[Peace-discuss] Letter sent to N-G

[C. G. Estabrook]

That's been my experience as well.

David Green wrote:
> I give the editors their due--they print all letters that are sent to them
> (with a limit of one per person per month), excluding I presume only those
> that are blatantly obscene in the conventional manner.
> 
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> *From:* unionyes <unionyes at ameritech.net> *To:* David Green
> <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> *Cc:* Peace-discuss List
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> *Sent:* Sun, February 28, 2010 6:25:27 PM 
> *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] Letter sent to N-G
> 
>  For what my opinion is worth David, your letter to the N-G is an EXCELLENT
> reply and an accurate historical analogy !
> 
> Let's see if they print it.
> 
> David Johnson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- *From:* David Green
> <mailto:davegreen84 at yahoo.com> *To:* Peace Discuss
> <mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> *Sent:* Sunday, February 28, 2010
> 5:55 PM *Subject:* [Peace-discuss] Letter sent to N-G
> 
> On February 28^th , News-Gazette editors reprinted an 1,100 word article from
> the L.A. Times on Israel ’s anti-rocket defense plan against Gaza . It
> included two large pictures, one of a Jewish Israeli woman in her damaged
> home in Sderot, the other of smoke trails from Palestinian rockets. The
> article explored the use of $1 billion by Israel to develop and deploy an
> “Iron Dome” high-tech defense system. The article and pictures consumed about
> 1/4 of the Commentary section.
> 
> 
> 
> I wonder if, in 1943, the editors would have printed an article, from the
> German perspective, of Nazi efforts to defend German cities against Allied
> bombing, complete with a picture of a clearly pious Christian German woman
> beneath a damaged ceiling in an  otherwise civilized living room. I also
> wonder if during the same year they would have published a German perspective
> on Nazi efforts to combat Jewish terrorism in the Warsaw Ghetto.
> 
> 
> 
> The analogy may not be perfect. As far as we know, Jewish Israelis have not
> yet planned a final solution for the Palestinians, and Palestinians have not
> yet accepted their fate. Nevertheless, the analogy holds in terms of the
> distinction between perpetrator and victim, and their relative power. The
> analogy also holds in terms of the perversity of the propaganda itself.
> Goebbels would see this article as an exquisite example of journalism in the
> service of higher civilization.
> 
> 
> 
> I hope that the editors of the News-Gazette are proud to be compared to such
> an illustrious practitioner of rhetorical persuasion.


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