On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:10:40 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote > It can't be an ad hominem attack if > I'm saying you believe in things that _you appear to > believe in_.
It is an ad hominem when you say that we are intellectually cowardly and dishonest. > There, see? Not hard at all. I'm happy to believe > that you and Dave weren't even _aware_ of these parts > of her views. Gautam, I actually have sat with Cindy and heard what she has to say about Israel. I'm telling you that she's not anti-Semitic. I'm not going to go along with your notion that I need to disavow her anti-Semitism because it simply doesn't exist. She has oversimplified the role of Israel in the politics of the war, in my view. That's Israel, the nation, not Jews as an ethnic or religious group. Cindy is not some sort of astute political analyst, nor do I think anyone should expect her to be so. She is putting a mother's face on the brutality of the war, which I think we easily lose sight of as we defend the nobility of our nation's values. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voicemail: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
