[Peace-discuss] "The Moral Case for Israel"

[David Green]

I wouldn't have the stomach for it, unless it was a
well-attended and disciplined protest effort.


--- Wendy Edwards <wedwards at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> A while ago, I slogged through "The Fountainhead"
> just
> so I could say that yes, I did indeed read something
> by Ayn Rand.  It was truly awful, and I was amazed
> that so many people apparently perceived her as a
> sort
> of hero.  (FWIW, I apparently pissed off a number of
> Randroids on Orkut when I created a community called
> "White Trash Objectivism," which featured a 
> Photoshopped image of the "Atlas Shrugged" figure
> supporting an El Camino.)
> 
> I was a little surprised to see the Randroids
> meeting
> Zionism, and at first I wondered if it was a parody.
> But it doesn't appear to be.  Would it be worth 
> showing up?  Not that I'm capable of being at all
> obnoxious.
> 
> Wendy
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:22:55AM -0700, David
> Green wrote:
> > Yaron Brook spoke at the same venue last May,
> > referring to immigrants in terms of "gutter
> cultures."
> > I spoke to people about it at the time
> > 
> > Canada has hate speech laws that I don't agree
> with.
> > But it is instructive that Brook was not allowed
> into
> > Canada.
> > 
> > Last May's speech was sponsored by Illinipac
> (David
> > Johnson) and Students for the Defense of America
> > (James Sobotka). Apparently, other than Fred
> Gottheil
> > and Pipes, this is the only speaker they can come
> up
> > with. This man is pure hate, with an Ayn Rand
> twist,
> > which you will have to research for yourself if
> you
> > aren't familiar with it. In short, it is attack,
> > attack, attack--culture of life (us) versus
> culture of
> > death (Muslims).
> > 
> > I saw several identifiable Jews in attendance at
> the
> > event in May, but of course no "respectable"
> members
> > of the Jewish establishment. It looks like
> Illinipac
> > has the sense to opt out this time.
> > 
> > If you want to see somebody that will remind you
> of
> > Hitler, you should attend. He is as bad as Matt
> Hale.
> > 
> > David Green
> > 
> 



		
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