[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Letter to the Ed (1 of 2)

[jencart]

David, 

This is what's known as a preemptive strike.  Mr Slobotka has a right to defend  himself and the U.S. of A. against opinions like your before they are made public.  We're all a lot safer this way.

Jenifer C.
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Dear Wayne:

     On Saturday, I submitted the letter you find at
the bottom of this message to the Daily Illini
Opinions Editer, who is you. This morning, I received
the following response from James Sobotaka, a
columnist who is one of the subjects of my letter. 

      Exactly how has this happened? Mr. Sobotka is
welcome to respond to me in print, or personally after
the publication of my forum submission. But to receive
a response like this--and such a nasty one-- before my
letter's publication is a breach of confidentiality. I
would like to inquire how this has happened.

      Beyond that, I think that Sobotka's tone speaks
for itself. He has a forum in the DI, and you are
welcome to publish his venom. But I think that you
should make an effort to bring the Arab/Muslim
community into this disucssion in a more serious way.

Sincerely,

David Green










--- james sobotka <sobotkajc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:23:57 -0500
> From: james sobotka <sobotkajc at gmail.com>
> To: davegreen48 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Letter to the Editor: Forum
> Submission (550 words)]
> 
> David,
> 
> Ordinarily I don't respond to the Matt Hale type,
> but since you're
> such a noted bigot on campus it's my duty as a moral
> being to stand
> against you.
> 
> You're right when you say there is only one
> acceptable form of racism
> on campus, but you're a bit confused.  This racism
> is anti-Semitism,
> known euphemistically as anti-Zionism.  As Martin
> Luther King Jr.
> spoke, after a young man criticized Zionists, "Don't
> talk like that!
> When people criticise Zionists, they mean Jews. 
> You're talking
> Anti-Semitism." (Encounter Magazine, Dec. 1969, p.
> 24)  Moreover, the
> Roman Catholic Church – which knows a little a
> something about the
> topic – recently declared that anti-Zionism is
> anti-Semitism.  Of
> course I doubt either of these facts will move you
> from your position,
> because while the moral people of the world were
> denouncing this,
> while the European Union was busy studying these
> problems, while Danil
> Pearl was being murdered for being a Jew, in short
> while the rest of
> the world gradually became aware of the growing
> danger of
> anti-Semitism promising "Never Again" you sir
> encouraged these natural
> demons to rise up.
> 
> And that, Mr. Green, is why you are the most notable
> bigot on campus.
> 
> I pity you, I really do.  You have been so corrupted
> by tall tales by
> the PLO that you can scarcely tell reality from
> fiction.  Whether or
> not the first intifada was a popular uprising or not
> has no bearing on
> my opinion of Yasser Arafat.  He is a monster.  From
> the 1972 Olympics
> where his organization murdered eleven Israeli
> athletes to the
> present, he deserves swift death.  Perhaps you don't
> realize it, but
> Arafat's PLO was calling for the liberation of
> Palestine before the
> West Bank was captured by the Israelis.  I know you
> have a small mind,
> but perhaps even it could realize what this would
> mean for the Jews. 
> A bullet and a shallow grave are really too good for
> Arafat, but the
> Israeli people are a moral people and will not
> descend into the