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Comment on On why Israel should not attack Iran by Jose

Jose — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:44:41 +0000

No entiendo mucho del tema, pero lo que creo es que son fanaticos, tanto por la religion como por las costumbres y machistas dialectos que hasta hace poco creia que todos los arabes se entendian entre ellos; Alguien me dijo que no es asi. En cuanto a lo nuclear, lo encuentro lejano y exagerado. Pagarian justos por pecadores.Eso creo.

Comment on On managing my time by Sumitra

Sumitra — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:24:08 +0000

Oops, in my earlier comment #42, I think I made an error in paraphrasing James Qwak. He might have said that he prefers books to articles. I suppose I attributed my sentiments to him by quoting a preference for books over blogs. That’s like putting somebody else in your shoes than the other way round. My sincere apologies!

Comment on On managing my time by Sumitra

Sumitra — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:04:06 +0000

It was a very interesting post for this new reader, thanks to the NYT interview with Jimmy Wales, who mentioned it today. And I admit that I didn’t have time to read all the comments, stellar as they might be:-). At the risk of dating myself, as an academic, I would prefer not to use social media as you do. But I was struck by your comment that you find books more time-consuming than what happens on the internet. James Kwak, who blogs for Baseline Scenario, and no stranger to using all tools available, claimed that he found it time-wasting to read the proliferating blogs, so he sticks to books more often. I hope I am paraphrasing him correctly. That would be my inclination too. I would think that given the ever-expanding blogosphere, one would find it daunting to get the important stuff from it without spending a lot of time.

Comment on On managing my time by Ramiro Ferrer

Ramiro Ferrer — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:23:35 +0000

Thank you Martin for this helpful and interesting post!
I’m sure -as you hint- that many of the problems people have regarding the lack of time are just distraction-related; too much TV, too much web browsing, too much gadgets, too much stuff to maintain, etc.
Most people would be able to live off 4 hours of work, 4 days a week if it weren’t for the artificial need to buy more and more stuff: one more car, one more house, one more TV set…
In a way, you live a frugal life (at least when compared with your possibilities) and that is the main key to live in this world.

Comment on On managing my time by Jimmy Wales Rhonn Mitchell Rhonn Laighton Mitchell

Jimmy Wales Rhonn Mitchell Rhonn Laighton Mitchell — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:06:49 +0000

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Comment on On why Israel should not attack Iran by Joe

Joe — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:27:58 +0000

Most of my family was murdered by the Nazis. Even near the end there were the blind ones that kept saying it will never happen. Any nation should be able to defend itself especially with such threats.

Comment on On why Israel should not attack Iran by XL

XL — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:44:07 +0000

Ahmadinejad can not have nuclear weapons.
I don’t care about Israel, I care about the rest of the world.

You can not equipare Pakistan to Iran.

Comment on On why Israel should not attack Iran by David Viñuales

David Viñuales — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:55:07 +0000

Using your exact words, but thinking on Iran people:

“Someone needs to be blind not to realize the clear danger USA and Israel represents to the existence of Iran. Would your post be the same if you and your family lived in Iran?”

Who should be afraid? Israel?

Holy Land (a sacred territory for both) won’t be devastated by a nuclear weapon.

There are several countries with nuclear weapons, but only one used them with that purpose.

Comment on On why Israel should not attack Iran by Ouriel Ohayon

Ouriel Ohayon — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:25:31 +0000

I know those references just as well as the way he plays with double meaning. Someone needs to be blind not to realize the clear danger Iran represents to the existence of Israel. Oh yes. There are a lot more countries and even Jewish people who want Israel off the map

But waiting for diplomacy to solve that is just a joke. Iran makes a fool of every single country in the world trying to police their attitude to nuclear weaspon

And there is not a single doubt what they will do once they get it

So martin. Would your post be the same if you and your family lived in Israel?

Comment on On why Israel should not attack Iran by Martin Varsavsky

Martin Varsavsky — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:05:17 +0000

I have many friends who live in Israel and I think there is a greater chance that some will die from the shower of rockets that will come from Hamas and Hezbollah after an Israeli attack of Iran than of a nuclear attack. I truly don’t think Israel will be safer by attacking Iran. And there are many Israeli experts who agree with what I say.