But - what is the book and who is the author? As I said I missed the earlier parts of teh thread. I canot get and and read it until I know what I shoudl be getting :-)
Ta Garth Cartledge > > From: donnella whitacre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 08/11/2004 9:24:36 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Re: [rhetoric-list] Re: [RHETORIC] They Call him "Your Exellency" > > > i dont know what you mean? i quoted some of the people who reviewed and > talked about the book, i would just suggest you get it and read it and make > up your own mind about the material. > i read a great deal, i don't accept all of anything any one says. i read for > and against and hope that the material gives a broad picture. > "O Jerusalem" by by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre. the only thing i > didnt' agree with them was deir Yassin. i had to get that from several > sources. it came down to a party line between the right and left and they > quoted the right in the book. several others didnt' agree with them at all. > but on the whole the book is very fair and showed me some good and wonderful > things that arabs did during that pressing time.how the common folks on both > sides managed to be human in such a Horrible war. > they were very fair to both sides. > it took them 10 years of research to do the book. > but you can't say that maps and census's are lying . sorry. > any by the way i h ad this arguement with some one here. Aramaic(targum) and > Arabic are both lanugages. Aramaic is what jesus spoke . > any way, research means lots of reading not just one book and sometimes you > have to change your mind? > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry, I missed the earlier part of this thread. Cold you please give me the > full citation to Peters and her work, and in particular the work being > referred to here > > Ta > > Garth Cartledge > > > > From: donnella whitacre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 08/11/2004 8:17:43 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [rhetoric-list] Re: [RHETORIC] They Call him "Your Exellency" > > > > > > she has quite a lot of quote and maps and resources all of which she backs > > up. i have heard her favorably reveiwed by many people in this area. i > > wonder with a bibliography as big as the book how she could be so wrong. > > she names the people she quotes and i have these quotes from other sources. > > i have heard mark twain quoted in a few lines, but she quotes a whole > > letter of his in which he speaks of his diappointment with the lack of > > people and the desolation of the land. > > i dont' use just one person, i have read much of what she said elsewere. > > just didn't have the sources she quoted to back them up. it is kinda hard > > to dicker with the very people who said those things isn't it? > > how can you screw up the actual census records or officals who say these > > things? also many of the arabs she quote are very pro israel? > > she was the white house consultant on the middle east in `1977 and lectured > > extensivelly on the middle east. > > Philip m Hauser Director Emeritus Population Research Center, University of > > Chicago and former acting director of the U.S.Census states:" her book > > provides demographic and hsitoric perspectives which have been inexplicably > > and substantially ingorned until now." > > Saul Bellows, S.D. Gotein, the Institute of Sdvanced Study, Princeton. > > William v. O'Brian Gerogetown University , the New Rebulic, National > > Review, Altantic Monthy, Los Angeles time, Toronto Star and many many more > > are witness that some one thinks she is saying some thing worth will. > > i have heard people dispute small things in her book but never dispute the > > whole contents. > > > > > > "(ARTEMIS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ================== > > FIGHT THE RIGHT! > > ================== > > > > I would not use Peters as a source. Most scholars, including those who are > > more sympathetic to the Zionist cause will not use her data, referring to > > it instead as pseudo-scholarship, since most of her own sources are not > > credible or some source quoting from another source who is quoting from > > yet another source and some of it has been refuted. It was poorly > > researched and seems now to be overly biased in favor of her conclusions. > > It is appealing to use her as a source to support your own conclusions and > > agenda but it doesn't do you or your cause any good to do so. > > > > Hank > > > > > > > > On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, donnella whitacre wrote: > > > > > Sasson Saleb 90, was one of six elderly jews airlifted out of iraq to > > > israel on july 25, 2003. with his departure 28 jews remained in a > > > country that was once home to 125,000 jews. that is just one country. we > > > out number the so called arab refugee a great many of who have only been > > > there one generation. i just got done reading "From Time Immemorial" and > > > if even half of it is true, this is the biggest lie fostered in this > > > century. her documentation is practically another book in its; self. > > > what israel has become is a direct result of 54 years of self defense. > > > untill the hatred shown them by the arabs is erased, i don't think there > > > will be peace. as i told another poster, sharon is wiping out the > > > settlements trying to make it happen, alienating most of the jewish > > > population. i gaurantee you they will find some other reason why they > > > can't agree to peace. i am glad we can agree on something, that is a > > > start. great things come from little beginings. > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > / o o \ > > ===OO=====OO============================================= > > (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No More BuSHIT! > > Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) > > http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) > > http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) > > ========================================================= > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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