On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:57:23 -0700 (PDT), Steve Vertigum utilitymuffinresearch2@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Delirium delirium@rufus.d2g.com wrote:
Steve Vertigum wrote:
And what is wrong with having an anti-apartheid
bias?
Though I'm generally no fan of Israel's, I'd argue that many "anti-Israel biases" are not "anti-apartheid biases", but rather "anti-Jewish biases."
I see your point. But is'nt it anti-Israel to even mention "apartheid" in the context of Israel? So its ok to be anti-apartheid, but its anti-semitic to say Israel is an apartheid state?
Whether or not it is, is irrelevant. It is POV to say "Israel is an apartheid state". It is NPOV (and demonstrably true) to say "Some consider Israel to be an apartheid state".
We're writing an NPOV encyclopedia, remember.