Thorns

Um, that would be because kita and shay didn't make comments about Palestinians, Muslims or Arabs, they made some comments about Hamas - which is a *terrorist group*. In fact, they are a terrorist group whose charter calls for the destruction of Israel. That is like saying that having isssues with the IRA is offensive to all Irish people and having issues with American white separatist groups is offensive to all Americans. Hell, it's like saying that Bush starting the Iraq war and staying there is horrible and indefensible is offensive to all Americans (most of whom *agree* that Bush starting the Iraq war and staying there is indefensible). They didn't make offensive and derogatory comments about Arabs/Muslims/Palestinians. In fact, they stated a basic fact - a fact that members of Hamas *agree with*; that they want to kill all of the Jews in Israel.

For you to say that kita and shay (and apparently me) having issues with a terrorist group that wants to destroy our *entire people* equals us hating and wanting to attack all Arabs/Muslims and Palestinians is disingenuous in the extreme.

ETA: Also, just to make it clear, if somebody Palestinian/Arab/Muslim had shown up and said this comment hurt them, I would have apologized for causing them pain. I would have explained that in this specific situation I was talking about a terrorist organization and that my comments were not meant to apply to an entire people as a whole - and for that and the pain I had caused (or *anybody* had caused), I was sorry.