Dear Jorge,
do enlighten me, "scientifically and practically",
how my arguments are "anti americanism"?
I'm all ears.
David
From: Jorge Bolaños <[log in to unmask]>
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Date sent: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 11:58:09 +0000
> That stupid antiamericanism is the last shelter for the far left, once all
> your arguments have been refuted scientifically and practically. But you
> should keep and take care of your old ideological phantoms, winter is coming
> and they can cold could bring fatal consequences for them.
> But, I am disapointed with you.
> So you dont recognize your hostility towards your neighbours?
> Are you really a marxist or what?
>
>
> >From: David Quarter <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: David Quarter <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: The Shakespeare Tragedy
> >Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 03:06:02 -0500
> >
> >Tim writes:
> >
> > "you read more into my comments than I would think
> >supportable.".
> >
> > I would say, in fact, that your response below indicates exactly
> >what I suggested: That you think primarily in terms of how the
> >elections impacts *America*, in the narrow, middle class,
> >eurocentric sense of the word.
> >
> ><<<<However, I *will* say that regardless of
> > > your political outlook, the USA presidential election was
> >conducted and
> > > peacefully settled according to democratic principles.>>>
> >
> > Your so-called "democratic" principles are grounded in a system
> >that priviledges the rich AND/OR the politically connected at the
> >expense of the rest. By rich I mean having Scrooge McDuck like
> >pockets. Poltical connectness in the U.S. requires the type of clout
> >that would enable someone to rise from a ragged upbringing in
> >Arkansas to being elected President of the United States. The
> >latter *only* occurs by being attached to one of the "two" main
> >political parties., both of which are deeply entwined with the 5 % or
> >so of the population who controls the economy.
> >
> >What happens for virtually all "independent" candidate in the U.S.
> >lacking in the funds to support their campaign is that they are
> >barred from the TV and radio airwaves. This since the TV stations
> >are controlled by big business or rich people who aren't interested
> >in supporting candidates not alligned to the "two" main
> >representatives of the rich.
> >
> >Lacking in money or political connectsion leaves one without the
> >funds necessary to get a message across to the voting public -
> >exactly what a third candidate like Nader -- by no stretch of the
> >imagination a poor guy -- faced in this recent election and exactly
> >why a system, such as this, precludes any real possibility of
> >actual "choices" between candidates.
> >
> > Your beloved racist, classist so-called "democratic" system also
> >either prohibits by law, or makes it virtually impossible for, a nice
> >chunk of your population to even vote.
> >
> >What a pathetic excuse for a democracy!
> >
> >
> > > Communicate your discontent about USA politics and foreign
> >policy all
> > > you like; that is or ought to be your privilege.
> > >
> >
> >Translation: You can criticize my country but it means you're my
> >enemy.
> >
> >So typical of the seige mentality that afflicts the majority of
> >Americans.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Subject: RE: The Shakespeare Tragedy
> >Date sent: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:03:37 -0500
> >From: "Lillie,Timothy H" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: "David Quarter" <[log in to unmask]>,
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > > Well, all I can say is that I think you have read more into my comment
> > > than I would think supportable. However, I *will* say that regardless of
> > > your political outlook, the USA presidential election was conducted and
> > > peacefully settled according to democratic principles. In my book, if an
> > > election is democratically held and an outcome then occurs as the will
> > > of the people (whether or not I might agree with that outcome), then
> > > that settles it.
> > >
> > > Communicate your discontent about USA politics and foreign policy all
> > > you like; that is or ought to be your privilege.
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > Timothy Lillie, PhD
> > > Associate Professor
> > > The University of Akron
> > > Zook Hall 322
> > > Akron OH 55325-4205
> > > 330-972-6746 (voice)
> > > 330-972-5209 (fax
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: David Quarter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 12:31 AM
> > > To: Lillie,Timothy H; [log in to unmask]
> > > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: The Shakespeare Tragedy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm *somewhat perplexed* by Tim's statement that:
> > >
> > > Why are they [the Mirror] so
> > > > thin-skinned at a democratic (there are, so far at least, very few
> > > > reported problems in voting) outcome?
> > >
> > > Pexplexed in the sence that the statement's hard to rectify with the
> > > position of someone claiming allegiance to the social model,
> > > "somewhat" in that it is less hard to fathom when seen in the
> > > context of it being said by an American.
> > >
> > > AT least, the impression I got of the social model -- someone
> > > please correct me if I'm wrong -- is that the political is never
> > > divorced from the social. The two are seen as connected. Yet the
> > > impression I get of your statement, Tim, is quite the opposite: that
> > > what happens in the U.S. only matters. That, for you, the human
> > > (social) consequences of the U.S. (political) elections is only to be
> > > interpreted within the confines of the U.S. state, divorced from its
> > > impact on the rest of the world. What you label, the "democatric
> > > outcome" for the U.S. should supercede all other concerns.
> > >
> > > Not that I imagine most citizens outside the U.S would in principle
> > > be against this idea. The notion of the American people/America
> > > being content solely with their own democratic outcomes would for
> > > most be a welcome breath of fresh air...surely, something to make
> > > Osama ecstatic about, that is, of course, if it were indeed the
> > > pattern. Alas, this couldn't be further from the usual method of
> > > comportment of the U.S state. The fact is today, a few wealthy
> > > states, lead by the U.S. as self annointed "leader of the free world",
> > > makes decisions which generally affect the rest of the world
> > > citizens, the majority in fact, in a negative way.
> > >
> > > Take Iraq, for example. Since the U.S., along with the British et al.,
> > > first turned against Saddam Hussein (formerly a client of your
> > > country) an estimated 1.6 mllion Iraqis have been killed. They have
> > > died b/c of 10 years of vicious, brutal sanctions imposed on them
> > > under the reign of the father of your currently-elected president,
> > > sanctions which were then enthusiastly tightened under your
> > > subsequent president's (Clinton's) watch. And, in case you forgot,
> > > since Bush junior's took the decision to invade and occupy Iraq,
> > > countless more Iraqi people have died.
> > >
> > > More generally, billions of human beings are affected each an every
> > > day by decisions taken on your country's behalf -- from as far
> > > away regions as South America all the way to the far east. For
> > > example, the farmers of India forced off their land by your -GMO
> > > multinationals;
> > >
> > > ; The millions of Africans brutalized by military dictatorships or
> > > leadership supported by your government (often by way of the CIA),
> > > people who, in their state of suffering, have been denied basic
> > > resources such as shelter and medicine, i.e., resources which
> > > western countries, but, more recently, cheifly your own
> > > government., either refuse to share with Africans or forcefully steal
> > > from them under the cloak of corporate "exporting" to the west.
> > >
> > > There are many more examples to list.
> > >
> > > What I would argue is that as long as the world continues to be
> > > affected adversely by the policies carried in the name of the U.S
> > > state, it seems only uncumbent upon us, as our democratic duty
> > > as citizens outside the U.S. (as well as for Americans who oppose
> > > the system) to communicate, by whatever means possible, our
> > > discontent toward your country's cherised "democratic outcomes".
> > >
> > > DOQ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Date sent: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:58:23 -0500
> > > Send reply to: "Lillie,Timothy H" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > From: "Lillie,Timothy H" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: The Shakespeare Tragedy
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > > I'm standing a bit outside all this, since my connection to the
> > > > British world of disability studies has recently been weaker than it
> > > > once was but it seems to me that the discussion is likely a good one
> > > > if it results in a bit more civility in discussion of competing views.
> > >
> > > > Of course, it likely will not seem that way to the person or persons
> > > > who are personally savaged and I *know* that many diversity-sensitive
> > > > and inclusionary folks are VERY thin skinned when they feel they are
> > > > being criticized. Their immediate response, in my view, has been to
> > > > cry victim and demand an apology...while feeling that their critiques,
> > >
> > > > regardless of how personal they are are somehow justified.
> > > >
> > > > Why do I mention this here? Because of the headline Bob refers to in
> > > > the Daily Mirror figuratively weeping over the "dumbness" of
> > > > fifty-nine million Americans in choosing someone not acceptable,
> > > > apparently, to the Daily Mirror. I don't know the Mirror's politics
> > > > but from the reported headline they are obviously left of center.....
> > > > Why are they so thin-skinned at a democratic (there are, so far at
> > > > least, very few reported problems in voting) outcome? The answer might
> > >
> > > > be: because they think that people who don't share their view, like
> > > > those attacking Shakespeare personally, are simply stupid and evil.
> > > > Tell that often enough to someone and that person stops listening to
> > > > you.
> > > >
> > > > So be careful of how critiques are framed: even righteous liberals
> > > > (and conservatives, for that matter, who in my view are similarly
> > > > constructed) can be vicious and bigoted when *their* precious views
> > > > are critiqued.
> > > >
> > > > Timothy Lillie, PhD
> > > > Associate Professor
> > > > The University of Akron
> > > > Zook Hall 322
> > > > Akron OH 55325-4205
> > > > 330-972-6746 (voice)
> > > > 330-972-5209 (fax
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob
> > > > Williams-Findlay
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 6:45 AM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: The Shakespeare Tragedy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I find myself strangely caught between Shirley's world and Havor's.
> > > >
> > > > Early this week Tom and I had an exchange of words; my posting on the
> > > > List concerning his Ouch article was detailed and reasoned, I felt. On
> > >
> > > > Ouch itself, I admit I reacted from the gut and penned off a short,
> > > > journalistic style sound-bite response.
> > > >
> > > > Tom characterised this as "personal abuse" and suggested I should've
> > > > focused on his "views"; my retort was that I believe a person's style
> > > > of delivery is as much a part of the debate as are the views the
> > > > individual expresses. I, therefore, stood by my decision to
> > > > characterise Tom as behaving like a Victorian Headmaster when he
> > > > addresses the Disabled People's Movement.
> > > >
> > > > The problem is where do you draw the line? I hear what Shirley is
> > > > saying; but am I being hypocritical by saying that I think she was
> > > > unwise to voice it in the manner that she has?
> > > >
> > > > Today, the British newspaper, the Daily Mirror, ran the headline
> > > > something
> > > > like:
> > > > Are 59,000 Americans that Dumb?
> > > >
> > > > I believe this is no different; my thought processes went there, yet
> > > > the price of liberty requires us to accept the challenge of the
> > > > unthinkable.
> > > >
> > > > Personally, I have distanced myself from Tom's views because many
> > > > contradiction some of the core values I have; no doubt what I do and
> > > > say outrage some people also.
> > > >
> > > > It's hard not to be outraged and to want to scrap with those who you
> > > > feel threaten or undermine what you hold dear. I'm not saint in this
> > > > field and I've been attacked several times for my outspoken bluntness
> > > > during a counter-attack.
> > > >
> > > > This said, I believe there's a great deal of validity in what Havor
> > > > was saying. Anger is a poor companion in a battle for people's
> > > > attention.
> > > >
> > > > Bob Williams-Findlay
> > > >
> > > >
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