Heidegger

On 29/05/2006, at 5:06 AM, Anthony Crifasi wrote:

> From: “Malcolm Riddoch”
>> You deny then that murdering 100+ people in a village then
>> publicly exaggerating the massacre as a massacre is a ‘massacre’?
>> How is that logical?
>
> When one side claims “murder” and the other side claims other
> reasons for civilian deaths during fighting, higher numbers always
> favor the side claiming “murder.” So when the casualities turn out
> not as high…

…. Yes, what then? You seem to be arguing by ellipsis now Anthony.

> To remove Arabs because they are blockading roads is not the same
> as removing Arabs just because they are Arabs. The characterization
> “ethnic cleansing” is deceptive.

According to Benny Morris’ research into the National Israeli
archives of the time the term ‘to cleanse’ was used frequently by
officers under Ben Gurion’s command, and the clear intention behind
the various massacres (and there were more than just Deir Yassin,
including the rape and murder of girls and women) and the propaganda
use of these crimes to terrorise the Palestinians was to ethnically
cleanse the lands of Israel. Basically it was the problem of
Lebensraum again, and from what I’ve read there were military forces
under Ben Gurion’s command that were every bit as ruthlessly
efficient as the Einsatzgruppen SS - http:// http://www.informationclearinghouse.info…

Apparently in war all bets are off and war crimes happen. War is
institutionalised mass murder after all and while the young grunts
might hang who’s going to judge the leaders that sent these kids to
die? How much is the control of oil worth it do you think?

Cheers,

Malcolm

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Dr Malcolm Riddoch
Electronic Arts
School of Communications and Contemporary Arts
Faculty of Communications and Creative Industries
Edith Cowan University, 2 Bradford St, Mount Lawley
Perth Western Australia
+61 08 9370 6034

Posted on Sunday, May 28th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
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