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  • Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
    How is that ironic? That's not ironic at all. It is not a situation in which "there is an incongruity or discordance that goes strikingly beyond the most simple and evident meaning of words or actions."
    Good lord. Is this what you learned in undergrad?

    This is a clear-cut example of dramatic irony (granting the premise that Kuci is implying, for the sake of argument).

    Dramatic irony is a disparity of expression and awareness: when words and actions possess a significance that the listener or audience understands, but the speaker or character does not.
    12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
    Stadtluft Macht Frei
    Killing it is the new killing it
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    • I disagree.

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      • Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
        Check this out:

        Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.


        It summarizes polls on Israeli attitudes towards the US.

        I find this one very interesting...

        Do you think that US President Barack Obama's administration is more pro-Israel or more pro-Palestinian?

        March 2010:
        More pro-Israel: 9%
        More pro-Palestinian: 48%
        Neutral: 30%
        No opinion: 13%

        Are you ****ing serious?! Half of polled Israelis believe the US is pro-Palestinian! Less than 10% believe the US is pro-Israel

        What is our $8 million a day buying over there?!
        It says OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION. Israel itself is quite pro-american.

        Bush was extremely popular with Israelis.

        EDIT: looked up poll numbers, it seems Obama has 3% approval with Israelis.
        If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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        • Anybody who thinks that the Obama administration is "pro-Palestinian" more than "pro-Israeli" should probably get his head checked.
          12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
          Stadtluft Macht Frei
          Killing it is the new killing it
          Ultima Ratio Regum

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          • Why would Israel like Obama?

            How many black people live in Israel?
            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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            • Quite a few actually.

              Obama isn 't pro-palestine, but he is a lot more pro-palestine than past adminstrations.

              JM
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              • Originally posted by Kuciwalker View Post
                It's ironic that Asher is calling people juvenile and naive...
                It might seem that way to you, seeing as you still are incapable of understand why countries should adhere to international law even if they don't evaluate a particular moral consequence for doing so. More importantly, you are demonstrably incapable of understanding that you and I merely have different philosophies pertaining to the rule of law and when the laws should be abided by. You're still immature enough to not recognize this is a subjective difference in beliefs and attribute it to an objective stance of right vs wrong.
                "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                • Hey HC/Karol Capel, I wasn't making a statement about Israeli attitudes towards the US. I was making a statement of who Israel thinks we support.

                  And the fact that half of Israelis believe any administration is more pro-Palestinian than pro-Israel is shocking! You yourself kept saying how the US will support Israel through anything but apparently, half of polled Israelis disagree with you and think the US is more Pro-Palestinian.

                  That is...

                  talk about unawareness and cognitive dissonance.
                  "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                  "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                  • Originally posted by Jon Miller View Post
                    Quite a few actually.

                    Obama isn 't pro-palestine, but he is a lot more pro-palestine than past adminstrations.

                    JM
                    You could say he is more Palestinian but I would use the phrase more neutral, myself. He's still pro-Israel but he's not as strident as previous administrations (especially shrub's) but he does actually ask Israel to do certain things (like freeze settlement expansion and have a thorough inquiry on the flotilla incident for example).
                    Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                    • Originally posted by Albert Speer View Post
                      Hey HC/Karol Capel, I wasn't making a statement about Israeli attitudes towards the US. I was making a statement of who Israel thinks we support.

                      And the fact that half of Israelis believe any administration is more pro-Palestinian than pro-Israel is shocking! You yourself kept saying how the US will support Israel through anything but apparently, half of polled Israelis disagree with you and think the US is more Pro-Palestinian.

                      That is...

                      talk about unawareness and cognitive dissonance.
                      I was talking about congress, not the president. And again, that poll was about Obama, not America.
                      If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                      • That poll says more about Israelis than about Obama.
                        12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                        Stadtluft Macht Frei
                        Killing it is the new killing it
                        Ultima Ratio Regum

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                        • Asher: I understand that we have different "philosophies", as it were; I just also think that yours is retarded and incoherent

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                          • The feeling is mutual.
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                            Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                            • Ahh, a new musical hit.

                              Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                              • on some real ****, that right there is not cool. That's some ******* ****.
                                "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                                "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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