tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post2607363569552630390..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: And now, against the left:Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-4136997873181456972007-02-24T15:38:00.000-05:002007-02-24T15:38:00.000-05:00It depends what you mean by 'European colonists'. ...It depends what you mean by 'European colonists'. Conservative, apartheid-era Afrikaners had quite a lot in common with some Israelis and their motivations were fairly different to those of nineteenth century colonists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-14809329243088527532007-02-20T14:06:00.000-05:002007-02-20T14:06:00.000-05:00i'd like to know what do you think about http://we...i'd like to know what do you think about <BR/>http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/698/op11.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-65533947633547644112007-02-20T08:25:00.000-05:002007-02-20T08:25:00.000-05:00I'm much more interested in looking at things in c...I'm much more interested in looking at things in context than out.<BR/><BR/>My moral standards differentiate urban gentrification from building settlements in occupied territories for the express purpose of making the return of those territories politically impossible.<BR/><BR/>UChicago is operating according to accepted legal standards. Israel, post-'67, is not.<BR/><BR/>Support of the Zionist project is not incompatible with seeing things clearly. David Ben-Gurion would not approve of thinking that Orange County is in Kansas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-72447024047287096362007-02-20T01:01:00.000-05:002007-02-20T01:01:00.000-05:00If looked at completely out of context, certain as...If looked at completely out of context, certain aspects of Israeli policy resemble imperialism, as do certain aspects of, according to one op-ed once in the UChicago student paper, the very existence of that university in its South Side location. It's all imperialism, if you twist it enough. Exploitation for exploitation's sake, though, is another matter.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-77896230525888327852007-02-20T00:56:00.000-05:002007-02-20T00:56:00.000-05:00"The idea that Israel ... is imperialist ... is so...<I>"The idea that Israel ... is imperialist ... is so clearly off"</I><BR/><BR/>Is this one of those things like not realizing that the OC is set in California? <BR/><BR/>That one day you'll realize Israel's post-'67 behavior includes a significant component of imperial design, and you'll feel a sudden wave of shame?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com