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"A.R. G" wrote: > She [Alison Weir] wasn't the issue; > he was correct. In the quote I cited, Larudee didn't say "she wasn't the issue." He said, "We had no idea that Alison would turn out to be an issue." There's a difference. He admits she turned out to be an issue, but he claims the tour organizers didn't anticipate that. Given the controversy surrounding Weir, Larudee and the other tour organizers were either incredibly naive, or Larudee is being disingenuous. I will leave it to others to decide which seems more likely. > She was in the audience She didn't just happen to be in the audience. The coordinator of the tour, Paul Larudee, invited her to participate in the event. Not only did he ask her to bring her "excellent written materials," he also asked her to "meet with Amena [Elashkar] and give her advice on reaching American audiences." Yet he claims Weir was not "intended...to have any role in the presentation at Stanford"! No, of course not. She was just invited to bring her "excellent written materials" and coach a speaker on "reaching American audiences"! > a flyer she brought (written by a PLO advisor) > said something about Israel not having the right > to exist. The organizers made an issue about that > flyer, so the speaker (who agreed with the " > flyer's content) freaked out and called off > the event. That isn't what Larudee says. He says, "some members of the SJP immediately objected to Alison’s presence, perhaps assuming she was going to speak, and also to the presence of her book and the If Americans Knew materials." --Kevin _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
