<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>You commit exactly the same sin as Sullivan when you throw Hitchens in with Sullivan (and I am notoriously no defender of Hitchens personally, even if I happen to agree with him on certain foreign policy perspectives).</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To oppose the war is not appeasement but condemning bin Laden is also not warmongering.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You feed the warmongering "us against them" division when you attack even the barest statement that people in NYC and around the country have the right to be mightily angry about mass murder against family and friends.  Telling people they have no right to their anger because of US crimes is the surest route to expand the cheerleading squad for the Sullivans of the world.     </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>God, please save us from the "peace movement" evidenced on this list.  You'd think they were working for Bush.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- Nathan Newman</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>--- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dperrin13@mediaone.net href="mailto:dperrin13@mediaone.net">Dennis</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Tis a sad day when Alterman makes more sense than Hitchens who, for some reason or another (the loss of his friend Barbara Olson?), has fallen in line with Marty Peretz and Andrew Sullivan. He hasn't come out for bombing -- yet. The Nation waits .</FONT> . .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011008&s=alterman">http://thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011008&s=alterman</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>