1/19/2004: Swedish art provokes Israeli ambassador

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar

Let's talk about the snipers... We should start listening to them now?... That is JUST the kind of bullshit that got us into this position in the first place.

"We don't negotiate with terrorists." should be the only rule of thumb.

I don't know how to get out of the messes we're in. There are lots of things that suck in many parts of the world. But taking the "we should listen to these desperate people" is not going to make them go away, and it only encourages any group with an agenda to kill people.

Let's not talk about the snipers. They were not terrorists and as such are no more relevant to this thread than Jack the Ripper. BUt yes, if they had anything to say, we should take it a little bit more seriously than otherwise. If we find out that it makes no sense, we can ignore it, but before we should pay some attention. And please, don't give such ridiculous examples as blue Sun. What Palestinians are demanding is quite reasonable - they ask Israeli occupants to get the fuck out of there. We might disagree with Palestinians or we may hate their suicide bombers, but in the very least, we should admit that they have a point.

You may not negotiate with terrorists, that's not relevant here. What you must do is to LISTEN to them. And after you listen to them, you need to take ACTION to REMEDY the situation. And this IS going to make desperate people go away by turning them into NOT DESPERATE people.

I think it's pretty simply, really. Of course, if you want to continue ignoring my arguments and attack the strawman with your arguments about snipers and blue Sun, feel free to do it.