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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Vadim Cherny <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, tladatsi AT charter.net
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Re: 1 Samuel 15 & Punishment
  • Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:56:00 +0100

On 26/04/2005 14:30, Vadim Cherny wrote:

I assume you would not argue about the affirmative action rectifying the
sins two hundred years old - even almost four hundred years old, if we count
from the first shipment of slaves. Why should not Israelities rectify the
past sins against them?


The danger of this line of argument is if it is brought into modern politics, if the government and people of Israel justify oppression of their enemies on the grounds of what the (supposed) ancestors of those enemies might (or might not) have done to the Jews centuries ago.

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Peter Kirk
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