Speaking of Israel...

[HoreTore]

OH I understood your point about de Beauvoir and "le feminism," but most yank gals wouldn't....hence the more typical leftist/pacifist authors. Your approach reveals a level of sophistication that wouldn't be so well matched on this side of things. Despite being smart, so many of my countrypersons choose ignorance.

I absolutely refuse to believe that your college women are ignorant of basic feminism.

I should go over and verify....

[HopAlongBunny]

Of course its the civilians who suffer.
If one is "anti-Hamas" they get gunned down as traitors to the cause; if "anti-Israel" they are fair game for "collateral damage"; decide you have no dog in this game? see-"collateral damage"
Actually I am surprised there are not more "suicide bombers".

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I absolutely refuse to believe that your college women are ignorant of basic feminism.

I should go over and verify....

Do come, do.

[HopAlongBunny]

Perhaps this conflict is more about "jobs, jobs, jobs!"
Instead of "wasteful spending" on decaying infrastructure at home, America subsidizes continuous creation and destruction of capital in the Middle-East.
Its like a perpetual motion machine of investment.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...sistance-unrwa

[HoreTore]

Do come, do.

I still have a masters to do. If you can guarantee a program cleansed of post-modern BS, I'll book my tickets tomorrow

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I still have a masters to do. If you can guarantee a program cleansed of post-modern BS, I'll book my tickets tomorrow

You make me sad....I didn't think the pun that hard to decipher.


As to a program of study, it is impossible to skip PM entirely....though when I teach it I am careful to remind students that the power of its critique is only matched by the limitations on any real improvements generated to meet said criticisms. Are all of your profs still reveling in deconstruction without actually getting to the part about rebuilding?

[HoreTore]

You make me sad....I didn't think the pun that hard to decipher.

Gah! I am ashamed of myself. My only excuse is the excessive heat we have here...

As to a program of study, it is impossible to skip PM entirely....though when I teach it I am careful to remind students that the power of its critique is only matched by the limitations on any real improvements generated to meet said criticisms. Are all of your profs still reveling in deconstruction without actually getting to the part about rebuilding?

Sounds good, sign me up! Quit those lame business classes and get over to something of real value, ie. education. Something like 'verbal communication in the classroom' or 'history didactic' should do brilliantly.

I don't have any profs any more; I got fed up, quit my program entirely and got back to working full time.

[Idaho]

Death toll approaching a thousand civilians. Israel bombs a UN "safe zone" compound and kills 15 despite continuous pleas from the UN over the radio. Thousands injured and homeless. Families huddled frightened with nowhere safe to turn... While in Israel:

http://www.haaretz.com/life/nature-environment/1.607076

[Sir Moody]

Death toll approaching a thousand civilians. Israel bombs a UN "safe zone" compound and kills 15 despite continuous pleas from the UN over the radio. Thousands injured and homeless. Families huddled frightened with nowhere safe to turn... While in Israel:

http://www.haaretz.com/life/nature-environment/1.607076

It hasn't been confirmed as Israeli shelling yet - apparently the UN also reported Hamas rockets hitting the area shortly before so it honestly could be either of them at this point... as always the civilians are caught between both factions