Cheap Morality, was Re: anti-zionism

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Sat May 11 15:35:40 PDT 2002


Nathan wrote:


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>
>Nathan says:
>>And a moral analysis comparing those
>>situations is not "cheap" but a way to provoke people who opposed Milosevic
>>to justify why they can defend Sharon.
>
>-Is there anyone on LBO-talk who opposed Milosevic and yet defends
>-Sharon
>
>Since I specifically framed the comparison in discussing the failure of the
>left to appeal to liberals who had supported Kosovo intervention, but who
>were undecided on Palestine. I noted that the left was missing the chance
>to make the appeal because they were not engaging in the right moral
>comparisons.

What's the proportion of "liberals who supported Kosovo intervention but remain undecided on Palestine" out of the total US population? Any concrete figures? -- Yoshie

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