Carter Refuses to Debate Dershowitz

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Do you know how excruciatingly boring this is? Is this name calling all there is to the level of political discussions on the boards these days?

Butrflynet wrote:

Do you know how excruciatingly boring this is? Is this name calling all there is to the level of political discussions on the boards these days?

It is boring, Butrfly. If I was using any sense at all, I'd use the Firefox browser with the ignore function. I stopped using it because it didn't let me use the little text enhancements (italics, bold, etc.). I shall try to practice restraint when the shyt stirs - as it undoubtedly will.

Try it again, Snood.

I've been using the greasemonkey extension on the newest Firefox for a few weeks now. Bold and italic (as well as ignore) are functional here. I think colour is the only code that isn't.

Do you know how excruciatingly boring this is? Is this name calling all there is to the level of political discussions on the boards these days?

I am quite sure that former president and nobel prize winner Jimmy Carter is quite fearful of Alan Dershowitz whose claim to fame is defending Claus von Bulow and O.J. Simpson.

Do you know how excruciatingly boring this is? Is this name calling all there is to the level of political discussions on the boards these days?

While I am no fan of Jimmy Carter's role in American politics, I recognize him as a far better and more dispassionate observer of the tragic situation in the Middle east than Alan Dershowitz. Carter has ample experience with the problem of Israel'Palestine. He dealt with the leading figures on both sides and proved himself to be a credible, if ineffectual, honest broker.

Alan Dershowitz is merely a committed protagonist of the most aggressive and one-sided element of israeli politics. He is not in Carter's league, and has offered nothing to merit such a debate. let him write his own book.

Butrflynet wrote:

Do you know how excruciatingly boring this is? Is this name calling all there is to the level of political discussions on the boards these days?

Take a peek at who the culprit is that was first to start the crap on this thread.
There's a few here that will try to take any thread off topic that they don't like or agree with. They make pesonal snide comments or come right out with name calling, sometimes vile names. I have to believe that they're either too lazy to debate the topic or too ignorant to know how.

LoneStarMadam wrote:

Butrflynet wrote:

Do you know how excruciatingly boring this is? Is this name calling all there is to the level of political discussions on the boards these days?

Take a peek at who the culprit is that was first to start the crap on this thread.
There's a few here that will try to take any thread off topic that they don't like or agree with. They make pesonal snide comments or come right out with name calling, sometimes vile names. I have to believe that they're either too lazy to debate the topic or too ignorant to know how.

I noticed it and directed my response to it.

Best advice I can give is to not join in the fray by lobbing another set of stink bombs to the mess. Yes, you and everyone else have every right to defend yourselves if you feel the need. Sometimes, not saying anything is the best defense. Just hold your nose and let the crap stink up the room all by itself without dumping another load.

If Jimmy Carter is so positive that his puff piece book on the Palestinnians & his anti-Semite stand on Israel, why won't he debate Dershowitz? Does Carter know that Dershowitz could chew him up & spit him out because that book is no better than a grocery store tabloid?

LoneStarMadam wrote

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If Jimmy Carter is so positive that his puff piece book on the Palestinnians & his anti-Semite stand on Israel, why won't he debate Dershowitz? Does Carter know that Dershowitz could chew him up & spit him out because that book is no better than a grocery store tabloid?

When one starts a conversation at this level of snideness, why would you expect that level to cool?


Dershowitz is free to write one or several op-ed pieces on Carter's book, if he hasn't already, but I doubt two things: that he would characterize it as either a puff piece or a grocery store tabloid and that a debate would be as effective as seeing the arguments in print.

Note: persons watching FOX are not required to repeat verbatim the hot, hot, hot opinions offered there as news.

I haven't read the book as yet, since you have, what major argument offered by Carter do you find the most objectionable and for what reasons?

Joe( )Nation

LoneStarMadam wrote:

If Jimmy Carter is so positive that his puff piece book on the Palestinnians & his anti-Semite stand on Israel, why won't he debate Dershowitz? Does Carter know that Dershowitz could chew him up & spit him out because that book is no better than a grocery store tabloid?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,236786,00.html

Yes, of course, I am quite sure that former president and nobel prize winner Jimmy Carter is quite fearful of Alan Dershowitz whose claim to fame is defending Claus von Bulow and O.J. Simpson.

Greasemonkey

You're confusing me, Timber.

Joe(I'm easily confused, but still... .)Nation

ehBeth wrote:

Try it again, Snood.

I've been using the greasemonkey extension on the newest Firefox for a few weeks now. Bold and italic (as well as ignore) are functional here. I think colour is the only code that isn't.

How'd you get the greasemonkey doohickee? And is that what allowed you to enhance text?

If Jimmy Carter is so positive that his puff piece book

because that book is no better than a grocery store tabloid?