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When I was deciding what I wanted to study this was a major concern for me. I was interested in law, but the stereotypical law student is something I was repulsed by. I had been told by a number of people that law was EXTREMELY competitive, that law students were cut-throat and would engage in...

Turns out I got 68 in contracts :p My god that's a relief... didn't do as well as I had hoped in my other subjects but overall I'm satisfied - still got my D average...

There are no hard rules - just do as best as you can. Back when I was at Narrabundah College one of my teachers said that a useful general guideline was to just add 10, so if you are averaging 70+ in your course scores then you are on the right track. That turned out to be about right, in my...

Hi, I haven't received my exam results yet, but I am concerned that there is a very real possibility that I have failed my exam for contract law and, consequently, failed the course. I just had a really bad exam - panicked, wasn't able to think straight... On top of that, I think I can say in...

This map is ridiculous. "Stage 1" is a blatant misrepresentation - it compares privately owned Jewish land on the one hand (in white) to privately owned Palestinian land and state owned land of the Mandate (in green). Then, at "Stage 2" it decides to abandone the idea of private land ownership...

Does this forum have any policy for reporting trolls? Or are retarded posts like the one quoted above, which contribute nothing and aren't worth the little space they waste on BOS's servers, allowed without limitations?

I consider myself pro-Israel, but I'm a little surprised at the lack of knowledge being displayed here. First of all, none of the land was ever technically conquered from the Palestinians. East Jerusalem and the West Bank were taken from Jordan, and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, during the Six Day...

What gives you the idea that this has anything to do with the Israel-Palestine conflict? I see an article saying that Saudi Arabia may turn a blind eye to any attempt by Israel to bomb the nuclear facilities of Iran. Nothing about Palestine. Nothing about Gaza. Nothing about settlements. So my...

Why? You don't regard Hezbollah using force to coerce a democratic government into giving it veto powers a "legitimate" conflict?

Absolutely disproportionate. A single Palestinian is killed in gunbattles with Israel and it's front page news on the BBC. Hundreds of Darfuris die on the same day and we don't even get a mention of it. In my opinion the political situation in the Middle East is best understood as a conflict...

Nobody is disputing the illegality of the settlements under international law. And nobody, as far as I know, is arguing that Israel is a completely innocent country and a perfect model for immitation. But, again, the fact that Israel may violate international law does nothing to prove that it...

Which has naught to do with their human rights record, to which he was referring. Indeed. I stand in awe watching as they "free" Lebanon and Iraq day by day by imposing their unelected will upon democratically elected governments by strength of arms through their proxies. Of course Israel is...

An interesting paper I read a couple of years back suggests that isn't the case. It gave a breakdown of the known capabilities of both sides, which haven't substantially changed. You can read it here if you have the patience: http://web.mit.edu/ssp/Publications/working_papers/wp_06-1.pdf About...

I dont think this comes as a major surprise to anyone. Israel and the Sunni Arab states have a mutual interest in seeing Iran's nuclear program eliminated.

I disagree with that. Firstly the Palestinians will never get the whole West Bank. It is unthinkable that Israel would leave 300,000 of its citizens within the borders of a Palestinian state -- that is a recipe for disaster. It is equally absurd to think that Israel has either the will or the...

Sorry... double post

"Now" I'm going out. I'll do it later.

I'll get around to it eventually, if you can put up with reading through one of my "long and dull posts"

I don't want to read through your posts. I have better things to do.

sam04u, I respect the fact that unlike other members of this board you at least justify your opinions, but at the same time I'm not convinced. Come now, don't be ridiculous. My own family were Persian Jews, and we know from our own oral tradition that we left our home in Iran due to...