Will this increase or decrease the likelihood of terrorist actions in America, Europe and the rest of the world?

If you were a member of a family murdered in this conflict, would you be seeking revenge?

Should Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert, be tried for war crimes if or when this conflict comes to an end?

What will the price of oil be in 4 weeks time?

MrCharts for any normal person I would agree with all your points 100%my family is my lifeas he has started trouble with myself and many other good people I can only tell you he deserves all he getsand he will get all he deserves!please read the MDX thread and make your own mind up
Cynic try tomato sauce.might be more to your taste?

Cynic, im stating any mother or father who teaches their own offspring to hate and kill other innocent human beings is 100% sub human,
its sick beyone belief,

Richard, yes couldnt agree more,

Tobasco, ive Met Gausie several times, and while we may not agree on everything,
ive always found him to be a decent fella, speaks his mind, but always polite and friendly with it.
Also met his son the year before last at the xmas do, and hes a credit to his family,which to me confirms one thing, hes been brought up by decent loving caring parents.

So think your out of order for trying to stir up personal shit, if you have any personal issues with Gausie, leave them off the thread hey and sort out like a proper man would off thread , its not clever and its not very alpha male to hide behind an internet connection to wave your handbag about and spout off personal stuff and threats.

Ruth - thanks for the post - but I have no probs with Tabby.

He has no real views on Gaza, he's on the thread merely to argue with anything that Dil and I have to say. He's trying to come to terms with having lost his entire life savings on a very silly single trade - and this is how he's dealing with it. Would be sad if he showed an ounce of humility. But his smug bravado, condescension, and all out aggression to other posters in the face of such adversity makes him fair game.

Watching him self-destruct is truly fascinating.

Ruth I am a proper man trust me on that one if that is true about Gausie it most definitely shocks mehe has said some awful things about myself and others on the mdx thread and I will not stand for itit is not clever to gloat over people that have lost their savingssome have lost their housestheir wives and familyvery grimand I dont like a person that can show joy at thathe is not alonemost of the traders laugh away.
I hedged a lot of my investment and came out in tactbut many friends did notI feel pain for them as wellif Gausie is a good family manI praise him for thatchildren are a good guidebut his heart wants an MOTI wont attack him anymoreI even thought he was gayI am a man that sticks by his word! That is the end of it Gausie..

Ruth ... plenty of sub-human irish then? ..... or if they do not blow themselves up, but only the opposition it's ok then?

and to follow that line of (il)logic, if said child is brought up just to kneecap or perform some other act of thuggery on the opposition, then it is clearly a sign of a loving and caring and moral upbringing? ...... after all, (s)he was not brainwashed to actually kill anyone!

Gausie ;-) you know me, i like men to act like men and be proper alpha males, theres nothing worse than a bloke acting like a woman, finger pointing and making idle personal threats from behind the safety of an annonymous internet connection,

well i don't hide - lol!

Hey tabby - and what if I were gay? what difference would it make, darling? Would that make me sub-human?

Cynic - you hide behind a pseudonym. Nothing wrong with that - but some of us don't.

Ruth you clearly dont know meas a ex. Bookmaker I was brought up into doing some of that male stuffand learnt very quickly.self preservation nuff saidit will give some of the boys a laugh though..

Gausie I have made a promise to a ladyyou carry on in whatever way you wish..

Tabby - whilst you're in a fessing up mood - many of us have been wondering ever since you first raised your little pineapple prediliction - what *is* the right way to insert a pineapple up your jacksie? You seem to assume that we would all know, yet it seems that your personal penchant and area of expertise is not as widely practised outside of Gillingham as perhaps you had thought.

Cynic, ive re worded the post, but i must say i was extremely shocked at that hamas video,
those kiddies were only about 5 years old, and being brainwashed into hating and killing,Of course anyone urging others to kill innocent people are sick regardless of faith, religeon, nationality etc,

Gausie GAY,nearly fell of my chair laughing, youve definately got the wrong impression , hes 100% an alpha male;-)
And dont get Fred going on the gay issue,hes very homophobic,then again could make for an interesting seperate thread,"whos hiding in the closet";-)

Tobasco, thanks, i like the "lady " bit, been a long time on here since i was called a "lady" ;-)

Gausie as you are not familiar with the saying.. and it has been troubling you for so longI would suggest any end as being the wrong endand if the Gillingham bit is a way of getting me to post where I live it aint going to happenI too love my family

confess i have not seen the infamous video, but can imagine its imagery, whatever the intrinsic truth in it ..... i am afraid that history teaches us, or it should, that religion is often used as a mask to promote hatred or to justify aggression of one kind or another .... the medieval crusades were a good example of that, for the real political goal was to control the spice and silk routes and trades that passed through m/e

Thing is Ruthie, the last time you saw Gausie and the lovely Sam, Gausie was wearing a pink shirt ;)
Now I know I have a crap memory about a lot of things, but I always remember pink encounters.

And very nice it was too, G :)

Choccie, ;-)pink encounters, are you going to fess up;-)

Gausie .... i don't exactly hide, but was advised that a pseudonym was the norm and virtually a prerequisite .... i am easily contactable by e-, and certain members (PTH) know exactly who i am

just for you fred,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7869704.stm

The people have to change their rulers,the misery is prolonged by UN aid.

Hi everyone. Seemed a good idea to post here as I don't subscribe at the level to get the Traders' thread anymore, and lots of people I met are contributing to this thread.

Briefly: I sold almost all my shares at the start of 2007 because I didn't understand what was happening to the market, and thought it was being maniplulated too much, and the rest at the end of 2007 to buy a new house. Since then have been playing lots of small-stakes poker, and at the moment am in a small profit. But did buy some ASC and PFD recently. Occasionally make currency spreadbets, which I'm getting quite good at now.
Healthwise have had cancer of the thyroid which appears to have been eradicated after thyroid removal, so am fighting fit. Am now officially an OAP, complete with bus pass.

As for this thread - I suppose I am as qualified as most to comment on the general theme since my hearing was badly damaged by the IRA, causing me to wear two hearing aids. And it seems to me that if the main object is always to stop the fighting, the next essential is to not ignite it again by continually referring back to the various injustices perpetrated by both sides.

I take the view, regarding my own injuries, that in a war innocent people get hurt. So wars are bad. Full Stop. And it matters not who is 'in the right'. I have no grudge against the IRA because that's what happens in wars. And if Ian Paisley can come to terms with the situation then surely anyone can - though it needs a superhuman effort. Done and dusted - now just be positive and look to the future.

So it matters not who is 'in the right' in the Israel v Hamas dispute. But yes, it will probably lead to increased resentment by many Palestinians against the West simply because they need someone to vent their anger against and they are not told the true facts by their own leaders (nothing new there, since no country at war is ever given the true facts by their leaders). Unless there's a miracle...

Personally I have seen for 66 years the futility of worrying about things I cannot easily change - I concentrate on the things I can easily change. And I do not feel the slightest bit guilty.

Nice to talk to you all again.

Maggot - Let me be the first to say hello again to you.

Wise words from someone who I know was badly injured by an IRA bomb.

Unfortunately, part of the problem that we have here is an inability to accept the status quo and to try to move forward from it.

What's done cannot be undone.

Nice to hear from you.

MM