On Sep 2, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Fred Feldman wrote: > The following is a short article from the liberal US magazine American > Prospect by the liberal Israeli journalist Gershom Gorenberg... I am > highlighting the role that articles, available in full to all list > members, play in how I carry out a political discussion...
> > "Boström himself witnessed the funeral of one Palestinian, whom he > identifiesas Bilal Achmed Ghanan, in the village of Imatin. Ghanan > (or Ghanem, as he's identified in a reliable listing of Palestinian > fatalities) was shot byIsraeli soldiers and evacuated. When his body > was returned for burial, Boström photographed the sewn-up > chest...The foundation of Boström's story is... a photo of a body on > which an autopsy was [allegedly] performed... > ...Knowing how to respond to slander is never easy..." But this is a *lie*. If it is slander, the response is childishly easy: just exhume Ghanem's body and see if any organs are missing. The refusal of the occupation authorities to do this is presumptive evidence that the story is *not* a "blood libel" or other slanderous falsehood. Shane Mage > This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it > always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, > kindling in measures and going out in measures." > > Herakleitos of Ephesos ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
