Quote from: lophie on April 11, 2015, 01:58:11 PM

Quote from: J. J. Phillips on April 10, 2015, 04:22:33 PM

Yes. Both the Arabs and the Jews have weapons and are willing to use them. This is a balanced view.

Do you know "Stone generation"?

Quote from: J. J. Phillips on April 10, 2015, 11:32:26 AM

Quote from: lophie on April 10, 2015, 11:29:29 AM

Quote from: J. J. Phillips on April 10, 2015, 11:17:25 AM

(ISSYR) Israel was a country during the period from 720BCE to 605BCE.

The dates are chosen because 720BCE is when a certain Kingdom of Israel in that region was destroyed by the Assyrian empire, which itself fell in 605BCE. I assume your answer is probably no, because goddamn Jews.

(PCSR) Palestine has never been under independent self rule.

Can we at least agree on that?

Oh really? You want to go that far in the past?? So who exactly was living there and what did the jews coming from egypt do to them according to the old testament? Or you want to hash that out?

I assume you're referring to (ISSYR), though both statements are about the past. The purpose of (ISSYR) is to help determine how different people are using the word "country". By your response, I think you mean you wouldn't use "country" to refer to any "geopolitical entity" that existed before Year Y, where year Y is sometime after 605BCE. Correct?

I still don't have information about the way you use the word "country". Was it correct that you have a Year Y? If so, what is Y?