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Paul Vogel has been adding an anti-Semitic link to the Judaism
page. I explained in detail on the talk page why I think this is
inappropriate, and I deleted the link. Although some other users
believe that such a link is acceptable as long as it is clearly
identified, I think if Wikipedia is going to have any links to
anti-Semitic material it should be on the anti-Semitism page.<br><br>
In any event, after I explained why I deleted the link, Vogel responded,
"Any hue and cry of "anti-semitism" or "nazism"
etc. ad nauseum for such a link is not relevant, if one is being
hypocritical in actually allowing similar pov and slanderous links on
<font color="#0000FF"><u>cosmotheism</u></font>, or any other religion,
within Wiki articles.-PV " -- a response that ignored my explanation
entirely. <br><br>
I replied, "<i>I</i> am not "allowing" slanderous links on
the cosmotheism page. Two rights do not make a wrong. If you have a
problem on another site, seek mediation -- don't take out your
frustrations here."<br><br>
And then Vogel made clear the anti-Semitic logic by which problems on the
cosmotheism page are really "Jewish" problems: "Aren't
you? Each one of those 4 slanderous POV articles and each one linked as
"criticisms" on the
<font color="#0000FF"><u>cosmotheism</u></font> page have been written by
"Jews", and you have not ever protested and ever insisted upon
their actual "removal" have you? The problem is on THIS SITE,
WIKIPEDIA. The lying hypocrisy of your own "ilk" is responsible
for this nonsense, and so it actually is YOUR OWN PROBLEM. Unfortunately,
there is no effective medication for
<font color="#0000FF"><u>psychological projection</u></font> on your and
your own ilk's part, but, hope springs eternal!.-"<br><br>
Do I need to explain my outrage? Vogel doesn't identify the people
working on the cosmotheism as wikipedians but as "Jews."
He doesn't identify me as a wikipedian but solely as a
"Jew." And because I am a Jew, he holds me responsible
for what other "Jews" have done on another site.<br><br>
This use of "Jew" as a slur; the identification of my
"ilk" as hypocrites, reeks of anti-Semitism. If this
itself does not merit banning, I certainly think some strong action
should be taken. <br><br>
Thanks,<br><br>
Steve<br><br>
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Steven L. Rubenstein<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Department of Sociology and Anthropology<br>
Bentley Annex<br>
Ohio University<br>
Athens, Ohio 45701</html>