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Article #514Re: Want facts? "WHO RUNS THE MEDIA? The Alarming Facts"
From: Jim Eggert x6127 g41
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 13:49
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 13:49
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In article <1992Apr15.201125.22068@techbook.com> gummitch@techbook.com (Jeff Frane) writes: > Frankly, it beats the hell out of me why you feel the need to portray US > policy as lily-white simply to criticize Israeli policy. It simply adds > credence to the frequently-voiced opinion of Israelis that they are > being held to a higher standard than anyone else in the world. It > betrays an astonishingly blinkered vision of history. I do not portray US history as lily-white. I have repeatedly discussed wars of imperialism fought by the the US (Spanish-American, Mexican-American, etc.). I also do not think it is necessary to say that A is white so that I can say B is not white. However, I do not believe that arguing over historical injustices has much operative value. Present injustices, however, should be opposed. (Sometimes they are caused by historical events, it must be noted.) Further, I do not believe that historical injustices justify present ones. That argumentative tactic is oft-used by apologists for various regimes. -- =Jim jime%atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert)
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Newsgroups: misc.headlines,soc.misc,talk.politics.mideast,talk.politics.misc,alt.revisionism Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!xn.ll.mit.edu!xn.ll.mit.edu!jime From: jime@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) Subject: Re: Want facts? "WHO RUNS THE MEDIA? The Alarming Facts" In-Reply-To: gummitch@techbook.com's message of 15 Apr 92 20:11:25 GMT Message-ID: <JIME.92Apr16134938@moses.atc.ll.mit.edu> Sender: usenet@xn.ll.mit.edu Organization: MIT Lincoln Lab - Group 41 References: <1992Apr10.015851.5558@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU> <1992Apr10.082142.7808@muddcs.claremont.edu> <JIME.92Apr10103806@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu> <1992Apr10.214732.9204@techbook.com> <JIME.92Apr10233057@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu> <1992Apr13.185652.1 <1992Apr14.214015.6724@techbook.com> <JIME.92Apr14231801@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu> <1992Apr15.201125.22068@techbook.com> Date: 16 Apr 92 13:49:38 Lines: 20