tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101405.post116921672699351597..comments2023-11-02T07:17:33.658-04:00Comments on The Last Amazon: Demographics, statistics and damnable liesNaftalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13554950952366823858noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101405.post-1169364188942090132007-01-21T02:23:00.000-05:002007-01-21T02:23:00.000-05:00I saw this column in Friday's paper, and I think s...I saw this column in Friday's paper, and I think she left out the most important fact:<BR/>Israeli Jews have the highest birthrate in the Western world. Israeli society actively encourages people to have kids, and it shows.<BR/><BR/>As for the palestinians, you asked:<BR/><I>But one has to ask which would the Palestinians choose? <BR/><BR/>To be a citizen of a brashly Jewish state (even if it is the most dynamic and advanced states in the Middle East) or be the a citizen of an all-Arab (Jew-free) phone booth size state which has to relie on the goodwill and largess of international community for its daily bread?</I><BR/><BR/>I think they have already chosen; they'll take a <I>judenrien</I> thugocracy any day, because for them, it's not really about the creation of a state, but rather, the destruction of a state.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01314897574215489135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101405.post-1169256214477626712007-01-19T20:23:00.000-05:002007-01-19T20:23:00.000-05:00Actually, they have been doing that with mixed suc...Actually, they have been doing that with mixed success. West Bank suicide bombers' homes have been routinely demolished and the surviving family expelled to Gaza. A number of attacks have been foiled simply by Palestinian Arabs family members advising the IDF of their "troublesome" family member's intentions.<BR/><BR/>Strangely enough, I am listening to Rabbi Kahane on Larry King Live and I am struck by two thoughts. I didn't realize Larry King could be anything but boring, and Rabbi Kahane is sounding much more sane and humane than I had thought. I really am not very familiar with Meir Kahane so its a bit of an eye opener. Mostly what I know of Kahane is based on the opinions of others.K. Shoshanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533598840074182415noreply@blogger.com