Marlise Simons and the NYTon the ICJDecision on Serbia and Genocide in Bosnia:
A Further Study in Total Propaganda Service http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=21&ItemID=12321 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear friends: What follows is self-explanatory. Upon learning about his cancelled lecture, I wrote to him asking for his view of the situation. He answered, but seems a bit anoyed. Too bad..... Enjoy, mm P.S. The letters are or your information, but not for wide distribution. Thanks -----Original Message----- *From:* Peter French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 11 March 2007 22:13 *Subject:* RE: Cancelled lecture Mr. Mennard, My lecture was so grossly misreported and misadvertised that I cancelled it. As it happens, I have nothing to say of any significance or interest about Serbia or the former Yugoslavia. I have no views about the situation there now or in the past. It is a pity that a technical philosophical lecture on moderate moral reasons responsiveness and volitional necessity was hyped to suggest that I was speaking about Serbs or the conflicts in the Balkans. Nothing could be further from my interests. I will not send you the paper because I do not distribute my work until it is published. When it appears I will let you know where you can access it, though I sincerely doubt you will find it at all helpful to your concerns, unless your shift your interests to metaethical analyses of the conditions of responsibility ascription. I was the victim of an unfortunate and ill-advised attempt to put people in the seats for the Kent State lecture. Enough said. Best wishes, Peter French ------------------------------ *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:08 PM *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject:* Cancelled lecture Dear Mr. French: I have read about your announced lecture that was to be delivered at the Kent State University, but was cancelled because of allegedly unprofessional, read unkind, uninformed and inconsiderate remarks about the Serbian nation. I am not sure, nor do I have any proof of the veracity of these opinions, but would like to see the text of your announced lecture purely for my own information. I am a retired U.S. Foreign Service Information Officer, with 36 yers of service mostly in Near East and South Asia. with spot assignments in Western and South East Europe. I also have a Ph.D. degree in History from Georgetown University (1946). My thesis dealt with the developent of the Yugoslav national thought, and thus my interest in your views of at least one important segment of that "thought." I hope you will respond positively to my interest. I can be reached by regular mail as stated in address below, or by e-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED], or by telephone, 703/450-0789, In hope to hear from you shortly, I remain Sincerely, Michael Mennard, Ph.D 20804 Noble Terrace #312 Potomac Falls. VA 20165
