On Apr 21, 2008, at 2:07 PM, generalstrike2000 at yahoo.com wrote:
> Doug, please unsubscribe me from list. Thanx.
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> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
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> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:06:36
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> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Reading suggestions needed
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> On Apr 21, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Angelus Novus wrote:
>> Doug Henwood:
>>
>>> This is such an unfair representation of Norman's
>> book
>>
>> During a European speaking tour, Finkelstein claimed
>> that the World Jewish Congress of "blackmailing"
>> Austria because Stuart Eizenstat threatened a boycott
>> after the election of Jörg Haider.
>>
>> Fuck Finkelstein.
>
> So you're passing judgment on Norman's work based on one remark?
> Nothing about how the lawyers have pocketed all the award money, and
> the ideological use of the Holocaust to promote Israeli policy? Do
> you have any idea what American discourse around Israel is like? Does
> the fact that there are actual anti-Semites and neo-Nazis in Europe
> blind you to what goes on here?
>
>
>>> Sometimes I think you're as unreliable about Europe
>>> as a hardcore anti-American leftist is about the
>> USA.
>>
>> Hatred and Love are sentiments I reserve for people.
>> Nation, State, and Capital are objects of critique.
>
> Who said anything about love and hate? In your comments on the German
> health care system, for example, you couldn't concede that, despite
> its faults, it's better than the American one.
>
> Doug
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