to eliminate Israel, the repeated attacks by non-Arab Muslims against Jews in Israel and outside. I have much sympathy for the Palestinian people, but doesn't it seem ludicrous that they continue to hang onto the idea that the Jews in Israel have no right to exist in the Middle East? It's all well and good to hide behind academic constructs, but at some point you have to be practical, what do we do? We should stop humoring Palestinians and Muslims with the idea that the State of Israel will somehow be permitted to be wiped off the face of the earth and say, if you want to resolve your economic problems, then you need to accept the reality of Israel and make peace with that, as the Egyptians and Jordanians have, then we can work on rebuilding the West Bank and Gaza, and create a viable economic state.
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This is crap. I have removed this blog from my bookmarks
can all we just be friends?
Thank you for being brave and reminding all of the autistic Americans that Homeland Security has been fighting terrorism since 1492!!! The only thing Columbus discovered is the North American Indian... Please, everyone, go turn off your televisions. Thanx again!
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