[lbo-talk] Alex Cockburn on Ted Honderich

[C. G. Estabrook]

That's ridiculous. Would the objection to an attack on German civilians by
the French Resistance (even a suicide attack) be that the French partisans
were not "seeking a two state or binational single state solution," or
that it was "a violent rejection of Germans having any business living
anywhere" in Europe, or that it was an "act of collective punishment," or
that it could be equated with anti-Germanism?

I'd see the attack as unethical, but those would not be my objections.  I
can however imagine Nazi officials condemning it that way.  --CGE

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Shane Taylor wrote:


> C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> > One could also reasonably reject both Israeli attacks
> > and Palestinian suicide bombings while recognizing
> > a Palestinian right to resistance -- even armed
> > resistance. Recognizing that right does not entail
> > acceptance of every tactic chosen in its exercise.
> 
> Suicide bombings aren't just a disagreeable tactic of resistance to
> the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.  They are not the tactic of
> someone seeking a two state or binational single state solution.  
> They're a violent rejection of Jews having any business living
> anywhere in what was once Palestine.  They are also acts of collective
> punishment.  Hence the equation of supporting suicide bombers with
> anti-semitism.
> 
> -- Shane
>