Posted by llrrrpp on July 2, 2006, at 22:23:14
Hi everyone,
just wanted to inform you that we are no longer civil when we write about the actions of a country.http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20060610/msgs/663455.html
Dr. Bob, while Teejay's post was generally critical of Israel, the phrase that you highlight as incivil may be an empirically demonstrable fact.
For instance, if I say that:
The USA has lost over 2000 US soldiers in the war in Iraq.
Is that an offense to the supporters of the USA? I don't think so. I think it is simply a report of a fact.
I wish you had allowed Teejay to rephrase or provide a source for his information. Information is usually not uncivil, right?
Thanks for your attention, and perhaps for writing a bit more about your reasoning for this block.
-ll
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