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**C0ckney** · May 23, 2007, 05:32

**BeBMan** · May 23, 2007, 05:39

People with all caps user names are mad.

**Wernazuma III** · May 23, 2007, 05:47

Re: so where are all the folks who care about Lebanon?

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Violence, dozens dead, UN convoys held back, artillery attacks on residential areas, thousands of refugees.

And total silence. What gives?

I guess it has more to do with the fact that Jews, Americans and Europeans are so much more connected, participate in a common sphere of communication and are culturally linked, thus critique is voiced much more directly than if something happens "elsewhere". After all, whom here would I want to tell something? If we had a Libanese aneeshm, that would change the thing.

**mactbone** · May 23, 2007, 06:45

Anyone know if some of the other camps or areas or whatever you want to call them in Lebanon are getting restless or is this fairly isolated right now?

Seems interesting that there's fighting between Israel and Hamas and Lebanon and Fatah right now. I really wonder why Fatah decided to attack though. Doesn't seem smart to antagonize an enemy when they're just capturing some bank robbers.

**MOBIUS** · May 23, 2007, 07:02

As far as I could tell, this mainly started as a splinter cell (of a splinter cell?), needed some cash and robbed a bank...

Everything else has mushroomed from there, with everyone chiming in with their axes to grind (people like LotM) and making all sorts of accusations etc.

The fact of the matter is that these people shouldn't even be in the Lebanon, but have been repatriated back to where they come from from the land stolen from them. It is little wonder that if you have lived in a refugee camp for almost 60 years, some of you *might* think about turning to crime...

Also what is happening here is proof positive that the Lebanese govt wouldn't have stood a snowball's chance in hell of being able to deal with Hezbollah, and thus did not deserve to be collectively punished with them by the failed Israeli attempts to crush them!

Oh look, I'm blaming Israel for this current incident...

**Sirotnikov** · May 23, 2007, 08:11

The fact of the matter is that these people shouldn't even be in the Lebanon, but have been repatriated back to where they come from from the land stolen from them. It is little wonder that if you have lived in a refugee camp for almost 60 years, some of you *might* think about turning to crime...

Of course.

They have been wronged, therefore they must be morally allowed to permit all sorts of crimes against whomever they feel like.

Obviously poor people can steal, and opressed people can murder. It's only fair!

**Sirotnikov** · May 23, 2007, 08:12

Originally posted by BeBro
People with all caps user names are mad.

What did MRT do to you?

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**Ecthy** · May 23, 2007, 08:14

Siro post in my thread

**Arrian** · May 23, 2007, 08:15

Re: so where are all the folks who care about Lebanon?

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Violence, dozens dead, UN convoys held back, artillery attacks on residential areas, thousands of refugees.

And total silence. What gives?

I've been following it. I almost made a thread on it yesterday, but didn't have anything brilliant to say about it.

-Arrian

**Sirotnikov** · May 23, 2007, 08:23

Originally posted by Ecthy
Siro post in my thread

what thread?

**Imran Siddiqui** · May 23, 2007, 08:28

Seriously though, it's a horrible situation

. The people in the camps are ****ed. The Fatah terrorists are firing on them as they try to leave and the Lebanese have decided that they are ok as 'collateral damage' in their shelling.

**MOBIUS** · May 23, 2007, 08:28

Originally posted by Sirotnikov

Of course.

They have been wronged, therefore they must be morally allowed to permit all sorts of crimes against whomever they feel like.

Obviously poor people can steal, and opressed people can murder. It's only fair!

What a moron, if you truly think that's what I'm saying...

I mean, why would you post that otherwise...?

**MOBIUS** · May 23, 2007, 08:31

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Seriously though, it's a horrible situation

. The people in the camps are ****ed. The Fatah terrorists are firing on them as they try to leave and the Lebanese have decided that they are ok as 'collateral damage' in their shelling.

Indeed. The international community should be ashamed that it hasn't resolved this particular refugee crisis after almost 60 years...

Still, we'll just turn a blind eye. Loads of innocent people will die, and in a few months we will have completely forgotten about it...

**Sirotnikov** · May 23, 2007, 08:48

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Seriously though, it's a horrible situation

. The people in the camps are ****ed. The Fatah terrorists are firing on them as they try to leave and the Lebanese have decided that they are ok as 'collateral damage' in their shelling.

I pity much more the citizens in Gaza who have been caught in the crossfire between Hamas and Fatah for 6 months now.

The Lebanon issue will be resolved shortly, and the camp dwellers will return to their pityful lives (one can research lebanon refugee camp living conditions).

Gazan's are already increasingly facing a full scale civil war. Not to mention the economic situation which is horrible. This won't stop in the near future. Unless the Hamas efforts to pull Israel inside will succeed. Then we'll be in a different set of trouble.

**Ecthy** · May 23, 2007, 08:56

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
what thread?

Don't worry. I GOT THE POINT now.

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