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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 06:45 PM Original message |
UN Human Rights Council makes Israel permanent agenda item |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. The bigotry continues! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. What does this mean? Is being a 'permanent item' a bad thing? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm guessing it means that item is always on the agenda when the council meets. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Thanks - |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I would say it mostly comes from Arab states regularly joining together in the one issue that unites |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So there are 47 Arab states and Canada on the UNHRC? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. UN Human Rights Council is a joke -IMO - oil money aid and Muslim brotherhood means you get 47? |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The Human Rights Council |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Clearly a bunch of rabid Israel-hating Arab states there. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Only 30% |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Oh yes. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yep, the whole world hates Israel, which has never done a thing to warrant it. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The notion that Israel is NOT singled out is willful blindness. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Indeed, anyone disagreeing with you MUST be willfully blind. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Not those that disagree, just those unable to see. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm not saying there is no bigotry, I'm saying bigotry is not an adequate explanation. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Define bigotry. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I am surprised you admit that you don't know the meaning of words that you use. nt |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I know what it means. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You used the word. You defend it. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Because you seem to have a different definition. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm going to refer you back to post #17. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. So you admit, there is bigotry? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Ah, something got through. Excellent. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Some facts |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Oh good, I just love "facts". nt |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Dispute any you believe untrue |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. One of the most amusing things about this dispute is the tendency |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I made none of this up |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Ah, "faith based" debate. How nice. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Not faith based, reality based |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. You have not produced a shred of evidence. nt |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. is any of this not true? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes, Israel has serious flaws and it is in the best interests of Israel that those flaws should be |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It seems true of most countries in one degree in another. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. What an absolute load of dung |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Name calling is not an argument. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Your implication is that focussing on the Isr/Pal conflict |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Ah, you know my "implications" now too. nt |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. so as i understand it.. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Human rights really are abused in Israel too. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Then please explain why Israel has remained the |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Kofi Annan disagrees with you |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. the human rights abuses within israel |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. It's also subtlely bigotted |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Oh good, now I'm a "subtle bigot" because I disagree with you. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Those who believe Israel and the west can be reformed |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. yes it is a form of "bigotry" |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. why arent other items |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #62 |
78. Because some of the council members have vested |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
79. Why do you suppose China, Iran, Syria, etc., aren't included |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Cuba applauds U.N. human rights watchdog's decision to stop investigating the island |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. it obviously NOT about the Palestenians... |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Ding! Ding! Ding! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
27. Just to clarify that I think that it's right for the UNHRC to monitor Israel on human rights; BUT. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. becuase its not about human rights... |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. because its not about human rights... |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
30. The US needs to cut off funding to this group |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
56. Just noticed two different OP posts here, both about strikes against Palestinian targets |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. There is a reason, indicated by this specific thread and the topic its discusses |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I don't think so. In the Lebanon case, we are all in agreement that it should stop. |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. But do you think |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. They don't even stir on Darfur |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. so, your claiming that people complain |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I'm saying that there isn't much debate when all parties are on the same side. |
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AviBaruch (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Yes, and again, that's not my intention |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
65. Let's review. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. So, of the 4 special sessions... |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Which post did you read? |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. What is your argument then? If the issues discussed were important, then I don't see the problem. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Read the entire thing again! |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. You don't have to scream. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I wasn't screaming. |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. You have no problem with selective enforcement? |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. No. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. actually its call: "systematic racism" |
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Shaktimaan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. OK. |
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eyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #68 |
77. self-delete n/t |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
74. U.N.'s Ban faults rights council over Israel |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
80. Does the UN Human Rights Council have ANY credibility? NO |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
81. It looks like the new UN watchdog is as much of a joke as its predecessor |
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