On 06/12/2007, Rama Rama <ramaneko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Oldak, this is the mailing list of Commons. This is
not a political mailing
list. Beside the fact that you views of Zionism are simplistic and wrong, it
is not the emotions of Zionists that we want to keep out of here, but the
emotions of *all* politically-driven people. Be they tenants of the Israeli
right-wing and far-right-wing, or their opponents.
I suggested we avoid emotive terms such as "anti-Semite" which would
just confuse this discussion. The term is lightly thrown around in
some discussions - I don't see how anything I said was over-simplistic
or wrong.
Zionism is racist (any hope or ideology based around a racial state is
racist) and confusing the distinction between anti-Zionism and
anti-Semitism is a common tactic
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism_and_racism_allegations). I only
bring up these points, because they are relevant to the discussion.
--
Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)