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by brontosaurus
September 15th, 2010, 2:05 pm
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bronto will have a fit....

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FermionYou need to show that HRW's reports are untrue. But you can't, so like the sites you cite, you smear them.The point I made to you, which you are avoiding, is that there is excessive focus on Israel, not that Israel does not commit human rights violations. I showe...
by brontosaurus
September 14th, 2010, 4:02 pm
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Topic: Chicks that like to get stoned
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Chicks that like to get stoned

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FermionQuoteOriginally posted by: HamiltonWomen's rights violations happen all over the world. Whether it is stoning, honor killings, domestic violence, or many other atrocities toward women, we need your help. By registering your name and email address, you can be a pa...
by brontosaurus
September 14th, 2010, 4:00 pm
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Topic: Chicks that like to get stoned
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Chicks that like to get stoned

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FermionThe fact that many people still living in medieval conditions use medieval methods of punishment for supposed crimes that modern folk do not consider crimes is no surprise to anyone with an ounce of intelligence. Intelligence and decency are not the same thing. D...
by brontosaurus
September 14th, 2010, 3:49 pm
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bronto will have a fit....

<t>QuoteA piece of pseudo-science. Selective methods on selective data by an organization with an agenda. The abstract alone betrays their intentions clearly.The difference between NGO Monitor and HRW is that NGO Monitor have a clear and stated agenda, and are open about their claim to be defending ...
by brontosaurus
September 14th, 2010, 12:17 pm
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Topic: bronto will have a fit....
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bronto will have a fit....

<t>I don't know about your neutral opinion on the Saudi issue Fermion, if the latest research on smoking and health was found out to have been sponsored by Philip Morris, and also turned out to favor their needs, a reasonable person would think twice. Even if the organization doing the research had ...
by brontosaurus
September 13th, 2010, 5:54 pm
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bronto will have a fit....

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FermionQuoteOriginally posted by: brontosaurusFermion, I guess demial is another option for you. But its Rosh Hashana for Jews, so I should try and give you the benefit of the doubt. So let's get this clear: Was Human Rights Watch in the wrong or not from taking money f...
by brontosaurus
September 12th, 2010, 5:24 pm
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Topic: I wish I'd said that
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I wish I'd said that

excellent
by brontosaurus
September 12th, 2010, 9:47 am
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Topic: bronto will have a fit....
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bronto will have a fit....

<t>Fermion, I guess demial is another option for you. But its Rosh Hashana for Jews, so I should try and give you the benefit of the doubt. So let's get this clear: Was Human Rights Watch in the wrong or not from taking money from the Saudis? Also, do you think that its OK for Human Rights Watch to ...
by brontosaurus
September 11th, 2010, 6:06 pm
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Topic: bronto will have a fit....
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bronto will have a fit....

<t>QuoteQuoteOriginally posted by: FermionWhy on earth would I have a fit about George Soros giving money to Human Rights Watch? Because you have claimed HRW is discredited by the nature of their donors. (At least you do when it suits you to make that spurious argument.) Can we now assume you are re...
by brontosaurus
September 8th, 2010, 7:28 am
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bronto will have a fit....

thanks for the interesting link Hamilton.
by brontosaurus
September 8th, 2010, 7:25 am
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Topic: bronto will have a fit....
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bronto will have a fit....

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Fermion...when he reads this.And when he's recovered, he'll lecture us about Soros's pro-Islamic child-suicide-bombing Jew-hating agenda.Why on earth would I have a fit about George Soros giving money to Human Rights Watch? Is he guilty of human rights abuses like the S...
by brontosaurus
September 6th, 2010, 10:24 pm
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Topic: Israel and its Critics
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Israel and its Critics

<t>Dear Marsden, it turns out that the rape by deception story, which you used to justify your bigoted stereotyping of Israeli-Jews as ethnocentric racists, is false.All the best,ShylockQuoteIt is only now, some two months after Israel's image has been blackened, after its courts have been compared ...
by brontosaurus
September 5th, 2010, 1:45 am
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Topic: million man march
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million man march

<t>Amin, if you want to see where Jews got treated well you can look at where they still are - Morocco is about the only country I can think of. Turkey doesn't count, because if has been a secular Muslim country. And if it keeps going the way it is now, the Jews will leave. Iran also has a large Jew...
by brontosaurus
September 3rd, 2010, 2:07 am
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Topic: million man march
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million man march

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: gardener3QuoteOriginally posted by: brontosaurusQuoteI used to find it funny that when Taliban destroyed those thousand year old budha statues, people who were in uproar were the same people who wanted to place ten commandments everywhere in schools and public places. I...
by brontosaurus
September 3rd, 2010, 1:57 am
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Topic: million man march
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million man march

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: AminIt may be a bit off topic but Muslims were mostly very tolerant towards towards minorities especially jews. Muslim Jewish conflict is something that took place only in recent history. In fact Ottoman sultans always encouraged jews to settle in Ottoman lands. While j...