Comments on: The brave, brave Palestinians: Shooting soldiers in the back http://www.yourish.com/2008/01/03/4207 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tatterdemalian http://www.yourish.com/2008/01/03/4207/comment-page-1#comment-30411 Tatterdemalian Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:42:34 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/01/03/4207#comment-30411 To Americans, honor is a spiritual value that comes from within. To Muslims, it is an objective commodity that exists in a limited supply, to be bartered, hoarded, and on occasion stolen. It's kind of like how most people view cash, only without even the physical tokens that at least have mass and take up space. To Americans, honor is a spiritual value that comes from within. To Muslims, it is an objective commodity that exists in a limited supply, to be bartered, hoarded, and on occasion stolen. It’s kind of like how most people view cash, only without even the physical tokens that at least have mass and take up space.

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2008/01/03/4207/comment-page-1#comment-30409 Alex Bensky Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:14:12 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/01/03/4207#comment-30409 One of the things I've been hearing over the years is the important place honor has in Arab world views. It was vital, supposedly, for Egypt to do well against Israel in 1973 because without recovering their sense of honor they couldn't make peace. I have also seen claims that Israeli concessions and withdrawals are important so the Arabs will feel that their honor has been acquitted. Most readers of this weblog are familiar with any number of similar assertions. OK. let's suppose it's true. If so, wouldn't they feel more honorable at facing Israeli soldiers or at least armed civilian--man to man? You'd think so, wouldn't you? Instead they murder infants in their beds and shoot helpless hikers in the back. Some sense of honor. One of the things I’ve been hearing over the years is the important place honor has in Arab world views. It was vital, supposedly, for Egypt to do well against Israel in 1973 because without recovering their sense of honor they couldn’t make peace. I have also seen claims that Israeli concessions and withdrawals are important so the Arabs will feel that their honor has been acquitted. Most readers of this weblog are familiar with any number of similar assertions.

OK. let’s suppose it’s true. If so, wouldn’t they feel more honorable at facing Israeli soldiers or at least armed civilian–man to man? You’d think so, wouldn’t you? Instead they murder infants in their beds and shoot helpless hikers in the back. Some sense of honor.

]]> By: Lil Mamzer http://www.yourish.com/2008/01/03/4207/comment-page-1#comment-30405 Lil Mamzer Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:56:52 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2008/01/03/4207#comment-30405 They are Amalek. I hope they all meet the same fate. They are Amalek. I hope they all meet the same fate.

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