On Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 11:28:53 (-0700) David B. Shemano writes: >Of course they should. I can say that because I believe in the state/private >distinction and support the 1st Amendment as a restriction on state action but >not private action. I support the right of a Lefty dominated university >department to decide not to hire a pro-Israel professor, and I support the >right of pro-Israel supporters to make the decision public and try and >convince alumni to withhold money from the university. Of course, the fact >that I support somebody's right to say something doesn't mean I support them >saying it.
So, as long as you are repressed by private interests, it's ok? >I did want to note the irony (if that's the right word) of Doug >Henwood complaining when anti-Israel critics are accused of being >Nazis, and Jim Devine contemporaneously calling Israel "one of the >worst kinds of ethnic nationalist regimes currently on earth," which >I think a reasonable reader would interpret as a Nazi analogy. ... No, a reasonable reader would interpret it as a bland factual statement about a currently existing, violent, and racist state. Bill
