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  • #16
    Originally posted by Psychic Missile View Post
    Couldn't it just be that people react to the way a country acts if they find it displeasing?
    That, and the propensity for the media to massage the story with the ideological views of those who control the editors - which by and large becomes merged with fact in the readers' minds. Small things, like billing the rescue of a kidnap victim as an escape by the victim, never mentioning the rescue or the rescuer don't mean a lot by themselves, but there is a cumulative effect.

    I've seen plenty of backlash against the US's atrocities. The UN has condemned the US for its action in the Middle East. I have no idea where you got these ideas. I am not interested in talking about the situation with Israel. I am interested in the argument in the OP about the cause of backlash.
    Case in point - the Israel thing gets constant front page press. The USA thing maybe gets a paragraph on page 5 a couple of times.
    Last edited by tabibito; 07-19-2014, 10:17 AM.
    1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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    Scripture before Tradition:
    but that won't prevent others from
    taking it upon themselves to deprive you
    of the right to call yourself Christian.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by seanD View Post
      The international backlash, including and especially from the left, over years of war and death toll associated with US claims of fighting terrorism in no way reflects the backlash Israel is getting for similar but far lesser and probably more justified activities... was my point.
      Do you think the people who disagree with Israel would call their actions "far lesser and probably more justified"?

      Originally posted by tabibito View Post
      That, and the propensity for the media to massage the story with the ideological views of those who control the editors - which by and large becomes merged with fact in the readers' minds. Small things, like billing the rescue of a kidnap victim as an escape by the victim, never mentioning the rescue or the rescuer don't mean a lot by themselves, but there is a cumulative effect.
      Who do you think controls the editors and is making them follow their view? You think people who disagree with Israel's actions base their opinion on turns of phrase? I am under the impression that these people take issue with patterns of major actions.

      Case in point - the Israel thing gets constant front page press. The USA thing maybe gets a paragraph on page 5 a couple of times.
      I don't think so. I clearly remember during the early days of the war in Iraq and a retread after the lack Saddam's weapons of mass destruction when there was ongoing news about what the UN thinks.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Psychic Missile View Post
        Do you think the people who disagree with Israel would call their actions "far lesser and probably more justified"?
        The point is, where is the same anger and MSM attention given to the greater atrocities?

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        • #19
          Originally posted by seanD View Post
          The point is, where is the same anger and MSM attention given to the greater atrocities?
          Like?

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Psychic Missile View Post
            Like?
            Like "Gaza Strip" being the top MSM news story for days now. Like international groups comparing Israel to the nazis. Like international anti-Israel protest memes. Like violent demonstrations such as these for activities that have only been occurring for like a week...



            Like the kind of mass antiwar demonstrations we saw from liberals against US military interventions before Obama got into office and increased the drone program and implemented a US citizen "kill list." There is clear discrepancy of public outrage.
            Last edited by seanD; 07-19-2014, 04:20 PM.

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            • #21
              Who do you think controls the editors and is making them follow their view?
              Usually, it is controlled by the owners, and the owner's perception of what best lines his pockets.
              "Business owner decides he wants to get the highest possible return for the lowest possible outlay."
              "Employee decides he wants to get the highest possible return for the lowest possible outlay."
              Which approach will the media attribute to "sound business sense"? Which approach will the media attribute to "rapacious greed"? ... but just a second, the approaches are identical.
              You think people who disagree with Israel's actions base their opinion on turns of phrase?
              Assuredly - turns of phrase are the life blood of propaganda. Nice subtle touches that pass without notice ... "In the opinion of professor X, a climatologist" or "professor X, a climatologist claims" lead to a very different perception of what has been said to "The noted climatologist, Professor X says". Reporters and editors are adept at using the technique to manipulate popular perception.
              1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
              .
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              Scripture before Tradition:
              but that won't prevent others from
              taking it upon themselves to deprive you
              of the right to call yourself Christian.

              ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛

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              • #22
                For the second time in less than a week, rockets have been found in a school in Gaza operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the body said.

                “Today, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip,” the organization said in a statement issued Tuesday. “As soon as the rockets were discovered, UNRWA staff were withdrawn from the premises, and so we are unable to confirm the precise number of rockets. The school is situated between two other UNRWA schools that currently each accommodate 1,500 internally displaced persons.”

                As it did the last time around when missiles were found in a school it operates, UNRWA said it “strongly and unequivocally condemns the group or groups responsible for this flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises under international law.”
                http://www.timesofisrael.com/for-sec...#ixzz38EJ9rnlA

                This is how mentally sick these UN leftists are: UNRWA said it strongly and unequivocally condemns the group or groups responsible for this flagrant violation.

                They won't even condemn Hamas by name!
                Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                • #23
                  Have to wonder why the weapons weren't seized and destroyed.
                  1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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                  Scripture before Tradition:
                  but that won't prevent others from
                  taking it upon themselves to deprive you
                  of the right to call yourself Christian.

                  ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛

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