Let's just clarify one thing here buddy... anti-Muslim or anti-Arab sentiment, as wrong as it is, CAN NOT be equated with Racism. Why, you ask? Because Arabs do not represent a distinct Racial group. Technically they are Caucasian, but ETHNICALLY they are Semitic peoples... the same as Jews! In fact, Jews and Arabs are genetic cousins; there has been scientific research done to this effect. I'm really getting sick of people calling it Racism. What we're talking about is anti-Arab or anti-semitic behavior, not Racism.
Don't mince words! -J on 9/20/01 6:05 PM, gord at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wasn't going to post anything to this list about this topic (since it > really isn't the forum for it), but this is a great point. > > Much of the mainstream media has been putting a very racist spin on this > and has created a dangerous situation. I have heard personally from one > Islamic man living here who has received a number of death threats. I > also know that there are a lot of Palestinians living in North America > who are scared to walk the streets for fear of racist backlash. > > The analogy I always like to draw for people is if Timothy McVeigh had > bombed a building in Iraq, would you feel it was right for the people of > Iraq to blame the entire United States for it and want to retaliate > against us? Would you, as a fellow American, feel any connection at all > to his actions? I'm sure this is how the majority of Palestinian people > feel at the point. For the media to show that footage and imply that it > represents the feelings of all Palestinians is atrocious. > > g > > On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 12:24 PM, David González wrote: > >> ok, maybe you're right, but as far as I know, in those images all you >> can >> see is about 5 kids, a woman and two adults celebrating (about 9 or 10 >> people). That's all the celebration? is that all the footage CNN could >> get? >> Why are this images said to be celebration of the palestinians, for me >> it is >> a celebration of 10 palestiniansd, most of them kids... I think that is >> also >> distorting reality. I'm not defending anyone here, all I say is this >> type of >> things promote hate and violence, and that's exactly what we are trying >> to >> avoid, or is it not? >> >> >>> I'm really getting sick of this thing. The "False" CNN coverage is a >>> hoax: >>> >>> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_1540000/1540102. >> st >>> m >>> >>> and >>> >>> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_402920.html?menu=news.latestheadlines >>> >>> CNN says fake footage claims are 'baseless and ridiculous' >>> > > . . . > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
