Lincoln as a town should not have a foreign policy, not even a morally sound one that no person could possibly disagree with. Not even one that I would approve of if it came out of the State Department. Our local government's job is to manage the town, not to proclaim right and wrong or designate villains and victims in a conflict 5,000 miles away.
Our apparently silent town officials may have learned a lesson from the Lincoln-Sudbury principal, who sent out a bland, inclusive message expressing sorrow and offering support for "members of the LS Jewish and Muslim communities." He got such an outpouring of hate, including a mention in the Boston Globe, that he had to apologize and explain that he, too, had hate in his heart. So now our high school has a foreign policy. It shouldn't. John Carr On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 8:06 AM Garrick Niemiec <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm shocked our leadership has not taken a position on the Palestine Israel > conflict! > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
