Curious About Statistics

FiveParadox

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[i said:
JonB2004[/i]]Whoa! Back up there. Caleb. Did you just say that you don't care that the lives of Canadians were lost on 9/11?
I would contend, rather, that the member had intended to suggest that lives should be valued notwithstanding their place of origin, ethnicity, and other external factors such as those.
 

Kreskin

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Nathaniel said:
Kreskin, Sure we would all want revenge, but on whom?

Do you not think you would be quite angry with the militants hidding in and around your home.... LONG before any bomb goes off, I would have already done my best to remove them, or remove myself and my family.

But they didn't kill my kids and like I said no excuse would be good enough. I wouldn't sit down and assess my own faults, I will have lost my children to the violence of others and I would go to my grave to get justice for my children. I'm just telling you the way it is. If you think you can justify the actions that is your choice. It might make you feel warm and fuzzy inside but you've created more problems than you've solved.

Edit: to add, not everyone in this world has the chance to pick up and go or assess all of their decisions on a moral check list. Allowing an unscrupulous character in to rent or have my family broke living in the streets? What do you think happens in cases like that? We in North America have it easy compared to many in countries like that. People have to do what they have to do to put food on the table, and in the end that's all they want to do. Bomb them out, now you've got other things they might want to do.
 

BitWhys

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Colpy said:
Jews in Lebanon are hunted and murdered by Hezbollah because they are Jews.

really?

got proof?

present tense would be nice.
 

Colpy

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BitWhys said:
Colpy said:
Jews in Lebanon are hunted and murdered by Hezbollah because they are Jews.

really?

got proof?

present tense would be nice.

Good point.

A slip of the keyboard.

Allow me to correct myself.

Jews in Lebanon were being hunted and murdered by Hezbollah because they are Jews. They probably can't find any now, as there are only about 60 left.

Fifteen were murdered by Hezbollah in the mid-eighties.

http://www.danielpepper.com/blog/?p=16
 

BitWhys

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MID EIGHTIES!!!

does the phrase "Israeli invasion of Lebanon" ring a bell?

"slip of the keyboard". heh. I've been noticing a lot of that lately. the resulting "truthiness" has been astounding. Like I also noticed that serveral members totally stepped around the link to "Palestine, Propaganda and the Promised Land" and the link I left in this thread describing the invisible occupation.
 

elevennevele

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Caleb-Dain Matton said:
Does anyone know how many Israeli citizens and Lebanon citizens have been killed thus far? Also, how many Palestinians versus Israelis have been killed in their history?

I would say that whichever has lost fewer citizens would have to be considered the terrorists. But I need figures to confirm this. Thanks.



People who blindly support the Israelis camp never want you to ask this question.

I had a really good link from an impartial human rights organization on this before because I was interested in the numbers myself and for some reason I can’t seem to locate it.

Innocent people killed in the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has been unfavourably disproportionate on the side of the Palestinians. It makes you wonder who really needs defending by the international community and it doesn't make you wonder why there is a real frustration present against the Israelis.

Note this is from an Israelis human rights group.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4294502.stm


Intifada toll Sept 2000 - Sept 2005
The five years of the Palestinian intifada have cost more than 4,000 lives. Btselem, an Israeli human rights group, has been tracking casualty figures on both sides.

Most of the statistics cover the period from 29 September 2000 to 15 September 2005.

PALESTINIANS KILLED BY ISRAELIS*

3,218 killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank and Gaza including 657 aged under 18, 187 killed in extrajudicial executions and 296 (including at least 29 aged under 18) killed in the course of assassination operations.

56 killed by security forces in Israel
including one aged under 18

41 killed by Israeli citizens in the West Bank and Gaza
including at least three aged under 18

*There are no figures to show the proportion of Palestinians who were combatants and those who were civilians.

ISRAELIS KILLED BY PALESTINIANS

444 civilians killed in Israel
including 80 aged under 18

223 civilians killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
including 37 aged under 18

221 Israeli security forces killed in West Bank and Gaza

84 Israeli security forces killed in Israel
 

elevennevele

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Here is a site that has charts for easy comparisons.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation.

It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution.

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

..................

If Americans Knew is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt, independent research and information-dissemination institute, with particular focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. foreign policy regarding the Middle East, and media coverage of this issue. Specifically, the organization’s objective is to provide information that is to a large degree missing from American press coverage of this critical region.

Our Story

If Americans Knew was originally founded by an American freelance journalist, Alison Weir, who traveled independently throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip in February and March of 2001. Ms. Weir found a situation largely the reverse of what was being reported by the American media. Upon further examination of this issue – she read dozens of books on the topic – she found that the U.S. press portrayal was significantly at odds with information being reported by media throughout the rest of the world.
 

Colpy

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BitWhys said:
MID EIGHTIES!!!

does the phrase "Israeli invasion of Lebanon" ring a bell?

"slip of the keyboard". heh. I've been noticing a lot of that lately. the resulting "truthiness" has been astounding. Like I also noticed that serveral members totally stepped around the link to "Palestine, Propaganda and the Promised Land" and the link I left in this thread describing the invisible occupation.

These are LEBANESE Jews, not Israelis.

There are only 60 left from a community that dates back thousands of years.

Hezbollah murdered them ONLY because they are Jews.

I think that makes my point very well, Thank You.
 

elevennevele

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Children are about as innocent as it gets...

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stats/children.html

121 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 763 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000.

“The majority of these [Palestinian] children were killed and injured while going about normal daily activities, such as going to school, playing, shopping, or simply being in their homes. Sixty-four percent of children killed during the first six months of 2003 died as a result of Israeli air and ground attacks, or from indiscriminate fire from Israeli soldiers.”

- Catherine Cook
 

BitWhys

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Colpy said:
I think that makes my point very well, Thank You.

your point was flawed and misleading but if you want to gloat about settling for second best in public be my guest.
 

Caleb-Dain Matton

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Colpy said:
BitWhys said:
MID EIGHTIES!!!

does the phrase "Israeli invasion of Lebanon" ring a bell?

"slip of the keyboard". heh. I've been noticing a lot of that lately. the resulting "truthiness" has been astounding. Like I also noticed that serveral members totally stepped around the link to "Palestine, Propaganda and the Promised Land" and the link I left in this thread describing the invisible occupation.

These are LEBANESE Jews, not Israelis.

There are only 60 left from a community that dates back thousands of years.

Hezbollah murdered them ONLY because they are Jews.

I think that makes my point very well, Thank You.

Nice to see Colpy stuck in the eighties while innocent Palestinian and Lebanese children are dying today.
 

thomaska

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Logic 7 said:
Caleb-Dain Matton said:
Does anyone know how many Israeli citizens and Lebanon citizens have been killed thus far? Also, how many Palestinians versus Israelis have been killed in their history?

I would say that whichever has lost fewer citizens would have to be considered the terrorists. But I need figures to confirm this. Thanks.


600 lebanese including 35 hezbollah militants according to hezbollah officials, 100 according to israelis officials, in total 500 to 575 civilians lebanese killed.

52 israelis killed, including 33 soldiers and 19 civilians according to israelis officials.

I don't have the exact statistics on israeli-palestinians conflict.

Unfortunatley according to the Main stream media, for some reason, each Arab death is worth at least 100 Israeli's lives.

I'm not sure we'll ever know how many Israelis have died becuse the MSM just doesnt deem "joo" death newsworthy.
 

Logic 7

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Caleb-Dain Matton said:
Logic 7 said:
Caleb-Dain Matton said:
Does anyone know how many Israeli citizens and Lebanon citizens have been killed thus far? Also, how many Palestinians versus Israelis have been killed in their history?

I would say that whichever has lost fewer citizens would have to be considered the terrorists. But I need figures to confirm this. Thanks.


600 lebanese including 35 hezbollah militants according to hezbollah officials, 100 according to israelis officials, in total 500 to 575 civilians lebanese killed.

52 israelis killed, including 33 soldiers and 19 civilians according to israelis officials.

I don't have the exact statistics on israeli-palestinians conflict.

Thanks Logic! Well, in my opinion then, Israel is the terrorist. Civilian deaths cannot be justified. Lebanon has made 19 grave mistakes and Israel has made over 500. Doesn't it seem reasonable to support those who make less mistakes?


Your welcome!. I would say more that the israeli-government is a terrorist, not israel.I support lebanese, not hezbollah, but the problem is , israel just provides hezbollah tons of reason to get support from lebaneses .Other radicals movement will emerge, probably even more extremist than hez , it is really sad .
 

Logic 7

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thomaska said:
Unfortunatley according to the Main stream media, for some reason, each Arab death is worth at least 100 Israeli's lives.

I'm not sure we'll ever know how many Israelis have died becuse the MSM just doesnt deem "joo" death newsworthy.


Which main stream media? i've never seen any main stream media criticizing hardly israelis governement, if so, i'd like to see that.
 

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No more than caring about Muslims lives that have been lost or the 35,ooo children who starved to death on 911 in Third World countries. Again, A HUMAN BEING IS A HUMAN BEING. What part are you having a hard tiime following?

Agreed.

When someone innocent is killed, it is a tragic thing. The one who did the killing, did something atrocious. In my opinion this should be upheld for anyone, regardless of religious beliefs, ideologies, nationalities, or other markers used to denote so-called race.
 

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Caleb-Dain Matton said:
Colpy said:
BitWhys said:
MID EIGHTIES!!!

does the phrase "Israeli invasion of Lebanon" ring a bell?

"slip of the keyboard". heh. I've been noticing a lot of that lately. the resulting "truthiness" has been astounding. Like I also noticed that serveral members totally stepped around the link to "Palestine, Propaganda and the Promised Land" and the link I left in this thread describing the invisible occupation.

These are LEBANESE Jews, not Israelis.

There are only 60 left from a community that dates back thousands of years.

Hezbollah murdered them ONLY because they are Jews.

I think that makes my point very well, Thank You.

Nice to see Colpy stuck in the eighties while innocent Palestinian and Lebanese children are dying today.

Oh RIGHT!

And it is fine that you, the Palestinians, the Persians and most of the Arab world are stuck in 1967, or 1948.

GIVE ME A BREAK!
 

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I don't know if the original poster of this thread is trying to be funny or just stupid.

We bombed and killed more German civilians in WW2 than they bombed and killed us. So Hitler was the good guy?

The police shoot more criminals than criminals shoot police. So the police are the bad guys?

Still scratching head.
 

Just the Facts

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Caleb-Dain Matton said:
Does anyone know how many Israeli citizens and Lebanon citizens have been killed thus far?

No, we don't know, and probably never will. Unless Israel stumbles across some figures in a captured Hospital, err...Hizbollah HQ, there will be nothing but speculation.

Hizboallah fighters become civilians as soon as they are killed.
 

iARTthere4iam

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I don't know if there is anyone that is in favour of the of maintaining the status quo in Gaza and the West Bank. It is a terrible tragedy that should end. It seems, however, that Palestinians are unwilling to be independent. Constantly attacking Israel from their current position of weakness in refugee camps makes no sense to me. If the palestinians had taken just one of the opportunities to have their own state the whole region would be better off.
If at some time in the future they decide they had gotten a raw deal they could renegotiate with their neighbors (Israel, Egypt etc.) or go to war- like civilised folk- as a sovereign nation.
Palestine as an independent state hasn't existed for a long time, if ever. Any independence possible is better than what they have now.