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alex 1337
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Posted: 14th Jul 2006 21:48 Edited at: 14th Jul 2006 21:53
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I live in Israel right now, and currently the Hezbollah militant groups have attacked very close to where I live. These muslim extremist have taken the situation to far by taking hostage 2 Israeli soldiers. Hopefully I wont loose power. Wish me luck
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Be careful, hope the situation clears up...


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alex 1337
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Posted: 14th Jul 2006 22:33
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Thanks everybody, I think everything has been cleared up. Nothing really happened and there were no casulties in my area.
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You're in for the long haul man I'm afraid. I just hope the USA and UK governments don't condemn military action as that would make them the biggest hypocrites the universe has ever, or will ever, see in all ages of time for all infinity and beyond.

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alex 1337
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Posted: 14th Jul 2006 22:51
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Well Fallout, you must understand that I am only temporarily living in Israel for 3 months, with some family. I have been there for about 2 and a half. My trip is comming to an end and I am comming back to America soon enough. However, this whole conflict has nevertheless shaken me and my family. Hopefully, the fighting will end soon enough and the soldiers will be returned safely even though I doubt it will happen.

Thanks for your support
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be smart, dont get hurt. theres some bad stuff going down between the two, if it gets to Irans territory theyve threatened with nuclear bombs.

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My sister's husband is in the army over in Israel too--- scary stuff.


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I don't see this going anywhere good.


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Posted: 15th Jul 2006 00:31 Edited at: 15th Jul 2006 00:33
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Then get out.

Sheesh, I knew you'd come in and ruin a descent thread.

Good luck Alex.

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I was talking about the situation in Lebanon/Israel you dork.


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So if you don't respond everyone 24 hours here then can I have your stuff? Lol, just kidding man. It's a very intense world our east I hear. I can't even begin to imagine what kind of sick and twisted things those blasphemers do! Good luck man.
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alex 1337
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Thanks everybody for your support, I am taking a flight back to America tomorrow so I should be out of the danger.
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good luck, sounds dangerous. From what I've heard/seen the Middle East looks like quite a dangerous place to be .

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Quote: "I was talking about the situation in Lebanon/Israel you dork."


I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Your behavior in other threads lead me to believe so.

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Quote: "I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Your behavior in other threads lead me to believe so."


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Quote: "These muslim extremist have taken the situation to far by taking hostage 2 Israeli soldiers."


taking the situation too far like invading a country just because of 2 soldiers getting kidnapped?

Quote: "I just hope the USA and UK governments don't condemn military action as that would make them the biggest hypocrites the universe has ever"


I hope they do condemn military action, to proove that they are the biggest hypocrits ever.

Quote: "if it gets to Irans territory theyve threatened with nuclear bombs."


sure..... the country trying to proove it isnt making nuclear bombs, threatens to use nuclear bombs. you've been watching fox or smoking dope havent you?

Quote: "Thanks everybody for your support, I am taking a flight back to America tomorrow so I should be out of the danger."


away from gun violence to another land of gun violence, good luck.

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Go0rf, your ignorance reeks. Check your comments at the door, or memorize the AUP, or learn some common sense or whatever. Get your facts straight.


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Posted: 15th Jul 2006 17:32 Edited at: 15th Jul 2006 17:37
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Seconded.

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taking the situation too far like invading a country just because of 2 soldiers getting kidnapped?"


Clearly shows you know very little about Israel's past events, tensions with the Palestinians, or anything about the gaza strip to begin with.


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Just be safe, Alex, man, just be safe!

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Keep it clean, otherwise this thread will be visited by Mr Lock.

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How are you getting a flight out? I thought the airporst where shut down and the roads blocked or bombed out?
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Quote: "How are you getting a flight out? I thought the airporst where shut down and the roads blocked or bombed out?"

ditto

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Quote: "Clearly shows you know very little about Israel's past events, tensions with the Palestinians, or anything about the gaza strip to begin with."


well excuse my ignorance about the fact that there wasnt a full blown invasion by the israelis into lebanon before the troops were kidnapped.

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Quote: "Go0rf, your ignorance reeks. Check your comments at the door, or memorize the AUP, or learn some common sense or whatever. Get your facts straight."

Quote: "Clearly shows you know very little about Israel's past events, tensions with the Palestinians, or anything about the gaza strip to begin with."


You say all that, but don't actually tell him what he has said wrong, or anything about "Israel's past events, tensions with the Palestinians" which makes the comments useless and hollow - a poor mans way of saying "I don't support your opinion some I'm going to somehow make you out to be ignorant and talking non-factually even though you are"

Get your own facts straight before trying to correct someone elses, or at least provide evidence that you know what you're talking about


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Ugh, here we go as usual. The typical folks going to show me how much they've been reading the papers.

It was a comment David, I don't think I need to explain or show evidence for anything. I moved to Canada from Israel, and my family & friends are all still there, some even in the area of the bombings. I really don't need or want to talk about this, so find someone else to lecture and scold, this isn't the "Show off your debating skillz" forum.

I care about what happens over there far more then what people think of me here. Me and all the people who needed to hear my opinions already know where I stand and there's really no point in getting into it. Everyone who knows the full story involving the Hezbollah know why Israel invaded. If someone wants to learn more about it, that's what the internet is for.


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Posted: 15th Jul 2006 20:51 Edited at: 15th Jul 2006 20:53
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yeh, so you have so much ties with israel. you're clearly a neutral source of inteligence and opinion aren't you?

btw where did anyone say anything about newspapers?

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@Megaton: Ok then. We know where we stand. I mean, you don't happen to have a label on each of your posts stating "I moved to Canada from Israel, and my family & friends are all still there, some even in the area of the bombings" so this is one thing I was unaware of when I wrote that post - so although what I wrote may seem trite and 'lesson-like' it was not intended to be so, and for all I knew, you may of known next to nothing about the subject, but this is not the case. I don't mean the above to sound cold in any way.

And no, this wasn't just me adding my penny's worth to the argument bin a "Show off your debating skillz" style as you said, I just really dislike it when someone states "you're wrong" or whatever, and does not actually back up their cause with a logical answer or counter-evidence.

Obviously you do 'know your stuff' and if you don't want to talk about it openly, that's fine with me, and hopefully fine with everyone else; as I said, I wasn't aware of your situation, and being an annoyance in this way was not in any way the purpose of my post. I hope we understand each other

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@Goorf: Yes, Israel and it's people are close to me. I rekon I would know abit more about the country I spent half my life in then some random onlooker. End of talk.

No hard feelings David.
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hah, "some random onlooker"... nice

you don't know me

please don't patronise me until you do

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Hey, no harshness intended dude. Wanna be taken seriously? That's great, maybe you can start spelling correctly and punctuating your sentences. Such a small thing to do, but such a big effect. When I first read your post, it just sounded like a mess of words read aloud. Just a tip for next time.

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*cough*
World....
*sneeze*
War....
*cough*
A number....

Its a possibility....

/end jibberish

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For the record, there is much more to this then 2 Soldiers ;p


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Quote: "*cough*
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A number....

Its a possibility...."


wow... you really think so?

Quote: "For the record, there is much more to this then 2 Soldiers ;p"


i dont think anyone assumed there wasnt, i mean theres the whole century of bombing towns and villages thing going on too

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taking the situation too far like invading a country just because of 2 soldiers getting kidnapped?
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Quote: "Quote: "Clearly shows you know very little about Israel's past events, tensions with the Palestinians, or anything about the gaza strip to begin with."

well excuse my ignorance about the fact that there wasnt a full blown invasion by the israelis into lebanon before the troops were kidnapped."


i was reffering to that specific event

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This isn't going anywhere good...

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MOD EDIT:

Be prepared for a ban if you willingly try to bring the thread down.


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Hey Oneka, I really don't like that pic. Please take it down.
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That's why there's toggle....

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This couldn't be more relavent.

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You guys must make great water-cooler conversations. : /


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oneka whats that picture about?

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OO that toggle function is great.

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Doesn't matter--- the pic was removed. If you want to bring the thread down with crap, be prepared for a ban.

And Goorf I removed your avatar because it's half a meg


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Quote: "oneka whats that picture about?"


One in the back is says "I'm from Iraq", the other one says "and I'm from Palestine, buddy..."

looks like both guys are nailed on the same corss,"sharing the same pain"

that's what I got from it.

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YOU DID WHAT NOW???



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DavidR: I didn't want to entertain a response for the same reasons Megaton said, and also because it was what I'd like to call a "Matt Rock" comment: so far to one extremity it is completely pointless to argue it because it is blatantly untrue. He made it seems as though he had no idea about the centuries upon centuries of conflict between Palestine and Israel (obviously theres more to this than two soldiers being kidnapped, and the gun violence in America is maybe sliiightly different than the violence where he's at. If it was the same he'd probably not post this at a topic. I don't see why everyone feels the need to have a pretentious self-righteous air about them and jump in the aid for someone who does not need aid if he knows the topics well enough. Should I get upset at you for not trusting in Go0rf's own self defense?


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allow me to quote from what davidr and i were saying in the irc channel at the time:



note that david had been slient prior to that conversation, we had not spoken. i had just visitted this thread, noticed david's response, and then that conversation in the irc channel happened.

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Um, who cares. This is about the trouble the middle east is having and how alex 1337 is getting out alive, not about your reputation as a useless post and post hijacker.

Alex, pardon them for their uselessness on this thread. I am embarressed to have people on these forums that think they can waltz over another persons thread because they don't feel they're getting enough attention. But now back to the last question before this mess started.

I thought the airports were closed and the roads bombed or blocked. How are you getting out?
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