Comments on: The Abbreviated Read (16) http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/ Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Beverly http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 Beverly Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:22:55 +0000 http://falsedichotomies.com/?p=422#comment-1700 Thanks for posting this, I think I might just bookmark this. Thanks for posting this, I think I might just bookmark this.

]]> By: Gert http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Gert Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:12:35 +0000 http://falsedichotomies.com/?p=422#comment-1693 A pity and loss for the blogosphere ('you only miss your water when the well runs dry', as they say)... I saw you getting stuck in (at?) Tikkun Olam, unfortunately that damn comment box doesn't work for me! A.Stein: the next Amos Oz? 'Progressive Zionist' fiction writer. Just make sure your work doesn't get put in the mouth of Ariel Sharon or Herr Lieberman... ;-) A pity and loss for the blogosphere (‘you only miss your water when the well runs dry’, as they say)…

I saw you getting stuck in (at?) Tikkun Olam, unfortunately that damn comment box doesn’t work for me!

A.Stein: the next Amos Oz? ‘Progressive Zionist’ fiction writer. Just make sure your work doesn’t get put in the mouth of Ariel Sharon or Herr Lieberman… ;-)

]]> By: Alex Stein http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Alex Stein Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:05:15 +0000 http://falsedichotomies.com/?p=422#comment-1692 Yep = that's it for falsedi I'm afraid; I've had enough of blogging (apart from getting stuck in over at Tikkun Olam), my writing time is taken up with fiction - finally pursuing the dream... Yep = that’s it for falsedi I’m afraid; I’ve had enough of blogging (apart from getting stuck in over at Tikkun Olam), my writing time is taken up with fiction – finally pursuing the dream…

]]> By: Gert http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Gert Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:12:11 +0000 http://falsedichotomies.com/?p=422#comment-1691 Yes, Alex, doing my 'daily rounds', it's eerily quiet in here. You OK? Yes, Alex, doing my ‘daily rounds’, it’s eerily quiet in here. You OK?

]]> By: Hazel http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Hazel Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:07:08 +0000 http://falsedichotomies.com/?p=422#comment-1689 nu, where you've gone? No more posts. H. nu, where you’ve gone? No more posts. H.

]]> By: Alex Stein http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Alex Stein Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:13:41 +0000 http://falsedichotomies.com/?p=422#comment-1677 Great trip thanks... Now back in the motherland... Great trip thanks…
Now back in the motherland…

]]> By: Gert http://falsedichotomies.com/2009/08/13/the-abbreviated-read-16/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Gert Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:36:19 +0000 http://falsedichotomies.com/?p=422#comment-1676 I take it you had a nice trip then? From Jewdas (on Pollard): <i>"Or, perhaps, is he implicitly arguing that being pro-Israeli is now a litmust test for being a philo-Semite, rather than an anti-Semite? If so, he is treading down a dangerous path. Critics of Israel are often accused of blurring the line between Israelis and Jews, of conflating Zionism and Judaism, but, as I have often argued, it is Israel’s supporters across the world who often do so – and do so in such a brazen and shameless manner. I, for example, am a supporter, admirer and friend of the Jews but a longstanding critic of Israel. Mr Kaminski, on the other hand, seems to be a supporter of Israel but a longstanding opponent of the Jews. Does Mr Pollard get the difference?"</i> Not really, no. Zionism was never very discerning about its supporters... I'm not tempted by Tarantino, though. All that mindless violence, <i>tres Americain...</i> I take it you had a nice trip then?

From Jewdas (on Pollard):

“Or, perhaps, is he implicitly arguing that being pro-Israeli is now a litmust test for being a philo-Semite, rather than an anti-Semite? If so, he is treading down a dangerous path. Critics of Israel are often accused of blurring the line between Israelis and Jews, of conflating Zionism and Judaism, but, as I have often argued, it is Israel’s supporters across the world who often do so – and do so in such a brazen and shameless manner.
I, for example, am a supporter, admirer and friend of the Jews but a longstanding critic of Israel. Mr Kaminski, on the other hand, seems to be a supporter of Israel but a longstanding opponent of the Jews. Does Mr Pollard get the difference?”

Not really, no. Zionism was never very discerning about its supporters…

I’m not tempted by Tarantino, though. All that mindless violence, tres Americain…

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