Ernie: I think we are pretty much on the same page with respect to this development. Alas, this still leaves me with a more prosaic problem.
The free speech group at U of O has, in it, some true believer "anti-Zionists." Mostly this is inconsequential, that is, some people simply cannot be taken seriously by almost anyone. And in an actual free speech group you are bound to find a few oddities. But what do you do with an anti-Zionist "believer" who more-or-less heads a participatory mailing list that cannot be ignored ? Not that this particular issue is a serious concern here, it doesn't exist here, but something similar can arise in other contexts easily enough. How do you deal with an idee fixe ? In Dawn's case the source of the problem can be determined easily enough. She was married to a Jew, with whom she had 2 or 3 kids. Somewhere along the line she became disenchanted, had an affair with a neo-Nazi ( probably revenge or spite as part of his appeal to her ), and ever since she has been on a vendetta against Israel as , so I take it, stand-in for her ex hubby, In other words, you cannot argue with her, no amount of facts can persuade her of anything and she is quick to resort to her favorite anti-Zionist sites for "information" ( half assed propaganda presented as facts ) for authority.. So, what are my options ? What are your options if you substitute "Mike" or "Beulah" or whomever, for Dawn, if you are in a similar position ? Any ideas ? Billy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 6/17/2009 1:08:53 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Billy, On Jun 17, 2009, at 12:10 PM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: What is fascinating to me is the degree to which in Iran today — and in Lebanon — the more secular forces of moderation have used technologies like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, blogging and text-messaging as their virtual mosque, as the place they can now gather, mobilize, plan, inform and energize their supporters, outside the grip of the state. For the first time, the moderates, who were always stranded between authoritarian regimes that had all the powers of the state and Islamists who had all the powers of the mosque, now have their own place to come together and project power: the network. The Times _reported that_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/world/middleeast/16media.html?scp=17&sq=June+16+2009&st=nyt) Moussavi’s fan group on Facebook alone has grown to more than 50,000 members. That’s surely more than any mosque could hold — which is why the government is now trying to block these sites. Very interesting find. Yes, this could be a significant trend. -- Ernie P. = _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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