[1642] in peace2
Re: URGENT SATURDAY NOON-2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Grohol)
Thu Apr 11 23:30:19 2002
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:27:48 -0400
To: anti-hate@mit.edu, peace-announce@mit.edu, alsmith@mit.edu
From: Daniel Grohol <grohol@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <200204112026.QAA04420@gold.mit.edu>
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This mailing list called "anti-hate" was established in the wake of the
9/11 atrocities to counter potential hate targeting groups of innocent
people solely based on their race, religion or ethnic background. It is sad
when it is being used for exactly the opposite purpose, i.e. to target a
group of people based precisely on their race (W - white) ethnic background
(AS - Anglo-Saxon) and religion (P - Protestant). The sentence: "I am not
suggesting we should go around hating WASP's or anything ..." sounds honest
and reassuring indeed.
The recent article to the "anti-hate" mailing list, however, is correct in
saying that there may be dark powers benefiting from the butchery currently
going on in the Middle East. Before you decide to sign up for a political
platform or form an opinion, consider doing yourself and others a favor:
1. Read this article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27154
The worldnetdaily website is owned and operated by Joseph Farah, an Arab
(actually an Arab-American), not a Jew or a detested WASP.
2. Read some of the links, particularly this one:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18764
3. View the slideshow found on the bottom of the original article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/resources/misc/A_Lesson_in_Childrens_Education.pps
4. And then ask yourself: "Am I working to end the currently most intense
hatred in the world or am I working, knowingly or unknowingly, to promote it?"
(5. Optional) - share your feelings with others.
Daniel
At 04:26 PM 4/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Meet in Lobby 10 at 11:40am for those who want to head
>over together.
>
>
> > >DEMAND END TO ISRAELI INVASION OF PALESTINE!
>
> > >Join the Boston Committee for Palestinian Rights at COPLEY SQUARE
> > > noon-2 on Saturday, April 13th...
>
>
>I also want to encourage people to think about who benefits the most
>from this conflict and who has the most ability to stop it. While
>there is a strong Jewish Lobby in US, there is a much much more strong
>informal "lobby" called military and petroleum corporations, and
>basically all other large US corporations who have a strategic interest
>in controlling the level of access to energy that other industrial
>powers have. These corporations are predominantly owned by a small
>minority of US society that is predominantly WASP, *not Jewish.* So,
>in my view, blaming the Jewish Lobby for our policy on Israel is
>like blaming the Cuban Lobby for our policy on Cuba (and not Cuba's
>"Economic Nationalism" that "we" need to punish) or that women's
>rights organizations got the US to go liberate women from the Taliban
>into the hands of the Northern alliance. We can't let them scape-goat
>people. Jewish people in this society often do well in gaining positions
>of power and making money, but they are still a minority, there is
>still anti-Jewish discrimination in various ways in our soicety, *and*
>no one seems to notice the even larger numbers of WASPs who seem
>to own everything in sight and are far more prevalent in positions
>of power - like all but one president, for example. I am not suggesting
>we should go around hating WASP's or anything, but I do think it
>is *really* important to understand who really is benefiting and
>who is really calling the shots so we know who to target and we
>know who *not* to target with our demands for peace and safety
>for everyone in the region and elsewhere in the world. Divide and
>Conquer Rule is a well-established tactic of imperialist powers.
>The US Empire is no different. We need to reject these false divisions
>and not let people push us into accepting them.
>
>We *will* build peace!
> Aimee
>
>PS Find out about Israeli Military censorship of news and other reports:
>www.democracynow.org
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This mailing list called "anti-hate" was established in the
wake of the 9/11 atrocities to counter potential hate targeting groups of
innocent people solely based on their race, religion or ethnic
background. It is sad when it is being used for exactly the opposite
purpose, i.e. to target a group of people based <b>precisely </b>on their
race (W - white) ethnic background (AS - Anglo-Saxon) and religion (P -
Protestant). The sentence: "I am not suggesting we should go around
hating WASP's or anything ..." sounds honest and reassuring indeed.
<br>
<br>
The recent article to the "anti-hate" mailing list, however, is
correct in saying that there may be dark powers benefiting from the
butchery currently going on in the Middle East. Before you decide to sign
up for a political platform or form an opinion, consider doing yourself
and others a favor:<br>
<br>
1. Read this article:<br>
<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27154" eudora="autourl">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27154</a><br>
The worldnetdaily website is owned and operated by Joseph Farah, an Arab
(actually an Arab-American), not a Jew or a detested WASP. <br>
<br>
2. Read some of the links, particularly this one:<br>
<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18764" eudora="autourl">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18764</a><br>
<br>
3. View the slideshow found on the bottom of the original article:<br>
<a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/resources/misc/A_Lesson_in_Childrens_Education.pps" eudora="autourl">http://www.worldnetdaily.com/resources/misc/A_Lesson_in_Childrens_Education.</a><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/resources/misc/A_Lesson_in_Childrens_Education.pps" eudora="autourl">pps<br>
<br>
</a>4. And then ask yourself: "Am I working to end the currently
most intense hatred in the world or am I working, knowingly or
unknowingly, to promote it?" <br>
<br>
(5. Optional) - share your feelings with others. <br>
<br>
Daniel<br>
<br>
<br>
At 04:26 PM 4/11/02 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Meet in Lobby 10 at 11:40am for those who want
to head<br>
over together.<br>
<br>
<br>
> >DEMAND END TO ISRAELI INVASION OF PALESTINE!<br>
<br>
> >Join the Boston Committee for Palestinian Rights at COPLEY
SQUARE<br>
> > noon-2 on Saturday, April 13th...<br>
<br>
<br>
I also want to encourage people to think about who benefits the
most<br>
from this conflict and who has the most ability to stop it.
While<br>
there is a strong Jewish Lobby in US, there is a much much more
strong<br>
informal "lobby" called military and petroleum corporations,
and<br>
basically all other large US corporations who have a strategic
interest<br>
in controlling the level of access to energy that other industrial<br>
powers have. These corporations are predominantly owned by a
small<br>
minority of US society that is predominantly WASP, *not Jewish.*
So,<br>
in my view, blaming the Jewish Lobby for our policy on Israel is<br>
like blaming the Cuban Lobby for our policy on Cuba (and not Cuba's<br>
"Economic Nationalism" that "we" need to punish) or
that women's<br>
rights organizations got the US to go liberate women from the
Taliban<br>
into the hands of the Northern alliance. We can't let them
scape-goat<br>
people. Jewish people in this society often do well in gaining
positions<br>
of power and making money, but they are still a minority, there is<br>
still anti-Jewish discrimination in various ways in our soicety,
*and*<br>
no one seems to notice the even larger numbers of WASPs who seem<br>
to own everything in sight and are far more prevalent in positions<br>
of power - like all but one president, for example. I am not
suggesting<br>
we should go around hating WASP's or anything, but I do think it<br>
is *really* important to understand who really is benefiting and<br>
who is really calling the shots so we know who to target and we<br>
know who *not* to target with our demands for peace and safety<br>
for everyone in the region and elsewhere in the world. Divide
and<br>
Conquer Rule is a well-established tactic of imperialist powers.<br>
The US Empire is no different. We need to reject these false
divisions<br>
and not let people push us into accepting them.<br>
<br>
We *will* build peace!<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Aimee<br>
<br>
PS Find out about Israeli Military censorship of news and other
reports:<br>
<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/" eudora="autourl">www.democracynow.org</a><br>
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