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- From: adam@endor.uucp (Adam Shostack)
- Subject: Re: conversion to judaism / Center for Pol
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.194531.28311@das.harvard.edu>
- Sender: usenet@das.harvard.edu (Network News)
- Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University
- References: <9301231830.AA10298@igc.apc.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:45:31 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <9301231830.AA10298@igc.apc.org> <Center for Policy Research <cpr@igc.apc.org>> writes:
- >A certain Brendan asks me to apologise for defining Zionism as
- >a form of racism and highlight specific aspects of Judaism as racism.
-
- >Far from using these terms as smears, there is ample evidence
- >to prove these assertions. Even former chief of Israeli
-
- You were asked to rovide proof that Judaism is rasict. You
- lectured us about Israeli racism. Israeli law is not Jewish law.
-
- >It is true that many Israelis don't give a damn for international law,
- >U.N. resolutions and agreements signed by Israel.
-
- Could you provide an example of each of these that Israel has
- violated? Thats one intenational law, and one agreement signed by
- Israel. The UN is a hypocritical body, and I could care less about
- what it says.
-
- > This is however not
- >my position. I maintain that international law and Conventions signed by
- >the majority of UN members, reflect a good consensus and should be used
- >as a yardstick to assess a regime. The fact that many states violate
- >these conventions does not exonerate Israel.
-
- So why do you spend most of your time attacking Israel,
- instead of spending it on all those states that violate the
- conventions?
-
-
- Adam Shostack adam@das.harvard.edu
-
- "If we had a budget big enough for drugs and sexual favors, we sure
- wouldn't waste them on members of Congress..." -John Perry Barlow
-