On 06/12/2007, Yonatan Horan <yonatanh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
No, they are irrelevant. Regardless of my views on the
images at hand (and
no, I don't think they should be deleted altogether), nobody cares if you
think Zionism = racism and it has nothing to do with whether we should or
shouldn't keep these images.
The original poster opened with "The page
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon in commons includes
racist cartoons against a representative of the Jewish nation, and thus,
against the Jewish people themselves."
To state that cartoons against the representatives of "the Jewish
nation" is "against the Jewish people themselves" is a statement of
racism. I wouldn't make the point that Zionism=racism if it weren't
relevant to the discussion. The point really isn't that
Zionism=racism, the point is that these comments in particular are
racist.
I didn't state that we should keep/delete the photos because
Zionism=racism, I suggested we shouldn't allow the racism of those
comments to influence this discussion or our decision.
--
Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)