tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post7312571516078694402..comments2023-10-26T06:29:39.824-07:00Comments on The Magnes Zionist: Norman Finkelstein at the Oxford Union -- Round TwoJerry Haberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173892714754718716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-2475341709735821422008-01-26T00:38:00.000-08:002008-01-26T00:38:00.000-08:00The Union voted by about 100 in favour of the 'rig...The Union voted by about 100 in favour of the 'right to exist'. It was an ill-tempered debate. Honderich crossed the floor after his speech. What a farce. The Oxford Union has no 'right to exist' unless the idiots who run it are kicked out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-84071864825282100842008-01-16T02:24:00.000-08:002008-01-16T02:24:00.000-08:00Read this stupid Bintel Blog entry at the Forward....Read this stupid Bintel Blog entry at the Forward...but I hope you don't have high blood pressure:<BR/><BR/>"Anti-Israel firebrand turned academic-freedom martyr Norman Finkelstein recently paid a visit to his favorite Lebanese extremist group.<BR/><BR/>The AP reports that the “Holocaust Industry” author and former DePaul University professor met with Hezbollah’s commander in south Lebanon and toured a village that was the scene of heavy fighting in the summer of 2006.<BR/><BR/>“After the horror and after the shame and after the anger there still remain a hope, and I know that I can get in a lot of trouble for what I am about to say, but I think that the Hezbollah represents the hope. They are fighting to defend their homeland,” Finkelstein told reporters.<BR/><BR/>UPDATE: At least Finkelstein apparently thinks Israel has a right to exist, as this bizarre debate lineup at the Oxford Union seems to suggest."<BR/>http://www.forward.com/blogs/bintel-blog/12410/#comments<BR/><BR/>Are we surprised he gives a hat tip to Solomonia? The Forward & Solomonia continue the canard that Finkelstein is anti-Zionist, though how you can be both "anti-Israel" and favor Israel's existence, as the author claims in the course of this single entry is beyond me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532790438563813543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675600882597316438.post-39737043401817445412008-01-11T16:15:00.000-08:002008-01-11T16:15:00.000-08:00Honderich's position on terrorism is creepy. I wa...Honderich's position on terrorism is creepy. I was leafing through a book of his (mostly on how we should give much much more to the Third World poor, IIRC) and decided not to buy it because he was saying the Palestinians "have a right" to their terrorism. His argument was interesting in that he equated this with the deliberate bombing of civilians by Western countries. I'm all in favor of saying these are morally equivalent, but in order to condemn both, not support both. But I had grudging respect for his consistency.<BR/><BR/>DonaldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com