[lbo-talk] Double Standard: Israel and Saudi Arabia

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jul 12 12:22:08 PDT 2004


Luke Weiger wrote:


>I don't think "Saudi money" has any racist connotations, even if "Israeli
>money" does.

But who ever speaks of "Israeli money"? It's always "Jewish money" if its anything.


>(Now, to address a point Cox made some time ago: the world contains not only
>incompetent tool users but also defective tools. Critiquing defective tools
>isn't necessarily an idle practice. Such critique often leads to the
>creation of better tools in the future.)

"Good workmen never quarrel with their tools...." - Byron, Don Juan



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