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AL JAZEERA Internet-Posted Article Discusses Why Arab Media Generally Ignore Alleged Genocide In Darfur         


Author: Robert Cohen
Date: Jul 26, 2008 13:49

The comments after the article are interesting too.

Imho, as previously noted more than once by me, it is my conjecture
that the mass of Arabs actually knows next to nothing about the
alleged genocide, and I perceive the article suggests such.

What does the article mean or imply to you?
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Re: AL JAZEERA Internet-Posted Article Discusses Why Arab Media Generally Ignore Alleged Genocide In Darfur         


Author: Robert Cohen
Date: Jul 26, 2008 15:08

On Jul 26, 4:49 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
> The comments after the article are interesting too.
>
> Imho,  as previously noted more than once by me, it is my conjecture
> that the mass of Arabs actually knows next to nothing about the
> alleged genocide, and I perceive the article suggests such.
>
> What does the article mean or imply to you?
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Re: AL JAZEERA Internet-Posted Article Discusses Why Arab Media Generally Ignore Alleged Genocide In Darfur         


Author: Peace in the Middle East!
Date: Jul 26, 2008 22:52

"Robert Cohen" msn.com> wrote in message
news:2c547e3b-8375-41f1-92ae-9cbbdec30508@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
On Jul 26, 4:49 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
> The comments after the article are interesting too.
>
> Imho, as previously noted more than once by me, it is my conjecture
> that the mass of Arabs actually knows next to nothing about the
> alleged genocide, and I perceive the article suggests such.
>
> What does the article mean or imply to you?

http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/listeningpost/2008/07/20087111423350627....

eg from the article
"People say 'the Arabs or Muslims - cannot do this - it did not happen' -
but they did do this and it did happen - and they have to reconcile
themselves to the fact."

So, obviously, Arabs and Americans have a lot in common. BOTH are in gross
denial about what they are actually capable of, and what they have actually
done to cause harm to other people in other lands.
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Re: AL JAZEERA Internet-Posted Article Discusses Why Arab Media Generally Ignore Alleged Genocide In Darfur         


Author: chazwin
Date: Jul 27, 2008 04:19

On Jul 26, 11:08 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
> On Jul 26, 4:49 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
>
>> The comments after the article are interesting too.
>
>> Imho, as previously noted more than once by me, it is my conjecture
>> that the mass of Arabs actually knows next to nothing about the
>> alleged genocide, and I perceive the article suggests such.
>
>> What does the article mean or imply to you?

Oddly self contradictory, as Al Jazeera is THE international "Arab
Media".

It is worthy of note that local News services across the uk ignore
Darfur, whereas the International arm of the BBC does sometimes cover
it,
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Re: AL JAZEERA Internet-Posted Article Discusses Why Arab Media Generally Ignore Alleged Genocide In Darfur         


Author: ZerkonX
Date: Jul 27, 2008 05:43

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:52:31 +1000, Peace in the Middle East! wrote:
> So, obviously, Arabs and Americans have a lot in common

One thing they do not have in common is a commonality of government.

Americans are being compared to 'arabs'. The usual bullshit demand is
that all arabs act as one and think as one and so all share the
responsibility . As I say, the usual bullshit or if not then no one
anywhere can sit on any moral high ground.

Even 'arabs' being a part of the Darfur situation is forced:

It is important to distinguish the Sudanese Arab from other Arabs of the
Middle East. Sudanese Arabs are descended primarily from the ancient
Nubians. In terms of racial origin, it is not clear what specific racial
or ethnic group the Nubians originated from. Over a period of centuries,
Arab immigration into the Sudan, intermarriage among Nubians and Arabs,
and the introduction of Islam and the Arabic language, Arabised the
Nubians into the Sudanese Arab of today. In appearance, the Nubians look
similar to the Ethiopians and Eritreans; at one point, they shared a
common history with the latter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict

Let us be honest, Darfur would not be in the news as much as it is if
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Re: AL JAZEERA Internet-Posted Article Discusses Why Arab Media Generally Ignore Alleged Genocide In Darfur         


Author: Robert Cohen
Date: Jul 27, 2008 08:13

re: why i try to make darfur a big damned deal

Over the past three or four years, I have confessed the reason more
than a couple of times

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.philosophy/search?hl=en&group=alt.philosophy&q...
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