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Your statements show staggering ignorance - and your map is deceptive and false. A common misperception is that all the Jews were forced into exile by the Romans after the destruct…

> There is a hardline element in some of the Arab populace who takes a violent approach to Judaism (indeed, many other religions too) - this is regrettable at best, and unlikely to…

An English person speaking English in England? What a miracle!

Whether you like it or not, Israel has the right to defend itself. When you live next to a chunk of land controlled by a terrorist group that wants nothing but your destruction, fi…

How do you explain Iran's 2016 Holocaust Cartoon Contest, featuring Holocaust Denialism? https://www.ushmm.org/confront-antisemitism/holocaust-denial...

Yet more ignorance of history. The word Palestine comes from 'Peleshet' which means 'Philistine.' The Philistines were mediterranean people originating from Asia Minor and Greek lo…

Well let's see... do you mean giving them Judea and Samaria (ancient Jewish land now dubbed 'the West Bank'?) That sounds like a great deal to me, to be honest. EDIT: if you are do…

In no way is Israel an apartheid state (Israeli Muslims/Arabs have full citizenship on par with Jews) The lives lost are the making of the so-called Palestinians who have never wan…

Is that the actual murder rate or the conviction rate? Remember that women are less likely to be convicted than men are.

Have you heard about Narrative Therapy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy Seems like you are describing a part of it.

You stated that Dr. Seligman "measured their success in life" - I find that assertion to be rather suspect. How is it possible to measure success objectively? It also sounds to me …

Thanks for that link, I was looking for a book just like that when I tried to learn Japanese 10 years ago and gave up - I may give it another go soon.

I believe in psychology this is called white and black thinking. It's one of the many red flags I've found reading your comments. This idea of labelling people 'good' or 'bad' base…

Great follow up to this article - thanks!

And what do we do when the moderator uses that button to ban someone purely for his or her opinions being on the wrong side of the political spectrum, or unpalatable to the moderat…

But surely threats and sarcasm are not at the same level...?

Not hard-nosed at all - Apple was holding pretty much all the cards!

The level of condescension required to write something like that is truly astounding. Not only are you assuming everyone who disagrees with you is wrong - but you are assuming that…

"How much did Return of the Jedi cost to make?" "$32.5 million" "And how much was the revenue?" "$475 million" "So you had a $442.5 million profit!" "No, no. We had no profit - we …