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  A comment on Conversation: which country do you like best or which city did you want to go？

  Oct 14 2011: South America is the center of the universe. Any South American country would be nice. Also on the top of the list: Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Italy, Spain, Cuba, China, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Thailand.
  
  To be honest, I would visit every single country if I could.
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  A comment on Conversation: What are the defining qualities of today's youth?

  Oct 14 2011: Today's youth is more open-minded and accepting. Thanks in large part to the internet.
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  A comment on Conversation: Who is your Everyday Hero?

  Oct 14 2011: Can it be an animal? If so, my dog, Goliath. I am not anti-people or anything it's just that my dog is amazing.
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  A comment on Conversation: Israel/Palestine conflict, call to pre-1967 boarders

  Jun 3 2011: The Jews didn't deserve a state. No nation has the right to get other people's lands and have the help of other nations to take it over. It was wrong. I don't care if the Jews felt entitled to that land because once it was the home of their kingdom. Should we take a piece of land from India and gift it to the Romani people? Well, they might have lived there once, so they also deserve a state, right? I mean, they were hunted and killed like animals in WWII too and to this day they are still persecuted and deported from country to country.
  
  People need to understand that it is not easy for the Palestinians to simply ''get over it'' and recognize the state of Israel. What would you do if you were in their shoes? I would also have a hard time. Palestinians were kicked out of their land, their homes and they are now treated like immigrants in their own land.
  
  I understand,however, that Israelis can't be kicked out of their lands today. I can't tell a 40 year old Israeli man who has lived his whole life there that he can't live there anymore. Two wrongs don't make a right and doing the same to Israel wouldn't be correct either. This is what the Palestinians need to understand and hopefully have some compassion and make an agreement with Israel.
  
  I also think it makes it hard to negotiate with Israel since they have so much protection and the Palestinians don't have the same. Unequal bargaining power never results in a fair result.
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  A reply on Conversation: Israel/Palestine conflict, call to pre-1967 boarders

  Jun 3 2011: Ahmadi,
  
  You are right. The UN is worthless and the USA does whatever they want to do.

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  Jun 2 2011: Ahmadi,
  
  Thanks for providing that list of Holocaust deniers. I have taken a look at the list and so far they are neo-nazis and neo-facists. I also noticed that Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the holocaust. Is that why ''everyone in Iran denies the Holocaust?'' Were you all brainwashed by your government? People will believe in anything. If they can believe that Mohammed was a real messenger of god or that god's son died on the cross for them, then people can believe that the Holocaust didn't happen.
  
  
  ''when wanted to have my new baby do you let me to my baby be born in your home? Then he/she will have a free home! Thank for your offer.''
  
  This is a different situation, Ahmadi. Real life is complicated enough without hypotheticals. But working with it, I do think if you take a child into your home, he is born and raised there, that there is an obligation you then have. You shouldn't then, after 9 years of caring for the child, kick him out at will.
  
  Further, imagine if a family lived in a house for 60 years, then some strangers that never lived in it want to kick them out cause their grandfather used to live there. Everyone would laugh.
  
  But the real situation is even worse, because it is a territory,a large space. Kicked out of a house you still have your local community.
  
  
  ''I mean who controls your media made holocaust in your brain.
  Hollywood, cnn,.. are for who?''
  
  I am not American, Ahmadi. I was born and raised in Brazil. I didn't grow up watching CNN or any of the American media.

• A reply on Conversation: Israel/Palestine conflict, call to pre-1967 boarders

  Jun 1 2011: That's right! :)
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  A reply on Conversation: Israel/Palestine conflict, call to pre-1967 boarders

  Jun 1 2011: To be honest, I never thought the responses were really off topic. Everything that was talked about was related to the original post one way or another. We had a great conversation going on here but honestly I lose some interest when posts start being deleted.

• A reply on Conversation: Israel/Palestine conflict, call to pre-1967 boarders

  May 31 2011: Ahmadi,
  
  "it is accepted by the entire world that the Holocaust happened."
  >I have a question. Consider one thing false in fact but all people of world think it is true. Then it really becomes true?''
  
  That's how it works with religion, isn't it? People are controlled by their religion and they can't see clearly. But unlike religion, the holocaust can be proven that it's true.
  
  What are you thinking? That the media made Hitler and his men kill about 6 million Jews, about 15-17 million people died total, just so Israel would have an excuse to have their state created?
  
  I asked you if you were taught in school that the holocaust was a lie and you said:
  "we never have such things in our schools. Who has enough money to buy large medias has enough money to change school books.''
  
  What exactly do you mean by that? I am sorry but I don't understand it. I have been trying to decide if education in countries such as yours, is worthless. If all your people is fed in school is propaganda, then it might be worthless. You said that everyone in your country believes that the Holocaust is a lie. How did that happen?

• A reply on Conversation: Israel/Palestine conflict, call to pre-1967 boarders

  May 31 2011: Ahmadi,
  
  ''Dear Jáfia,
  "Thank you for sharing your views. "
  >Thank God , not me. Because God loves you and is sending you the truth. And you give the reward from God for my sharing truth.
  I should thank you.''
  
  Ok fine. You're very welcome :)
  
  "Why you do not believe in the Holocaust? "
  >Because it is a big lie.''
  
  That answer is not good enough. Elaborate, please.
  
  "I have never heard anyone say that before."
  >now you heard. at least near All Iranians believe it is lie. I am not sure about other countries. But many people in many countries believe it is lie. And I know many university professors are under pressure and even they are fired and their salary is cut for research on Holocaust in Europe Canada,...''
  
  Can you provide some proof for what you're saying? But please try not to post so many ''.org'' websites, I don't trust some of them.
  
  "Ahamadi, If Israel went back to the pre-1967 borders, would that be enough?"
  
  >the Palestine occupier regime should completely leave the land of Palestine. They have absolutely no right there. Even one square centimeter of land.Even few land bought by them is bought by pressure and threat.''
  
  Ahmadi, that's not gonna happen. The Israelis will never leave, and at this point they shouldn't because it is now their home. It makes no sense to kick people out of the land where they were born in because the land ''doesn't belong to them'', because now it does belong to them. Do you think that it was right that Palestinians were kicked out of their homes so that the Jews could build their country? And how doing the same to the Jews would make the world a better place? Two wrongs don't make a right. Although I don't agree with its creation, I think that it is now their country. I would like for them to go back to the pre 1967 borders and that they work on treating the Palestinians more equally. But the Muslim people in those regions also should treat Israelis equally and respectfully.