tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post115497891153871912..comments2023-10-31T03:18:26.963-07:00Comments on Great Guys Weblog: What's Going On?Brethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1155136877831110432006-08-09T08:21:00.000-07:002006-08-09T08:21:00.000-07:00Oroborous wrote: "It's hard for any intelligent pe...Oroborous wrote: "<I>It's hard for any intelligent person to be biased in a pro-Arab direction...</I>"<BR/><BR/>I suppose that depends on your definition of "intelligent". Certainly, there are intelligent Arabs who are pro-Arab (in this conflict). There's lots of folks in Universities in the western world who pretty likely have relatively high IQs who are pro-Arab.<BR/><BR/>Ideology often trumps rationality and intelligence in my experience.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1155127240220680612006-08-09T05:40:00.000-07:002006-08-09T05:40:00.000-07:00It's hard for any intelligent person to be biased ...It's hard for any intelligent person to be biased in a pro-<I>Arab</I> direction, given that examples of dynamic and well-functioning societies are so hard to come by in the Arab world.<BR/><BR/>For example, Israel had no more advantages than Egypt and Syria have, rather fewer in fact, and yet Israel is rich, and produces world-class innovations in medical and technical fields - Egypt and Syria are poor and backwards.<BR/><BR/>Hatred of Israel generally falls into either the antisemitic category, or "crabs-in-a-bucket" syndrome.Oroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1155099677463109082006-08-08T22:01:00.000-07:002006-08-08T22:01:00.000-07:00Yes, I agree regarding Israelis targeting civilian...Yes, I agree regarding Israelis targeting civilians. But then, I'm biased in the pro-Israel direction and I was trying to write something with limited bias.Brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063508651955739056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806884.post-1155075638577691682006-08-08T15:20:00.000-07:002006-08-08T15:20:00.000-07:00If the Israelis are deliberately targeting civilia...If the Israelis <I><B>are</I></B> deliberately targeting civilians, then the IDF is indeed incompetent, for fewer than 600 people have been reported killed in Lebanon.<BR/><BR/>Part of the confusion is that Hezbollah and Israel are being graded on completely separate scales, such as that it's possible for Hezbollah to be both standing firm <I>and</I> hurting.<BR/>The IDF is held in such awe that merely surviving their initial assault is a "victory" in the Arab world.Oroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.com