zionism

[Brad DeLong]

>It seems to me that framing this discussion as "what do we want, 
>peace or justice?" misses the point.  If an injustice has been done 
>to me, it may be wise for me to settle for a limited remedy of the 
>injustice simply because the costs of extending a conflict (through 
>the courts, for example) to remedy the injustice can come to exceed 
>the harm done me by the initial injustice.  On the other hand, since 
>the costs of pursuing a conflict of this sort are usually 
>irretrievable, it may be rational for me to continue to pursue the 
>conflict even if my costs have already exceeded any possible gain. 
>BUT:  I am the one who gets to decide when it is in my interest to 
>forego the conflict, and to settle for peace instead of justice. 
>Least of all does someone who has been bankrolling the party who has 
>done me the injustice get to lecture me about my irrationality in 
>refusing "half a loaf".
>
>Michael McIntyre

I don't by the "no one else has standing to talk about it" line. We 
all have standing to discuss what people *should* do.

Brad DeLong