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Sarah's avatar

Of course any piece of land given to them will become another Gaza: how can anyone ensure that it doesn't?

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Sunny's avatar

What a great piece....I hope you like my work as much as I like yours.

Sunny

P.S. I subscribed to your Substack.

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David Charles's avatar

Oh, come on, Laura. What could ever go wrong?

Look at how well dividing up Berlin worked out at the start of the Cold War! All that did was establish the Iron Curtain, but that was only from 1945 to 1989.

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Mike Casey's avatar

This too? Your idea of the road to total victory?

https://substack.com/@aaliam/note/c-130932350?r=2t6309

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Mike Casey's avatar

Does your idea of total victory include this methodology?

https://substack.com/@jonathancook/note/c-130896350?r=2t6309

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Chrissy Knott's avatar

I think the earth is the centre of the universe, Israel is the centre of the earth . Jerusalem is the throne of God and all the world powers and spiritual powers are fighting over Israel because there is an idiotic belief that if it’s possible to get rid of Israel, ie; the Jews, there will be world peace.

It’s an illusion swallowed by powerful and corrupt people since the beginning of history and will carry on till the end. The only solution will come when God reigns and the Messiah is King.

Am Yisrael Chai🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

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Mike Casey's avatar

You don’t have to agree with an idea for it to be profound. Profundity isn’t about whether an idea makes you comfortable or fits your worldview—it’s about whether it challenges your assumptions, reveals something deeply true or hidden, and shifts how you see the world. Some of the most profound ideas in history were deeply controversial or even rejected by many when first introduced.

So even if a piece feels unsettling or even wrong to you, it can still be profound if it makes you rethink what you thought you knew. The real test is not agreement, but whether it changes your perspective or forces you to grapple with complexity in a new way.

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Mike Casey's avatar

Another example: Nietzsche’s “God is dead” was profound because it radically reframed how people thought about morality, religion, and modernity—even if many disagreed or found it disturbing.

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Mike Casey's avatar

I totally disagree with Hobbes, for example. But Hobbes’ view that life without a strong ruler is “nasty, brutish, and short” is profound, even if you’re a democratic idealist who hates that worldview.

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