Re: from the village voice (npc)

[JimmyMack <JimmyMack>]

Dlofdahl wrote:
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> i know the woman you mean. she is a politician but i cant remember her office
.  part of arafat's problem is that his english is so poor.  he should always u
se a translator when speaking to the american press.   this is just another fac
tor in the palestinian's disasterous public relations effort.  edward said writ
es about this at length.

Her name is Hanan Ashwrani, who is being marginalised, because of her
Christian middle-class upbringing, and also, because she is a woman. 

Hamas don't like that shit!

> 1. the almost unbelievable bias in the us media in favor of israel

same as it ever was, no?

> 2. the fact that even in a city as politically charged as austin there seems 
to be so little genuine debate going on about this topic.  everyone agrees it i
s "tragic", but where - - and forgive me for writing in bumber-sticker speak - 
- is the outrage?  why aren't the students protesting?  why aren't poets bangin
g their fists on to podiums?
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> where the hell is the american left?

I caught an interview with one of the major networks anchormen recently, on BBC
tv. Not sure if it was Tom Brokow, or Dan Rather, (I don't watch US news too
much!) Anyhoo, he stated that to voice criticism in the good ole US of A these
days, is akin to asking to be lynched! 

Fear rules, his words not mine. 

He went on to give a more detailed analysis. He mentioned that back in the days
of apartheid, in S. Afica, they used to put a tyre round an informer's neck, an
d
set it alight! This he said, is what is stopping most folks from even dare voic
e
an honest opinion. In America, land of the free!

He also said the media is being totally manipulated, and that media folks,
himself included, are going along with it all. 

I wonder if this was aired in the states?


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