"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
What positive contributions have the Arab nations made to society in
the
last 100 years?

WTF??

Are you still on the "let's launch a holy crusade to exterminate the
Arabs" kick?

Let's assume, for a moment, that Arabs have not made any
'contributions
to society' in the past 100 years. Does that justify a war against any
or all Arab and/or Muslim nations?


My comment was in reponse to the statement that all Arab nations hate
us.
Essentially, I'm saying "who cares"...they're irrelevant in the whole
scheme
of things...unless of course they attack us. Only *then* do they become
relevant...and then I *do* say that their lack of contributions to
society
should be considered when we're deciding just how many kiloton nuke we
should drop on 'em.


What positive contributions have *you* made, NOBBY?

Many. Let me use an anology. Were I to be arrested, for instance, the
judge
would look at my long list of positive contributions to my
community...and
his punishment would be doled out accordingly. If I were a jobless
vagrant
who had many run-ins with the law and never contributed anything useful
to
society, I'd have a lot harsher punishment. It happens all the time in
our
justice system. I'm saying "let's apply the same standard to nations".

Time to bomb Iceland, then.

Obviously the point zipped right over your head. If Iceland were turning
out terrorists as rapidly as the Middle East, you'd have to weigh its
positive contributions vs. its negative contributions to society when
deciding what level of punishment to inflict upon them.