"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > >Criticism of Israeli politics does not equal anti-Semitism. > > Never said it was. Indeed, as Dan M. has noted, virtually every List > Member that has said good things about Israel has criticized them also.
True indeed. In the past this list has always been filled with interesting, mature discussion without intimidation. > Jeroen, the inability to say a single good thing about a democracy that is > surrounded by totalitarian dictatorships, in my humble opinion, can only be > based upon a dislike for the ethnic group that is most predominant in that > democracy. I am sure that you will protest otherwise, but you are truly > unable to find a single nice thing to say about Israel, then that strongly > raises the specter with me that you are an Anti-Semite. *squig* I don't think finding a government to be badly run has to say anything at all about the religion or ethnicity of the people that make it up - does it? I myself really like quite a bit about Israel from what little I know about it (I'm not terribly interested or educated in the topic otherwise - I simply don't care enough to spend time learning NOR am I pretentious enough to try to pretend to some great storehouse of knowledge..) > So, its me this time, eh? Last time, you wanted Bob Z. to leave. I'm > guessing that Brad DeLong leaving was just a bonus for you. And now its > me. Still, despite your ultimatum, "You know, this List isn't big enough > for the both of us." Well guess what - I'm not leaving. And I hope > that you aren't either. More importantly, it does not have to be this way. Yay! John, don't go! :) -jeffrey "silly pointless can't-we-all-get-along post" miller-
