<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/9/2004 10:18:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, chuck@mutualaid.org writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>There are people who oppose the Belgian state, as there are people who <BR>oppose all the other states on this planet. Israel, like the U.S., is a <BR>state which is far worse than the others.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>I have no problem with people who argue that nation states are not eternal political formations, but flawed human formations that should be subject to change; and that we may one day evolve alternative political formations that are more humane.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do have a big problem with people who advocate violent means for eradicating Israel before eradicating any other national entity; when so many other nations in the world are also guilty of human rights violations.  And I have just as big a problem with people who care about Palestinian lives but do not care about Israeli lives.  I care about both.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marion</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>