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Aye the Palestinian chap doesn't even have a helmet, but he is quite clearly aiming him gun at the Israeli chap, and not at any children. The Israeli chap does seem to be pointing his gun at the baby. Tell me, when was this photo taken?

oh, I'd like to follow up on my plan for Israel to send the repairs bill to the Lebanese government for every rocket attack that Hezbollah throw over. For every Israeli civilian that gets killed in such a rocket attack, the Israelis get to execute one of the Hezbollah prisoners. Make it quite clear that its a life for a life. And this will be at the same time that the Israeli government is ploughing money into the Lebanese healthcare and education services, and offering tax breaks to Lebanese businesses that work with Israel and Israeli businesses that work with Lebanon. Thus demonstrating the benefits of Peace and Love and the consequences of violence and murder.

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It could have gained the support of some of the Lebanese people, maybe not all of them, maybe most of them, who knows without trying? But of course after all that's happened now, it would be a lot more difficult. But peace and love is a bloody good idea and its always worth a try. Stop the bombing, offer blood money for the dead. Every time a Hezbollah rocket comes over send the bill for repairs the Lebanese government. And if the war stops now, and in a year another one starts, thats a whole year that people have to live that they won't have if the war doesn't stop right now. and if the war does start again next year on another border, then that war can stop too, cos you've done it before. The whole situation does suck, and the way out is to stop the fighting as quickly as possible. Everytime it starts, stop it again, as quickly as possible. Cos Peace and Love is a bloody good idea

Alienate Hezbollah from their supporters. Plough Israeli money into Lebanese schools and hospitals as an alternative to the Hezbollah funding. Arrange cultural exchanges and twinned music festivals to divert the Hezbollah's supporters. http://ontheface.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/7/31/2183044.html Improve business links and investment between Israel and southern Lebanon, so the civilians have jobs and security, rather than being poor and desperate. Make it easy for moderate Lebanese to want closer links with Israel. Dilute support for the militant side of Hezbollah

I agree its not an equivalent comparison, but my point was that the British have a perspective and understanding of the situation with Lebanon and Israel that can appreciate bombings, devestation and murders a little differently to the US perspective, which I can only assume is "something to do with people very far away".

Its late, I'm tired, I'm walking away.

I don't know why there isn't more public outcry about the slaughter of innocents in Africa, I've been harping on in my blog about how the Congoese conflicts of the past decade have killed 7 million people, more than any other armed conflict since the second world war. And its a tragedy, it really is. Luckily it's slowly getting better there now. They've had the first democratic elections in nearly forty years, and going on UN reports there hasn't very much trouble with election rigging compared to the USA or Ukraine. The business with the Muslims killing the natives in Dafor gets a bit of coverage, but only cos the media were onto quicker than the US/UK governments and the UN. I have stong opinions on the loss of innocent lives in Africa too. However, this thread is about the current conflict between Israel and Lebanon. Violence is never the only option. That's what I was taught at school and I still believe it. I understand that before the current conflict, Hezbollah was supprted by between 20% and 30% of the Lebanese population, mainly because in the south of the country in addition to being an armed militia they provided schools and hospital and other civic services that the regular government were unable to. So lets assume that of the 20% to 30%, its only 10% to 15% who support the militia and the other 85% to 90% don't so much. I'm not a politician, I'm thousands of miles away in Scotland, but maybe if the Israeli government tried to help the legitimate Lebanese government with the healthcare and education, maybe if the Israeli nation helped support the non-Hezbollah side of Lebanon with loans and services and business and anything that isn't violence. And don't ever give up on trying to peacefully resolve the situation. At the moment there are around 760 dead Lebanese right now who are dead because Israel gave up on trying to peacefully resolve the situation. But hey, what do I know

If the Israelis were really trying avoid civilian deaths they wouldn't be launching any attacks on Lebanon. They aren't defending themselves, by no means is this a nation defending themselves. I struggle to see how this slaughter of Lebanese can be at all perceived as Israel defending itself. Its a horrendous loss of life. Israel lost any support I had for them the moment they resorted to violence to get back the two kidnapped soldiers. Hezbollah claim to have kidnapped the two soldiers originally for the purpose of negotiating the release of Lebanese prisoners held in Israeli prisons. How's about, when the bloodshed is over, the Israelis release as many Lebanese prisoners as innocent civilians they have killed. A life for a life.

Suburban Kids with Biblical Names - Rent a Wreck

aw man, I just know you kids were eagerly awaiting this... last night... kind of like a cover, Adam plays his solo version of "What Was the Point in Getting up?" the classic Hector Collectors slacker anthem John Peel championed back in the day and this time he means it

Was obsessed with them about ten years ago. and every so often I get int he habit of singing the entire first album to myself, some of those songs are so catchy, they never go away

The Format - whatever the new album's called, something to do with dogs probably

I have English, French and Russian and wee bits of German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish and Cantonese. After a while it gets difficult to stop thinking in them

any sig more than three lines deep pisses the hell out of me. I want to read messages not kipple.

The eagerly awaited return of the Last night From Glasgow webcasts now with Adam J Smith (Hector Collectors, Plimptons, Franz Ferdinand Reindeer Section, The Wealth of Nations, etc)!!! hear him sing the antidote to Paula Abdul's Opposites Attract!!

Ooh, I just saw them on Top of the Pops, they were great

hmph, here's the last of the Just Joans webcasts its called Five Beer Bottles and it about waking up with some girl you shouldn't have pulled the night before Next week we have Glasgow's Scunner playing a run of webcasts, theatrical schmindie from the second city I guess

Here's today's webcast from the just joans, its called Take me back to highschool

Craig Parkinson playing Tony Wilson? You gotta be kiddin'