Am 02.06.2010 um 16:47 schrieb giorgio curti:
> "It is of course true that in Germany any discussion of Israel is much more difficult and everyone tries to tread more carefully, because there is undeniably a unique historic responsibility (you may call it guilt, if you like)." --- My point exactly, and to label pointing this out as an "ad-hominem attack" - as some have - is to completely miss the (historical/cultural) point.
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> "Does that justify denying any German his/her own point of view though?" --- No, of course not, but when that point of view attempts to divert attention from and put responsibility on the oppressed and marginalized, the historical and cultural situation of that point of view needs to be addressed.
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> "In this forum of "critical geographers" different points of views should be allowed." --- Sure, I agree completely, but that suggests the points of view will be 'critical' (I mean this in the widest sense possible). If they are simply ideological reinforcements of and justifications for oppression, there will be a strong reaction.
Dear Giorgio,
thanks that you start to deconstruct yourself: take your last sentence seriously and reflect what you wrote, you may notice the blind spot: there is no "oppression" if you hinder some ships to enter a nation's territory. And you don't think there's no antisemitism in it? Maybe this one helps to cure such pseudo-egalitarian ideologies:
http://youropenbook.org/?q=jews&x=0&y=0&gender=any
The ship of fools was no freedom action, but a great media scoop, as I mentioned before.
th.
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