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Thanks for providing ammunition against those who love to quote this
malcontent. He reminds me of the guy that needs attention and can't get it
so he makes all kinds of outlandish assertions. I wasn't aware of his
professional standing so I am glad you provided that information in the
article.
Sarah
On 3/20/06, Hank Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> For those of you not also subscribed to fightback
> (http://pnews.org/dada/), here is this morning's article about Norman
> Finkelstein's International Jewish Conspiracy:
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> Finkelstein makes no pretense about his academic credentials, bragging
> that he's never been published in an academic journal and teaches at a
> "third-rate university" in Chicago because he was "kicked out of every
> job" in New York. But reasoned objectivity is not his aim, for Finkelstein
> is an angry man and writing is his therapy. "The only reason I ever write
> anything is because I get so angry I start screaming at the pages. My
> breath gets short and I start walking around. It's just all lies! Rather
> than having it locked up inside of me, I write it out." **(Jerusalem Post
> - 12/9/2005 - Ben Naparstek)
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> **Peter Novick:"As concerns particular assertions made by Finkelstein, the
> appropriate response is not (exhilarating) debate"but (tedious)
> examination of his footnotes. Such an examination reveals that many of
> those assertions are pure inventionÂ… No facts alleged by Finkelstein
> should be assumed to be really facts, no quotation in his book should be
> assumed to be accurate, without taking the time to carefully compare his
> claims with the sources he cites. I had not thought that (apart from the
> disreputable fringe) there were Germans who would take seriously this
> twenty-first century updating of the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion.'I
> was mistaken." (Offene Fenster und Tueren,'Sueddeutsche Zeitung, February
> 7, 2001)
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> Complete article at: http://pnews.org/ArT/FrE/NF.shtml
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