Reply #16: Apples and Oranges. [View All]

[Behind the Aegis]

You are familiar with that phrase, yes? It means comparing two different things all together. That is what you are doing. I was talking about a specific action that is carried out by BOTH sides and has now ended by one side and stated that the other side should follow suit. However, you are intent on implying that I am saying that the IDF and Hamas, et al are "two sides of the same coin," when it is clear when it is you who thinks that, and therefore, are projecting onto my statement.

Since you do not seem to know what is a rhetorical question is, the ones I asked were not. Therefore, it means I was asking what your opinion was. However your failure to answer them, is your choice.

The real irony...that people use the phrase, "you are comparing Apples and Oranges" meaning that the person is comparing two different things, but apples and oranges are both fruits! Perhaps, though, people realize that the real meaning of the phrase is to distinguish two different things all together, even if they share ONE thing in common. But, I am sure it is lost on others.