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I liked a lot your commentary, especially the following part:

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in response to reader comment: Interesting thoughts Ynnatchkah

Submitted by Ynnatchkah (United States), Aug 16, 2008 at 20:02

I liked a lot your commentary, especially the following part:

"..I still think that Daniel could have focused his criticism on the most important issue, which was the right to comment on Israel, it would just pass this important message better."…

And, I liked it a lot Huck, b/c it reminded me about an outstanding Art History teacher of mine, when exposing the Greek concept of the Man's Beauty and Perfection, in one of his classes. It was about 20 years ago or less.

If I well recall, the Greeks had the concept of a man and a super man, The second was not the ultimate or supreme god, just the most perfect form of man, a man could assume.

If I well recall, he would be about 2.07 m (I guess 6'5") tall and the stairs he would be able to climb would be 51 cm high.

He also would be supreme in intelligence and self control having also perfected the inner characteristics of a human being.

And the Greeks used to "venerate" it so much…so much that I got shock when knowing that the average man in Greece was 1.64 m (5'7" I guess) tall, and has THAT "way" of living in manners- in its daily basis.

Dr. Pipes "image" and people's concepts about him-including me (in the imaginary realm) - brings me these sensations, as if ones that deeply admire him and recognize his supremacy in terms of knowledge and others qualities, simply does not want to consciously accept that he would, instead of just passing well the message, as you said thus exposing the better, that he would act as an average human being….as an average Greek….

Ones when truly admiring him (not venerating) denies it immediately in his/her mind as impossibility, while he – the man- is human….ones has to accept that.

Kol Tov Lekha (lakh), Ve Shavuah Tov ……

< Just Hebrew, I'm NOT religious.>

Please, keep in mind that leftists and liberals are not in my concept the average Greeks in this case, but stay far below.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Israel downhill slide [100 words]Gregory SmithSep 15, 2008 11:29138623
Who is Schweizer? [77 words]AzrielAug 19, 2008 12:53137015
To Daniel Pipes and Yoram Schweitzer [122 words]huckAug 6, 2008 07:56136351
Disagree with you Huck [165 words]YnnatchkahAug 9, 2008 14:53136351
Ynnatchkah, agree and disagree with you [138 words]huckAug 13, 2008 06:02136351
2Thanks Huck- Deeply Appreciated. [29 words]YnnatchkahAug 13, 2008 14:50136351
Third Perspective in Yoram's Case. [274 words]YnnatchkahAug 15, 2008 00:36136351
Interesting thoughts Ynnatchkah [115 words]huckAug 15, 2008 23:14136351
I liked a lot your commentary, especially the following part: [344 words]YnnatchkahAug 16, 2008 20:02136351
Sound bite not so bad [56 words]Archimedes2Aug 6, 2008 01:03136335
Yes. The Sound Byte [47 words]YnnatchkahAug 9, 2008 14:43136335
good job Daniel Pipes [104 words]Yuval BrandstetterAug 5, 2008 00:25136289
How can Yoram Schweitzer, someone so shallow, hold such an important position? [313 words]Ken BesigAug 4, 2008 14:04136258
Ken, are you sure about Yoram Schweitzer? [298 words]YnnatchkahAug 9, 2008 21:07136258
About sound bites and bytes [134 words]G.VishvasAug 4, 2008 09:24136236
Same old mistakes [141 words]Rebecca MouldsAug 4, 2008 09:11136235
Yoram does spell his intentions...In my opinion.... [866 words]YnnatchkahAug 4, 2008 03:41136219

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