Quote Originally Posted by Leet Eriksson View Post
This is hilarious, let me quote one racist gem:

"Does Arab civil society actually exist? Is the increase in the number of registered civil society organizations (CSOs) an adequate indication of its existence?"

the second question literally contradicts the first.
I see you managed to read the first paragraph in the first link I provided. However, you seem to have missed the fact that it was written by an Arab, and apparently not a self-hating racist Arab either:

Sa'ed Karajah is Senior Partner, Legal Counselor and Attorney at Law for Karajah & Associates Law Firm. Since 1996 Mr. Karajah has been involved in community development projects with UNICEF, Jordan River Foundation, Save the Children-Jordan, AMIDEAST and AMIR. He's worked throughout the Middle East, including in Jordan, Saudia Arabia, Dubai, Lebanon, and Yemen. Currently he is a board member on the Jordan River Foundation, one of the most prominent NGOs in the country. This NGO aims to provide opportunities for community development and protection of women and children. As a legal consultant Mr. Karajah has experience restructuring the Arab Center for Engineering & Consultations through EJADA and providing legal aid for other Arab intellectuals and artists. Other past experience includes assisting the Ministerial Committee with the draft of the Companies Law in cooperation with INTAJ, sitting on the governmental committee for reviewing legislation as a preface of Yemen’s membership in the WTO, and participating in a seminar on Civil Society and Rule of Law under the auspices of the Fredrich Nuamnn Foundation. Mr. Karajah has published a booklet on Establishing Civil Associations & Intellectual Property Rights of Arab Artists & Intellectuals, and under the sponsorship of ICNL is currently working on a research paper entitled, Civil Society in the Arab World: The Missing Concept.
Allow me to also remind you of the rapidly diminishing returns involved in constantly playing the race card.

Lets see what happens when you replace arab with jewish:

"Does Jewish civil society actually exist? Is the increase in the number of registered civil society organizations (CSOs) an adequate indication of its existence?"
What does happen? Where is the racism in that question?

And for your information, it is called an establishing question, and is quite common in research papers. Before an author opines on the complexities of a given subject, he or she establishes a base line - the fundamentals the paper is based on.

For example, if I were to write a paper about the benefits of hydrogen fuel cells in consumer vehicles, I might first ask if individual ownership of vehicles is truly necessary as opposed to public transportation.

Give me a good reason why i should even bother looking through the other links.
At this point, I'm not particularly concerned with what you do with them.

Quote Originally Posted by Greyblades
So um... how long has it been since you guys been on topic?
My fault and my apologies. It won't happen again.