BF2S Forums In Ahmadinejad's Iran, Jews still find a space

san4 wrote:

konfusion wrote:

san4 wrote:

No. It's the first time in about a thousand years Jews have found a place where they are free to hold any political, military or other position in society, and where their neighbors will never form mobs and burn down their houses. The threats faced by Israelis are entirely unlike the threats faced by Jews throughout history.

Great - they destroyed other people's wellbeing to have their own. So why don't we just force everyone out of the USA and let Mexicans go there - they'll get more money, and they seem to be going there anyway?

-konfusion

The reason we don't force everyone out of the US and let Mexicans go there is that (1) Mexicans have not been persecuted in hundreds of countries for hundreds of years, (2) Mexicans do not have historical ties to most of the land that forms the current US, and (3) Mexicans are not currently fleeing from industrialized mass murder. If Mexicans were subject to these three conditions, I would be willing--in fact eager--to agitate for a homeland for Mexicans. I mean, other than Mexico. I wouldn't deny that the founding of Israel was entirely simple, painless or fair (much like the founding of the US and dozens of other countries), but it is just ignoring the issue to suggest that helping Mexicans make more money is comparable to Jews fleeing centuries of persecution.

Bubbalo wrote:

UGADawgs wrote:

Yes, they can. I haven't heard of anyone having to get a "gay test" or whatever when applying for his marriage license.

Allow me to re-phrase:

So, gays can marry the love of their life now?