tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5914330706493088023..comments2024-03-28T09:44:06.490-05:00Comments on Althouse: "HarperCollins omits Israel from maps for Mideast schools, citing 'local preferences.'"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49170162066181759572015-01-03T08:59:54.021-06:002015-01-03T08:59:54.021-06:00"The publication of this atlas will confirm I..."The publication of this atlas will confirm Israel’s belief that there exists a hostility towards their country from parts of the Arab world,” Bishop Declan Lang, chairman of the Bishops’ Conference Department of International Affairs, told The Tablet. “It will not help to build up a spirit of trust leading to peaceful co-existence.”<br /><br> I wonder where those wacky Israelis got that impression. And, what spirit of trust leading to peaceful co-existence. Have the Palestinians had that EVER?jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64892816062654682862015-01-03T08:50:18.810-06:002015-01-03T08:50:18.810-06:00So now I'll figure out if sharper Collins is g...So now I'll figure out if sharper Collins is going to publish any books I plan on buying and now will not buy them.<br /><br />jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15969871601893998242015-01-03T00:41:44.394-06:002015-01-03T00:41:44.394-06:00In 1974 I was in Egypt after the peace deal betwee...In 1974 I was in Egypt after the peace deal between Sadat and Begin. I remember seeing a map in Ismailia on the Suez Canal that showed Israel, but labeled it "Occupied Palestine".<br /><br />Andrew Russell<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8314320784115135822015-01-02T21:53:32.527-06:002015-01-02T21:53:32.527-06:00Saudi Arabia has been waging a war on the rest of ...<br />Saudi Arabia has been waging a war on the rest of the world to violently spread Islam since it was formed in the 1940's, and the people who lived there have been doing the same for over a thousand years.<br /><br />And they've been doing it with our money. Now we can drive the price per barrel down to the point where they can't afford to cause mischief.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36592226927345169852015-01-02T21:49:13.990-06:002015-01-02T21:49:13.990-06:00It will take a few more mass murders by Muslim scu...It will take a few more mass murders by Muslim scum before the American sheeple realize that we are in a war to the death--either we destroy Islam or it destroys us. Nuking the so-called "holy cities" will be a key milestone.John Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512292512993140028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84916822779640631072015-01-02T21:15:39.150-06:002015-01-02T21:15:39.150-06:00Saudi Arabia has been waging a war on the rest of ...<i>Saudi Arabia has been waging a war on the rest of the world to violently spread Islam since it was formed in the 1940's, and the people who lived there have been doing the same for over a thousand years.</i><br /><br />“Saudi Arabia” actually had its start in the 1740's, not the 1940's — and it's maintained the same extremist Wahhabi faith ever since.<br /><br />Centered on Riyadh, the Saudi polity was destroyed once by the Ottomans, in 1818 — but reconstituted itself later in 1824. Then in 1891 the Saudi state was politically erased by a competing Arabian polity, but the Saudi dynasty resumed rule over Riyadh and its environs in 1902. By 1932 the Saudis had consolidated control over the bulk of the Arabian peninsula.Michael McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007336342718478839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85505587736279327822015-01-02T20:34:18.475-06:002015-01-02T20:34:18.475-06:00My point is that we can (and should) engage in pro...<i>My point is that we can (and should) engage in provocative behavior that is diplomatic rather than military. You want to skip the diplomacy and declare World War III? On Saudi Arabia?</i><br /><br />“We” are engaging in provocative behavior — not Obama but the U.S. fracking revolution (which is occurring primarily on private not public lands) is making Saudi Arabia's principal economic resource (which fuels their worldwide campaign to convert all the world's mosques to their extremist brand of Islam) to be worth only a fraction of its value otherwise. We're seeing the results at the pump right now.Michael McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007336342718478839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81830102435646212902015-01-02T16:10:55.657-06:002015-01-02T16:10:55.657-06:00@Saint Croix
Hmmm they fund the terrorists and m...@Saint Croix <br /><br />Hmmm they fund the terrorists and many of their citizens are terrorists. We invaded Vichy French North Africa for a lot less than that. Just saying.cubanbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975770246909510412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46398367031129486132015-01-02T16:08:04.902-06:002015-01-02T16:08:04.902-06:00"Are you suggesting an armed invasion of Saud..."Are you suggesting an armed invasion of Saudi Arabia?"<br /><br />No, but the US Ambassador to the UN has suggested we invade Israel.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43954134929207731192015-01-02T15:38:12.816-06:002015-01-02T15:38:12.816-06:00Since for business purposes Israel doesn't exi...Since for business purposes Israel doesn't exist for HarperCollins the Israeli's ought to deem since they don't exist for HarperCollins the patents, trademarks and copyrights that HarperCollins has in Israel don't exist. cubanbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975770246909510412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87008293462490790272015-01-02T15:34:48.876-06:002015-01-02T15:34:48.876-06:00Comparing Saudi Arabia--who has not invaded anybod...<i>Comparing Saudi Arabia--who has not invaded anybody</i><br /><br />Tell that to most of the Middle East, Northern Africa, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Sppain, Portugal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia has been waging a war on the rest of the world to violently spread Islam since it was formed in the 1940's, and the people who lived there have been doing the same for over a thousand years.<br /><br />Gahriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795449308207016641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61547381717475551592015-01-02T14:36:47.157-06:002015-01-02T14:36:47.157-06:00Because Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
Comparin...<i>Because Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.</i><br /><br />Comparing Saudi Arabia--who has not invaded anybody--to Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan is silly. Are you suggesting an armed invasion of Saudi Arabia? I don't think you'd get American support for that, let along international support. The whole idea is ridiculous.<br /><br />My point is that we can (and should) engage in provocative behavior that is diplomatic rather than military. You want to skip the diplomacy and declare World War III? On Saudi Arabia?Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14585497495856569592015-01-02T14:19:44.933-06:002015-01-02T14:19:44.933-06:00Does Harper-Collins print maps of North America fo...Does Harper-Collins print maps of North America for Mexicans that show Atzlan in place of the southwestern United States, too, citing local preferences?DavidDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483763917313497742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76446778494085963062015-01-02T13:55:24.164-06:002015-01-02T13:55:24.164-06:00Re the article linked by Saint Croix, I think &quo...Re the article linked by Saint Croix, I think "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" solves the problem. GHW was right to accede to the Saudis' demand, and GW was wrong to accede. The purpose of diplomacy is not to reform foreign societies, or to insult their people's or their leaders.busterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772893318825172802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30116845218555825052015-01-02T13:50:14.318-06:002015-01-02T13:50:14.318-06:00We need to open up their society, make it peaceful...<i>We need to open up their society, make it peaceful and tolerant, and that's not going to happen with military force.</i><br /><br />Because Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.furious_ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239113391394176670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80935337157990441642015-01-02T13:01:57.685-06:002015-01-02T13:01:57.685-06:00Michael K:
The "invisible hand" worked!...Michael K:<br /><br />The "invisible hand" worked! As it often does in a capitalist (i.e. private ownership) society and in the absence of an established monopoly.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49253218205911253042015-01-02T12:59:09.249-06:002015-01-02T12:59:09.249-06:00Joseph Blieu, it's morally wrong.
"The c...Joseph Blieu, it's morally wrong.<br /><br />"The customer is always right" is a general guiding principle, useful when waiting a table in a restaurant, and not much use in publishing maps or textbooks.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59826854200559752502015-01-02T12:41:54.909-06:002015-01-02T12:41:54.909-06:00This sounds bad but is the Customer not always rig...This sounds bad but is the Customer not always right? If NYC school textbooks have a requirement to print "Bush is Evil" on the cover page do you blame McGraw Hill? Joseph Blieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807708596824345689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84733150192241762942015-01-02T12:32:51.399-06:002015-01-02T12:32:51.399-06:00Plenty of companies were happy to do business with...Plenty of companies were happy to do business with the Nazi's too. I wonder what the Harper-Collins client list circa 1935 includes.tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19338655537091314632015-01-02T11:48:59.265-06:002015-01-02T11:48:59.265-06:00HarperCollins is morally reprehensible for agreein...HarperCollins is morally reprehensible for agreeing to publish this map, but in the grand scheme of things they should be free to do so.<br /><br />Just like other businesses should be free to refuse to do their owners feel is wrong. Like, say, bake a cake for a gay wedding.MikeDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09997508763864508316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77146391350274616972015-01-02T11:42:27.860-06:002015-01-02T11:42:27.860-06:00The United States embassy to Israel is still locat...The United States embassy to Israel is still located in an Israeli city that is not the capital of the state of Israel, right? <br /><br />Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem, right?<br /><br />If the US State Department can't accept Israel's self-selected national capital, why expect a map publisher to get local boundaries right?<br /><br />That the US doesn't have its embassy in Jerusalem is a disgraceful act by this country.mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7970101683624994882015-01-02T11:07:08.132-06:002015-01-02T11:07:08.132-06:00They have apologized and promised the map will not...They have apologized and promised the map will not be issued.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/harpercollinsuk/posts/911442185546286<br /><br /><i>HarperCollins regrets the omission of the name Israel from their Collins Middle East Atlas. This product has now been removed from sale in all territories and all remaining stock will be pulped. HarperCollins sincerely apologises for this omission and for any offence caused.<br /></i>Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17429162163019434032015-01-02T10:53:15.500-06:002015-01-02T10:53:15.500-06:00Well, that settles the open question if Jews shoul...Well, that settles the open question if Jews should be disarmed. And confirms that it is naive to believe that Palestinian leaders will ever act in good faith.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67499565782273798702015-01-02T10:48:18.074-06:002015-01-02T10:48:18.074-06:00Who wants to go around jumping through burning tir...Who wants to go around jumping through burning tires?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91259860844859804262015-01-02T10:47:38.039-06:002015-01-02T10:47:38.039-06:00Palestine or bust. I'm washing my kaffiyeh.Palestine or bust. I'm washing my kaffiyeh.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.com