[extropy-chat] Re: Peace in Palestine and Israel

Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 29 18:44:22 UTC 2004


--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> 
> >A MODEST PROPOSAL
> >
> >Jim Giglio
> >1) We start with Jerusalem. Both sides want it all and cannot
> >compromise, so neither should get any of it. Jerusalem becomes an
> >International Religious Reservation; nobody comes to Jerusalem
> >from anywhere for any purpose other than religious observance.
> >The city is run by an administrator appointed by the U.N.
> >Secretary General and ratified by both the Security Council and
> >General Assembly. Policing is carried out by a multinational
> >force from nations that have no (or only tiny minorities of)
> >Christians, Muslims, or Jews, and adherents of these faiths
> >cannot be members of the force.
> 
> This part alone is worth its weight in gold, frankincense and myrrh.
> It's 
> much gentler and more sensible than another scheme, volatilizing the
> city 
> with a directed meteor after giving everyone ample warning to get
> out.

And far too sensible and reasonable for either side in a land one
british diplomat said was "Full of unreasonable people."

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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