Neal Krasnoff wrote:
Get out there and fight? The Jews, obviously.
You'd think they'd have the honesty to at least post a link to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, or repeat the anti-semitic canard about Jews using the blood of children to bake matzohs.
You know what caused the fire? Bad karma - what goes around comes around.
Or you just simply angered G-d, and your works of evil were consumed by fire.
Good god (or goddess, or whatever).
For those on the list who did not have the privilege and pleasure of ever visiting Babylon, you have missed out on truly a gem of grassroots action. Babylon Arts Center hosted countless art exhibits, films, and musicians in its brief time on the Minneapolis scene. Anyone who visited the center would know that the artists and community members involved were deeply committed to peace and social justice. They hosted exhibits of artwork by children and women in Iraq, singers such as peace activist David Rovics (www.davidrovics.com), writings and works by victims of violence and torture, and many others. Art is free speech; if Mr. Krasnoff was offended by an artist's revulsion and disgust about the treatment of the Palestinians by the Israeli government, that is his right. However, to say the hand of God has come down on evil people or evil works is off-base, uncalled for, and offensive to me.
I join many in our community in feeling great sadness about the loss of a great venue to exercise freedom of speech and expression, share ideas, and work for peace.
Melissa Wyatt Uptown
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