[Marxism] Hamas & apologies

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Ruthless Critic, on behalf of sobuad:
 
 I am absolutely committed to secularism as a
>  fundamental
> principle of revolutionary struggle. If this means to you  that
> I am betraying the Palestinian people then I strongly  encourage
> you to investigate more closely the variety of resistance  forces in
> Palestine today.

Reply:
 
No, from your comments you are committed to a Palestinian resistance that  
you can approve of, that meets your Marxist criterion of a neat, secular  
movement that isn't hard to defend because, hey, those Hamas guys, if they would  
just desist from suicide bombings and homemade rocket attacks that make it  
difficult for me to defend when I'm out in the street handing out leaflets then  
life would be much easier. How about they take their lead from the ISM and just 
 sit down and do nothing as Israeli tanks roll over them.
 
This drivel is then augmented by the Wikiepedia insert of the PFLP,  posted 
courtesy of the same individual with the ridiculous momiker, Ruthless  Critic, 
regardless of the fact the PFLP is a shadow of the organisation it  once was 
and a marginal force in the current period, more importantly non  existent in 
Gaza, which Mr Ruthless may or may not be aware is  currently the focus of 
Israel's attention.
 
So this then begs the question: what is the purpose of this idoicy on the  
part of Mr Ruthless? To support the effort to split the Palestinians into his  
own definition of good and bad? What is the purpose of flagging up an  
organisation who are not involved in the resistance in Gaza?
 
Mr Ruthless, have you ever been to Palestine? Have you ever met  Palestinians 
on the ground? 
 
Now, let's see what drivel you regale us with next. Perhaps you could  write 
those backward Palestinians a constitution. After all, in between  lying out 
in the sun drinking cocktails, those Gazans don't seem  to do much, do they? In 
fact, maybe the Zionists and their US  backers have been right all along and 
the Arabs are a backward people  who deserve to be sent into the night like 
the aborigines and indigenous  peoples of N America?