Ben (or is it his bong?):

Read a certain way, your post could be interpreted as saying that I have a narrow point of view and am uneducated. However, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on that one.

Unfortunately, I can't agree with you on the issue of intent to cause offence. The BBS rules don't speak to that distinction and I don't believe that it can be reasonably inferred. In the final analysis, subject matter that is likely to cause offence is subject that is likely to cause offence, whether it was intended that way or not. I submit to you that one would have to be incredibly naive to think that such volatile subject matter as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as presented from one side's point of view is not likely to cause offence. Furthermore, the fact that you found the material informative does not diminish in any way from the fact that it is likely to cause offence to many others.