tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post7595020045031009937..comments2023-10-03T23:58:17.279+11:00Comments on Middle East Reality Check: White Resistance/ Brown TerrorismMERChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500573372528287733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-10605716313822244662012-04-09T01:11:11.006+10:002012-04-09T01:11:11.006+10:00Hi MERC, sorry for the delay (must have been readi...Hi MERC, sorry for the delay (must have been reading too much) nice to be a small town apologist (oh by the way, heritage and culture can shape opinion and perspective - sometimes to open eyes , sometimes to close minds) otherwise, we just have to agree to disagree as they say - the happy cost of being in a pluralistic civil society. Cheers (it was good of you to post my response something that various bloggers fail to do to their discredit).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-28751886336855162672012-01-29T08:09:45.160+11:002012-01-29T08:09:45.160+11:00Hi Noel,
Yes, hardly a major league apologist, b...Hi Noel, <br /><br />Yes, hardly a major league apologist, but what would you call this - <br /><br />"Israel is not only better compared to its neighbour nations (those icons of democratic pluralism and civil society) but also can be better understood if we consider its social, security and civil society attributes by reference to similar liberal democracies in a declared war or conflict environment... Fighting to save the State and its citizens' freedoms comes at a terrible cost." (crikey.com, 13/5/08) <br /><br />- if not apologetics?<br /><br />Re "ethnic heritage/ identity," that has nothing to do with support for Israel.<br /><br />BTW, have you ever read a book on the subject of Palestine/Israel?MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-29286634716850940342012-01-29T03:48:25.466+11:002012-01-29T03:48:25.466+11:00Dear MERC, lovely to see you apparently calling me...Dear MERC, lovely to see you apparently calling me an apologist for a certain invading/occupier power. Best wishes, Noel Hadjimichael [ps my ethnic heritage / identity would greatly surprise you - but why allow facts to get in the way]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com