[ExI] Israel and Transhumanism article in H+

[AlgaeNymph]

David Lubkin wrote:
> Spike wrote:
>> History judges a people by how it uses technology.  I don't care 
>> about what
>> any particular society names its deity, or how it prays.  I do care 
>> about
>> how a society scores in building an orderly society, in how its people
>> prosper, in fairness and equality in that society, in the level of
>> individual freedom in that society, and EXPECIALLY, the level of 
>> individual
>> freedom in that society, followed closely by the level of individual 
>> freedom
>> in that society.
>>
>> Israel scores high in the areas I care about.
> This is only very recently, and still not entirely. Until the Likud came
> to power (thanks, in small measure, to my father), the country had
> been run by the Labour Party for 40+ years, and was socialist in
> many exasperating ways.
Before this becomes another pointless socialism-vs-libertarianism 
back-and-forth, what about the Palestinians?  I'm sure that's what we're 
*really* thinking about when talking about Israel.  Whether they're 
terrorists or woobies, dancing around that demographic reflects badly on us.

Personally, I want to know how to express support for Israel without 
coming across as a right-wing wacko or a spoiledrichwhiteboy.