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Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts
MartinB writes "According to The Register, in a double blow to Redmond, the Israeli government has both suspended all government contracts with Microsoft until at least the end of 2004, and Israeli Antitrust Authority director general Dror Strum has ruled that Microsoft is subject to US court limitations. At issue in part is Microsoft's refusal to support Hebrew in Mac versions of Office."
Where the hell do these racist idiots come from? I thought we were all fairly intelligent here, not brain-damaged rednecks. Sand-niggers? Watch some other news channel besides Fox, moron.
That would be true if it weren't for the fact that England, France, European countries also condemned Israel for some of their actions. Arabs didn't lead the condemnation, other Western governments did. There have been 74 UN resolutions concerning Israel that Israel has defied.
Why are you changing the subject to Sudan? That's another injustice yes, but how does that relate in any way to Israel? Israel's politics are responsible for 9/11, according to Bin Laden. You sound like George W. Bush, when confronted with his "affirmative action" stance at colleges, he replied that Saddam is a menace and must be stopped.
See some charts below showing comparisons of liberties in various countries.
Human Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.5 KB)
Political and Civil Rights in the Middle East (PDF, 31.6 KB)
Religious Intolerance in the Middle East (PDF, 1.15 MB)
Freedom of Religion in the Middle East (PDF, 346 KB)
IN DEPTH:
Israel & Human Rights: Myths and Facts
Read this for starters. If it was utter lies, even the Jerusalem Post wouldn't let it be posted there.
Then read this one . Specifically Item #3, but alot of the info there will challenge the (Israel is all bad, Israel is only bad) mantra most of the "liberals" repeat. To quote it
The first quote is a column by Alan Dershowitz, if you hate pro-Israel folks then skip to the 2nd link, but I don't know who wrote it. But if either of these was pure propoganda or lies, then surely they would have been challenged by now.
Anyway, regarding the conflict, I'm not saying Israel is innocent. But to treat the situation like Israel is doing these things in a vacuum, instead of in reaction to decades of similar violence and hatred against it, is foolish and misleading.
make world, not war
"Israel!" There I said it. *poof* all the assholes instantly appear. Why don't you use your real name and have your asshole natures on record, at least?
A lot of it is true. We are based in the U.S. and do business all over the world. Not too long ago we received a purchase order from the United Arab Emirates. At the bottom of the P.O. was the standard stuff about terms of shipment, payment, etc. But what struck me was the first term was "No product may be built, partially or entirely, in Israel." I've lived in the U.S., I've lived in Mexico and I've worked with more races and nationalities than I can remember--but that took the cake for blatant discrimination and, if you will, racism. I was tempted to reject their purchase order and not do business with them--but I went ahead and took the order since I figured it would be wrong to just discriminate againt them in retaliation.
Those that piss and moan about Israel haven't got a clue. I'm not Jewish, I don't even know anyone who is a Jew. But all you have to do is look at the history of the area since 1945 to know that Israel is defending itself against a real threat--or at least they were in 1967 and 1973. They took some land (that happens in many wars!) mostly to buffer themselves against future aggression and now the aggressors are complaining to the U.N. and sending in waves of suicide bombers against civilian targets?
Sorry, I have no sympathy for the Palestinians and every suicide bomber that blows themself up and takes civilians with them just gets me itching to have the U.S. go in there and clean things up--politically correct or not.
If Mexicans had been walking into our country and blowing themselves up on busses in New York City for the last couple of decades do you think we'd be acting as restrained as Israel?? No, we'd be building the Great Wall of the Rio Grande with armed guards patrolling it 24/7. And we'd have every right to do so.
I've always wondered why we spend tons of tax money and incur a whole lot of international ill will by supplying Israel with military hardware and backing them in many unpopular moves.
I think it has to come down to one of two possibilities.
The first is the one that the Arabic countries around Israel like pushing -- that wealthy, influential Jews in the United States are able to put pressure and affect enough US leadership that Israel gets backing. While I'm sure this plays a role, I doubt that it's the primary cause.
What *does* seem a bit more plausible is that the only way the US can control the Middle East is if it's divided and fragmented, unable to use the oil supply as a weapon, and always providing us with at least one ally in the area for military staging purposes. US Middle Eastern foreign policy has seemed to focus on keeping the Middle East divided for *decades*. Israel is a wonderful divider, particularly because they're *dependent* upon US backing for their continued existance, so is certain to help out the US in the Middle East.
The first possibility is disturbing, as it means that US citizens are not properly being served by their government. The second shows the US being uncomfortably mercenary...but I suppose that somebody has to produce the economic imbalances that keep me living the good life, so I'm much less inclined to complain about politicians playing hardball on my behalf.
May we never see th