It looks like Arafat was murdered by the Israelis after all. No surprise there.

Calling a racist when you see one is not a sign of weakness. I am just informing Foof of his predicament.

Racism goes beyond race, which not a scientific concept. It includes any prejudice against any tribe, ethnicity, nationality, or color of skin and other physical attributes.

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Are you free of any or all of those? I seriously doubt it. Stop using a word that has lost its meaning and is now used as a club when there is lack of a better argument.

Yes, I am or at least try to be free of racism. The concept is clear and well defined. As soon as you think any group has better genes than another, you're on Hitler's ground. It important to remember these simple things...

If you don't like Arabs as a whole, you're a racist. Sorry to break the bad news.

What seems to be the problem? Aren't the millions of victims of the holocaust worth remembering? We know what mass racism can lead to. Let's not go down this route again, if you'd agree. Racism must be challenged, wherever it may be... The ME conflict is primarily about control on land and water, and sovereignty issues. It's NOT about Arabs being inherently unable to coexist with Jews, of all eternity. That thesis is rubbish and racist. It's also a red hearing to distract from the real issues of sovereignty and land tenure.

You mean if one perceives one's neighbors as not being hospitable, one is a racist?

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You mean if one perceives one's neighbors as not being hospitable, one is a racist?

Don't pretend to be stupider than you are. Racism starts when one pigeon-holes an entire ethnic group or nation in a negative way, e.g. call them 'bad neighbors'. If you say 'there are god and bad Jews (Arabs/Blacks/Irish etc), like in any other group', then there's no problem, but if you say 'most Jews (Arabs/Blacks/Irish etc) are bad', you are being racist.

You have expanded the historical definition of "racist." We can't discuss this, since you insist that your "newer and expanded" definition is the only one to use. And, in doing so, you have eliminated from the lexicon the term "ethnocentric," or "class consciousness." We cannot therefore discuss this civilly, based on your pejorative responses.

Naziism was racist, since it believed that some groups were INHERENTLY DIFFERENT.

You are peddling hateful lies,

Foodie was the first one to invoke racism of Arabs, "unwilling to live next to Jews". He was the first one to make this about race, so I guess he is losing the debate.

You posted a lie about the Quran, a fake and hateful quote,

Qur'an:8:12 "I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and His Apostle."

Ishaq:326 "If you come upon them, deal so forcibly as to terrify those who would follow, that they may be warned. Make a severe example of them by terrorizing Allah's enemies."

Qur'an:8:67 "It is not fitting for any prophet to have prisoners until he has made a great slaughter in the land."

Qur'an:8:7 "Allah wished to confirm the truth by His words: 'Wipe the infidels out to the last.'"