Comments on: Chavez supports Syria against US http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746 Current affairs for a progressive generation Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Tasneem http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34993 Tasneem Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:15:14 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34993 Thanks man ;-) Thanks man ;-)

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34988 Leon Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:39:36 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34988 Cheers for that, read your other piece about him with interest too. Cheers for that, read your other piece about him with interest too.

]]> By: Tasneem http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34987 Tasneem Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:38:10 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34987 Here goes an interesting one on a bolivarian experiment changing the economic landscape in Venezuela: <a>http://www.iwrnews.org/tasneem/archives/venezuela-co-op-revolution</a> Here goes an interesting one on a bolivarian experiment changing the economic landscape in Venezuela:

http://www.iwrnews.org/tasneem/archives/venezuela-co-op-revolution

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34627 Leon Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:28:07 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34627 Oh right. Reject is too strong a word now I guess (although in my teenage years I was very hardline against religion). It simply doesn't resonate with me. Oh right. Reject is too strong a word now I guess (although in my teenage years I was very hardline against religion). It simply doesn’t resonate with me.

]]> By: Chairwoman http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34626 Chairwoman Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:26:26 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34626 My late husband. My late husband.

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34623 Leon Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:22:16 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34623 The who? The who?

]]> By: Chairwoman http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34620 Chairwoman Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:19:47 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34620 Leon - You sound just like the Chairman now. He too had rejected the Holy Roman Church and all her works. Leon – You sound just like the Chairman now. He too had rejected the Holy Roman Church and all her works.

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34586 Leon Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:18:23 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34586 Yeah, I was a real Catholic boy too, church every sunday, prayed every night, alter server from aged 8 (by 10 I was trained enough to run a whole mass if the priest didn't make it in), was seriously considering the priesthood etc. I can see the nods of "ahhh that explains it" now!;) And yeah I know about guilt (Bill Hicks said it best about the twin fangs of Guilt and Sin)... Yeah, I was a real Catholic boy too, church every sunday, prayed every night, alter server from aged 8 (by 10 I was trained enough to run a whole mass if the priest didn’t make it in), was seriously considering the priesthood etc. I can see the nods of “ahhh that explains it” now!;)

And yeah I know about guilt (Bill Hicks said it best about the twin fangs of Guilt and Sin)…

]]> By: Katy http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34583 Katy Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:06:25 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34583 I never pegged you for a (lapsed) Catholic boy! *offers large helping of Jewish guilt* You'll never know the difference. Honestly. I never pegged you for a (lapsed) Catholic boy!

*offers large helping of Jewish guilt*

You’ll never know the difference. Honestly.

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34581 Leon Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:03:13 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34581 LOL! I gave up grace along with catholicism a long long time ago... LOL! I gave up grace along with catholicism a long long time ago…

]]> By: Katy Newton http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34579 Katy Newton Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:52:08 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34579 I do love a graceful retraction, Leon. I do love a graceful retraction, Leon.

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34569 Leon Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:41:59 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34569 You two twins or something!? Chairwoman, point taken and I stand corrected, happy now are the both of you? You two twins or something!?

Chairwoman, point taken and I stand corrected, happy now are the both of you?

]]> By: Katy Newton http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34565 Katy Newton Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:29:35 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34565 Leon, it wasn't the Chairwoman who raised Judaism or antisemitism on this thread in the first place. The person who next raised Israel after Sunny's comment was Rowshan, not the Chairwoman, who then said that she was going to leave the question of Israel alone, and has, apart from agreeing with Tahir's point about Islam having more concerns than just coping with Israel. Leon, it wasn’t the Chairwoman who raised Judaism or antisemitism on this thread in the first place. The person who next raised Israel after Sunny’s comment was Rowshan, not the Chairwoman, who then said that she was going to leave the question of Israel alone, and has, apart from agreeing with Tahir’s point about Islam having more concerns than just coping with Israel.

]]> By: Chairwoman http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34525 Chairwoman Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:12:22 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34525 Check out my 89 where I said I was going to leave it alone, and I did. My dialogue with Tahir was NOT about the legality or otherwise of Israel, but a comment on others' opinions, also on the bizarre namings of geographical regions. Check out my 89 where I said I was going to leave it alone, and I did. My dialogue with Tahir was NOT about the legality or otherwise of Israel, but a comment on others’ opinions, also on the bizarre namings of geographical regions.

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34518 Leon Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:35:43 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34518 You mean your exchange AFTER Sunnys comment about the possible direction this was going (and my agreement with his statement)? You mean your exchange AFTER Sunnys comment about the possible direction this was going (and my agreement with his statement)?

]]> By: Chairwoman http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34516 Chairwoman Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:25:48 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34516 Leon - actually, no. I suggest you read what Tahir said, and my reply to him. Leon – actually, no. I suggest you read what Tahir said, and my reply to him.

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34506 Leon Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:04:00 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34506 <i>Oh for God’s sake. Are we still going over that ‘Israel is illegal’ rubbish?</i> Apparently so... Oh for God’s sake. Are we still going over that ‘Israel is illegal’ rubbish?

Apparently so…

]]> By: Chairwoman http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34500 Chairwoman Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:45:30 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34500 Tahir - You wouldn't think so to read comments on this site and others though, would you. The same, of course, applies to Jews, but it seems that others outside of our communities see us as one trick ponies, and we oblige them by continuing to perform that trick. East and West are of course points of refernce. I could have described them differently, but it would have taken a very long time, and would have been even more boring. Incidentally, I have been irritated by the phrase 'Middle East' for a very long time, as it doesn't actually mean anything (equalled only by the Americans 'Mid West'). Tahir – You wouldn’t think so to read comments on this site and others though, would you. The same, of course, applies to Jews, but it seems that others outside of our communities see us as one trick ponies, and we oblige them by continuing to perform that trick.

East and West are of course points of refernce. I could have described them differently, but it would have taken a very long time, and would have been even more boring. Incidentally, I have been irritated by the phrase ‘Middle East’ for a very long time, as it doesn’t actually mean anything (equalled only by the Americans ‘Mid West’).

]]> By: Tahir http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34491 Tahir Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:36:12 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34491 Chairwoman Oddly enough there is more to the Islamic world than just coping with Israel. David other T While some are just lazy with language it seems our chairwoman has beaten us all with essentialist language - East, West??? hmmm... There is no East or West or Clashes of Civilisations...Just figments of our geographical imagination. There is no Middle East, either come to think of it, but perhaps someone more learned has pointed that out for us . Chairwoman

Oddly enough there is more to the Islamic world than just coping with Israel.

David other T

While some are just lazy with language it seems our chairwoman has beaten us all with essentialist language – East, West??? hmmm… There is no East or West or Clashes of Civilisations…Just figments of our geographical imagination. There is no Middle East, either come to think of it, but perhaps someone more learned has pointed that out for us .

]]> By: Chairwoman http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34451 Chairwoman Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:07:49 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/746#comment-34451 Amir - speechless but grinning! Amir – speechless but grinning!

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