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RIAA/MPAA vs. xMule Author, EarthStation 5
Two bits of news in the ongoing battle between the RIAA/MPAA and the rest of the internet: One P2P company, apparently based in Palestine, has thrown down the gauntlet to the movie industry. Meanwhile, a developer of another P2P tool who unwisely chose to live in the USA has been shut down (mirror) by the RIAA.
The UN offered the Palestinian people the same land which they're now complaining about not having back when Israel was formed. In response, the arab states convinced the Palestinian people to vacate their land (which they did - there was no Israeli policy which stated they had to leave and no occupied land was destroyed) and attack Israel to regain control. They lost the war.
Just so you remember, Israel is given that large defense budget because they've been attacked more times than any other nation in the last 55 years, all by their surrounding neighbors. People like to bring up the fact that Israel has an enormous US defense grant while at the same time failing to realize that Israel has never once started one of the wars that it has participated in.
Your point is well taken - Israelis have killed Palestinians in the violence. However, it should be noted that there has never been a strike against an unimportant figure. Never do you see in the news: Israel kills busload of Palestinian schoolchildren. Why? It doesn't happen. Also remember that there have been many failed suicide bombing attemps - many - which are all recorded as Palestinian fatalities.
I don't support killing anyone, but before you talk out of your ass, do it with some background in the subject.