pickle@inuxn.UUCP (Greg Pickle) (09/25/85)
I just recently began reading net.politics and have been amazed by the submissions of Don Black. His ignorance of Middle-Eastern history is truly awesome, as is his anti-Semitism. I know from experience that the views of someone like Black are deeply rooted emotionally and are impervious to reason, but I guess he serves a useful function in demonstrating what a hard-core anti-Semite sounds like. It just surprises me that someone like him works for DEC. In recent articles Black refers to Israel as "the Israeli UN Protect- orate". He also makes statements to the effect that the British had no right to "give" Israel to the Jewish immigrants. This kind of phraseology is a immediate indication of the mentality at work here. The British never "gave" the Jews Israel. The British were driven out of what was then called Palestine by Jewish guerrilla activity, economic realities, and world opinion. It is much more accurate to say that the British did everything they could to prevent a Jewish state. The phrase "Israeli UN Protectorate" is a classic example of the Big Lie technique. Again, the UN never "gave" Israel anything. It called for the partition of Palestine, Israel itself was estab- lished by Jewish blood. The UN didn't lift a finger to help. Since that date it is more accurate to say that the UN has been Israel's mortal enemy. Last week I read an interesting population statistic. I had received the current offering of the History Book Club. I don't remember the title or author at the moment, but it was concerned with Jerusalem in the 19th century. It mentioned that the population of the city around 1840 was 50 per cent Jewish. This strikes me as rather interesting since most discussions of Israel tend to assume that the Jewish presence in Palestine was minimal before the 1890s. Black seems to believe that most Jews moved to Israel after enjoying their vacations in those Nazi resorts most people call concentration camps. I'm generally considered to be to the right of Attila the Hun by my friends. It really burns me when a lunatic like Black smears the Right with his drivel. And he admits to being a follower of "Christian Identity". When I was in the monastery many fellow students thought of Christ as a Marxist guerrilla, now people like Black apparently think Christ was a Fascist. It's just utterly incredible what people can believe. Greg Pickle ...!ihnp4!inuxc!pickle
rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) (10/01/85)
Hey Greg,
even though DEC is our competitor..GET OFF THEIR CASE
Don Black may be a competent (fill in job title) no
matter how obtuse his politics. Concentrate on Black's
opinions and forget his employer. If you espouse unpopular,
illogical, or pure D mean ideas, YOU could get the same
unfair, martyr producing (please not that) treatment.
Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}