God is a funny word, because it is used in so many contexts which are seemingly unrelated: In god we trust, god bless America and so on. It also seems like a lot of people are using god as an excuse for many things, such as blowing themselves up in malls, or shooting rockets towards innocent civilians.
But to answer right to the point: no, god is certainly not a legitimate answer to Israel's existence, luckily for us, it is not the only reason. I have yet heard anyone in an Israeli-Palestinian debate uses god as a reason for Israel's existence, I have heard, however, the opposite. I have heard all kinds of Muslims saying that god said to kill the Jews that have takes their lands.

Don't try to be a smart ass (or a smarty marty, because I like how it sounds) and ignore the many other legitimate reasons for Israel's existence (which I have no time to write, because I am dead tired, I have been working like a dog so I will be sleeping like a log HAHAHA).

At 3/12/07 02:54 PM, lapis wrote: What. The. Fuck.

I actually thought it is funny.

At 12/23/06 01:05 PM, EcKo-WR wrote: so you don't deny what is happening in Gaza and the West bank?

Well, the Fatah and the Hamas poeple are killing each other, aren't they? As far as I know, we belong to neither of these groups.

At 12/20/06 02:31 PM, EcKo-WR wrote: And Israel was carpet bombing,raiding houses ,using hellfire missles on the Palestinians also before any war with Lebanon.In fact I happen to recall an incident 60 years ago with a certain country being established in arab lands that sparked this whole crisis.Hmmm...

I only wanted to remind you that if you want to tell a joke, make it clear that it is a joke, don't disguise it as a reasonable response in the politics forum. Or in other words, bullshit!

At 12/12/06 11:02 AM, lapis wrote: In all fairness, it wasn't Ahmadinejad who rejected him.

I read in the news paper that he wasn't allosed in the conference, so he stayed here, I am sure that this is what the article says as it is in front of me right now.

At 12/11/06 08:07 PM, Neoptolemus wrote: The fact of the matter is Ahmadenijad doesn'tdeny the holocaust, the accounts of his denial were misinterpreted.. What he is suspicious about is the amount of Jews that were pointlessly slaughtered which was said to be about 6 million yet if a person tries to investigate the actual amount of Jews killed they will be denied from accessing the information.

Well, there are certain levels of denial, there are people who claim that about a jmillion were killed, there are who claim that only 200,000 were killed and there is Ahmadenijad. He claims that no more than 10,000 jews were killed, which is a brutal denial of the holocaust in which 6 million people died.
He knows perfectly well that the holocaust did happen and that 6 million jews were murdered there, but he wants a lot of the Iranians and Arabs to think that it is a lie. Unfortunately, people actually believe him.

At 12/11/06 11:31 AM, TheMason wrote: I'll be interested in the results of this conference. I have heard Ahmadenijad talk about how he is open to the possibility that the Holocaust happened; but he still does not think it justifies Israel. I wonder if this is his opportunity to try and reinvent himself as a holocaust believer...

Don't let him fool you' nothing that can be showed to support the fact that the holocaust has happened will satisfy Ahmadenijad. I read an article today in the newspaper about an Israeli Arab who wanted to go to the conference (which is open for everybody) and show evidence that the holocaust did occur, but he rejected him.
This conference is nothing but a lame attempt to get more people to think that the holocaust didn't happen. However, it is sad that there are people that truly believe the holocaust didn't happen. I am, of course, not speaking of the peole participating in this foolish conference supplying false avidence and arguments, I am speaking of the people who are brainwahsed to think that from a small age. I also speak of the people who heard it for the first time from a stupid anti-semite such as the participants in the conference.

At 11/7/06 07:50 AM, EcKo-WR wrote: Which brings me to my next question.Islam is very specific on how much you may expose your body whch is not much.What is Judaism's take?What do those othodox people wear?Thanks.

The Haredim (or Ultra-orthodox, if you really want to) wear long black outfits and a big black hat. Under the black outfit (which includes long black pants) they wear white shirts and under this they wear a Tsitsit, which is another shirt. The women wear long outfits too, but they have a bigger veriaty to chose from, they too can't expose anything at all, and mostly wear something on their heads. It must be very hot below this outfit...

At 11/6/06 02:22 PM, Togukawa wrote::

Is it is as violent as I hear it is to roam the streets down there? Especially you are a certain race, or religion?
I.e. is it dangerous to walk outside on the streets.

Though I suppose it's the same in Israel like in any country, depending on the neighbourhoud...

Well, It is not dangerous to walk in Israel on the streets like NY in it's scary days. Of course that once in a while there is a case when someone on drugs kills a random guy, but it happens once a year and there is a storm about it. There are rarely any bombings now, so I will say it is safe to walk on the streets.
But don't get in the ultra-orthodox neighbourhoods with sleezy outfits, because they will throw garbage at you.

At 11/6/06 11:00 AM, OoogieBoogie wrote: Is it is as violent as I hear it is to rome the streets down there? Especially you are a certain race, or religion?

I want to answer, but I am not sure I understood the question(s), can you rephrase that?

At 11/5/06 08:54 PM, cellardoor6 wrote: For some reason I don't believe you are actually from Israel.

Ok.

At 11/6/06 02:07 AM, SuperKooter wrote: Are there lots of jew leaving israel for France, Uk and US. I've hear this to be the case because some just don't want to deal with it anymore.

I don't think so, at least not in a massive way, there is always someone who is leaving to Uk and US and France, but not a lot. At least not from Israel.

At 11/6/06 02:10 AM, SuperKooter wrote: Do you guys still hate the Germans?

I don't hate the Germans of today, only the ones who were in germany of the WWII.

At 11/5/06 03:46 AM, Cahenn wrote: Our current PM is an idiot, true... heck I'd trade him for bush if I could...

He is not an idiot, he is simply not PM meterial, he might get better. Unfortunately, we don't have an alternative, all of the other people are evil or stupendously stupid. Who can replace him? Bibi? Peretz? Ivet?!
He is the only one.

At any time at all, notld224 wrote: stuff

Well, I can see that you are smart, obviously too smart for this thread and conversation, so I am going to have to advise you to leave, or I will call you stupid and retarded and caca.

At 11/2/06 02:30 PM, FAB0L0US wrote: Lidov, your leaders are idiots. They are idiots of monumental proportions. They create probably twice as many problems as they solve. And the Palestinians are also led by idiots.

I would have to say that I disagree wiht the statement. However, I do admit that after the 6 days war we made a great mistake and got in the conquered territories, something we shouldn't have done. Now it is simply hard to fix this big mistake we should have made in the first place. Our current leaders are not idiots (some of them are), but not as great as they should be to fix the samn situation.
I know it seems easy to great people such as yourself, but just like watching Keanu Reeves for 2 hours straight, it isn't so easy.

At 11/2/06 12:13 AM, bradford1 wrote: The situation in Israel has been described as having radical people in charge on both sides.

Do you feel as if a small amount of hateful Muslims and a small amount of hateful Jews are imposing a conflict on the good-hearted majority of both groups?

Well, I don't think you fully understand the situation. While the palastinians are ruled by a government which calls for the destruction of Israel and claims it would never negotiate with Israel, our leaders want to give acountry to the palastinians. I admit that there are some extreme Jews who don't support it, but in general the current policy is to give them a country if they will negotiate with us.

At 10/31/06 02:37 PM, FAB0L0US wrote: This is direct from the Hamas Covenant. Admirable goals?

I have always wondered if the ones who wrote it really believe in this shit or just use it in order to scare people and get them to vote. "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" are old, using them after they have been proved to be a forgery so many time is treating the voter as a dumb dummy.

At 10/31/06 02:12 PM, neoptolemus wrote: Israel is not trying to make things better, all your country is trying to do is oppress.. As for the amount of Jews that were killed by the Nazis, technically there is no accountable evidence to suggest it was that many, it could have been more, it could have been less.. The fact of the matter is people are stopped from investigating.

Firstly, we are trying to make things better, but the palastinians chose the Hamas, whioch makes things much more difficult. Seconly, I was talking about a hypothetic situation in which we will give the palastinians a state, and to stated that they will still hate us. Thirdly, the actual number is really irrellivent to this discussion, but there are evidence which show the number of casualties is well above 3 million.

At 10/30/06 03:06 PM, neoptolemus wrote: stuff.

I see you haven't learned anything from last time, I am still a bussy man...
Anyway, the Germans killed 6 million jews, as I have already said as an example, but we forgave them. I, currently, do not hate any German whom I don't know. However, you say the palastinians will never forgive us for something in much, much smaller scales (which I still think we are right, but I won't argue about it now, as I am bussy), I see it very irretional. You can't be mad at someone forever, if he is trying to make things better the only thing to do is to forgive. That is especially in the current possition of the palastinians.

At 10/29/06 04:10 PM, neoptolemus wrote: The thing is i doubt that'll happen. I mean Israel has done too much to Arab countries. Are Israeli's raised to always remember the Nazi regime in Germany? As i believe that's what will happen in the Arab countries. It will never be forgotten, the deaths will never go away. There will always be people in the Middle East who will hold resentment towards Israel because of the genocidal nature Israel has harboured towards Palestine and Lebanon.

That is stupid, I admit that Israel has made a few mistakes, maybe some big ones (not as big as you claim, but I won't get into that), but if we will work to try and correct it and the arabs won't forgive us, I will see it as their fault. You be mad at us forever, this is just stupid and irretional. Even we are now in good relations with germany, I see no reason why after giving the palastinians a country there should still be a problem.

At 10/28/06 07:34 PM, EcKo-WR wrote: Where do you see Israel in the next 10-15 years?It's International relationship and it's relationship with the arabs.

I think that this is a question no one can give a really based answer to, so I really don't know where to start. In 10-15 years I am almost sure that the palastinians will have a country of their own and that the bombings will mostly stop. We won't have peace, but we won't be at war, the same with the rest of the arab countries. I hope this will come true.

Also what good things will come out of Israel in this time period?

I am pretty sure you need to rephrase this question, but I will still give a partial answer. As I mentioned before, I believe it should and will give the palastinains an independant state in Gaza and the west bank. I also see Israel as one of the leading hi-tech countries (it already is one now, but it will probably become bigger at that point), and I hope the economy will be better. Of course that it all comes to education, which is something our politicians have yet to understand.
Anyway, I don't have anything much else to say, we jews, in spite of controlling the world from an underground base, can't tell the future. It is our only weakness, if you want to know the future ask the gypsies.

At 10/21/06 06:49 PM, neoptolemus wrote: Ok, it's only polite if i give you a shorter version. The Israeli government is responsible for the slaughter of 290 civilians, 135 of which were children and 35 were women. (This was between 25th June and 12th October)

I have had this duscussion a million times during the actual acts. I also do agree that there were some mistakes which shouldn't have been made during this war, but generally we didn't want to kill them and we warned them before.

While i do agree, no matter what country there will always be people who are worthy of admiration. The problem is i completely disagree with the Iraeli government, and i completely disagree with the existence of Israel.

Ok, just don't attack all of the Israeli citizens.

I apologise for that, but as you know, a picture speaks a thousand words. I also apologise if in someway i offended you, that was not my intention.

This picture actualy had only four words, and they were written on it, but whatever.

At 10/26/06 11:16 AM, lapis wrote: Thanks for responding, I guess we'll have to wait and see how his party's new position affects government policies etc, but anyway: I have an actual question rather than a statement this time:

Yeah, he claims that he is against the transfer, but I don't really believe him. He is the worst candidate in the last elections, he was like "there is a demographic problem in Israel, I know the solution, join me" (exactly like that).

I thought this was kind of odd, I've done a few quick Google searches but they don't really give the information I was looking for, so I thought it would be a good idea to post it here. Is it illegal for Jews to marry non-Jews or is it simply illegal for any non-Jew to get married in Israel? We used to have similar laws concerning shops being open for business at Sunday like the one discussed in the article, but I can't remember marriage laws being in place.

No, Jews can marry non-jews, but it is a very difficult thing to do. That is because every couple in Israel should be married by the Jewish law with a rabbi. The orthodox jews will not allow such a wedding, and I am not sure about the reform. SInce you can't have a regular marriage in israel (yet) these couples can't marry in Israel, they mostly go to cyprus and marry there.
There are a lot of Jews and none Jews couples in Israel, my neighbour is merried to someone from Taiwan actually...

At 10/23/06 07:04 PM, lapis wrote: So Yisrael Beitenu is entering the coalition, Lieberman is even becoming Vice Premier. That's pretty fucked up. Allowing a party that openly advocates ethnic cleansing to enter a nation's government reflects badly on the nation as a whole.

I fully agree, I just hope that Avigdor Liberman will make a huge mistake and lose the people's support. He simply gets this support because he is russian, and all of the russians who doesn't know whom to vote for vote for him. Currently, Israel Beitenu is the worst party in the Kneset.
And don't worry about the vice premier, it means nothing at all.

Godamnit, I don't have time to read and answer such a long post, I am very bussy, if you wnat me to answer, post something shorter. And by the way, from what I did read, don't generalize, because not all Israelis think the same way. Also, don't post pictures which were used in a conference which called to the destruction of Israel.
Thanks in advance.

At 10/21/06 06:22 AM, cellardoor6 wrote: No Presidents? Who will lead you then? Are you waiting for the Messiah or something?

The president is not the one who rules our country, the prime minister is. In here the president is just a person who should bring respect to our country (this is why we offered Einstein to be our president), it is merely symbolic. In my opinion, it is also stupid, or at least stupid to make ex-politicians presidents.
I don't believe in the Messiah, BTW.

At 10/20/06 06:01 PM, EcKo-WR wrote: So how does it feel to have a president who rapes his colleagues?

Bad, it feels awful. Everyone is telling him to quite, but he, like a raping bastard, sticks to his chair at any cause. I hope that after this incident is over there will be no more presidents in Israel.

At 10/19/06 09:32 PM, hongkongexpress wrote: a good Isreal related question for me to ask is. Have they found oil in Isreal? I read on CNN there were oil explorers trying to locate oil for Isreal in the North. Also, how is Isreal recovering from it's recession?

I heard that oil was found near Kfar-Sava, but getting it out of there will cost more than the oil itself, so they are keeping it in. As far as I know, this is the only discovered oil in Israel.
About recovering, a lot of people's houses weren't fixed yet, because of a mistake the country has made and keeps doing.

I'll probably answer the rest later, I have to go now.

I thought about it for a long time, when I was still reviewing, there are a lot of silly catagories, however, merging it all to one single "overall" is, to my opinion, not the right thing to do. There should be a change, but the change should be in the catagories themselves, I suggest you put these catagories:

Script\screenply- or whatever you want to call it. It will be instead of the humour section which sometimes has no use when it is a serious movie. I think that the script of every movie is very important to the overall evaluation of the submission.

Directing-Which will come instead of the style and violence that god knows what they are for. I have never really understood the real meaning of style, so I reviewed the directing instead. In my opinion, this is also very neccessery in order to review the movie well. The sound can get in here either, since it donates a lot to the atmosphere and is actually a directing tool, but it can also get in it's own catagory.

Graphics- This will stay, because I think it is really important. In submissions like "The YuYu" it is clear that the artist has invested a lot of time in the graphics, and it is the thing that makes this movie.

Overall- The overall view at the movie, which I agree is important.

This is what I think should happen with the catagories, as a past reviewer I know that these catagories are much better than the old ones...

At 9/29/06 11:38 AM, Judge-Dredd wrote: yes. agree.

IDF = terrorists.
USAF = terrorists.

I don't think you understand, I said targeting civillians.

I wouldn't like to get into larger debates right now, but I am going to say this. The Hamas & Hezbollah are targeting civillians, and use terror as a mean to get their goals. When you target innocent civillians in order to make a whole nation fear of you to get your goals, this is pure terrorism. If they would have attacked us army to army, without harming innocent civillians or hiding among citizens in order to protect themselves, this won't be terrorism.

At 8/26/06 05:17 PM, Blamitality wrote: How come no one's replied in a kazillion years?

Reply.

1. We do not kidnap people from Lebanon and from palastine and throw them into prisons without a trial. These people get to have a fair trial before getting in prisons, and they really are terrorists.
2. I agree that we should have never gotten into the west bank, but now we are trying to fix the situation and a date for the evacuation was setted to the end of 2008.