Posted by Dr. Bob on July 4, 2006, at 5:34:42
In reply to Confused about Teejay's block, posted by llrrrpp on July 2, 2006, at 22:23:14
> Dr. Bob, while Teejay's post was generally critical of Israel, the phrase that you highlight as incivil may be an empirically demonstrable fact.
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> For instance, if I say that:
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> The USA has lost over 2000 US soldiers in the war in Iraq.
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> Is that an offense to the supporters of the USA? I don't think so.I'm sorry he's blocked, but the idea here is to be supportive, not critical. It also tends to be more constructive if things are put things in terms of what other countries might do better rather than what they have done "wrong". And I think it's more civil to say "the USA has lost over 2000 US soldiers" than "Iraq has killed over 2000 US soldiers".
Bob
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