Quote from: ab_grp on March 17, 2024, 10:06:48 AMI am interested to see what the next doctor (David Tennant) does with the role.
Quote from: kaysixteen on April 22, 2024, 06:16:54 PMAll this is true. Doesn't mean that Israel isn't a settler colonialist state, though.
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 22, 2024, 03:23:14 PMQuoteIf voters are upset at an election results, can they blockade a railway, port, or major highway until it gets overturned?
Sure. And, as you know from past discussion, I'm absolutely happy to extend the same courtesy to the other side, even when I think their cause is moronic. And that's because I firmly believe in the right to free speech (although, again, you'll recall that I'm not a Millian absolutist).
Quote from: spork on April 22, 2024, 11:07:37 AMI was being, as my immigrant Arab Muslim wife would put it, facetious.
There haven't been protests against wars in Ethiopia, Sudan, or Ukraine. Gaza is a cause célèbre.
Quote from: Wahoo Redux on April 22, 2024, 01:24:00 PMThe standard answer is that Israel is an important ally in an oil-rich and unstable part of the world. It makes the news. We have many people who have relocated here from Israel and Muslim countries. They also make the news with their extremism. Africa?
Quote from: marshwiggle on April 22, 2024, 11:24:04 AMSo if I'm upset that my boss didn't give me a raise, can I blockade the doors to her kids' daycare (with her kids inside) until she changes her mind?
QuoteIf voters are upset at an election results, can they blockade a railway, port, or major highway until it gets overturned?