On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:22 AM, mark cooley <flawed...@yahoo.com> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGgBjZTsPaw > > "there's no such thing as a proportional response to terrorism." > > NY mayor and media mogul Mike Bloomberg talks about the killing ratio of 100 > to 1 Palestinians to Israeli deaths in this recent attack on Gaza.
If someone was trying to kill me, I don't think I'd prefer a duel to a SWAT raid on them. > hmmmm, i > wonder if Bloomberg's recent trip to Israel A member of my family visited Israel a couple of years ago. They've not been targeted for protests recently. > and outspoken support of Israeli > terrorism It is not terrorism. It may however be wrong. > (which he calls defense) It is defence. It may however also be wrong. > has something to do with the call for > work... If, like me, you object to the suffering caused by Operation Cast Lead then protest. But. Do it in a clear, unambiguous, effective way. Do it in a way that doesn't denigrate it by just using it as a hook for other issues like anti-capitalism and media critique. Do it in a way that isn't a daisy-chain of old anti-semitic memes. > No, couldn't be - must be because he's Jewish. Given that he's not the only person to support Israel but that he's the only one to be singled out because he's a Jewish New Yorker Media Baron who's failed the loyalty test, I'd say there's a strong possibility that it might just possibly be a factor. Unless there's a cool new art project targeting Rupert Murdoch's London holdings because of Fox News's support for Israel that I don't know about? - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
