@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cr#1297> (Fwd) IP: Stokey Il yet again The Simon Wiesenthal Center does very good work exposing the consequences of intolerance, but it has a persistent problem recognizing it's own principles in action. Some years ago I attended a speech at the Center given by Christopher Simpson a few months after the publcation of his book "Blowback", which deals extensively and thoughfully with the role of Nazi's brought back to the US after World War II (Operation Paperclip) and their influence on the creation & early development of the Cold War. After a number of questions had been asked, but well before the previously indicated end of the evening, I asked specifically if the whole episode was not simply a matter of shared interests and underlying ideological outlook. In view of the West's support for Hitler in the 30s as a means to destroy the USSR, this is hardly a far-fetched question. Anyone who has read the book will recognize that this viewpoint is more or less there in the book (which I had already read), but only implicitly. I was trying to draw him out, and see how he would approach the thesis explicitly. Mr. Simpson answered the question, basically in the affirmative. Before he could fully elaborate, the presiding Rabbi interrrupted and brusquely announced that the even was over. Several friends of mine overheard him saying that I was a troublemaker who "had an agenda". I must reiterate, the Weisenthal Center does a great deal of very wonderful work. It has considerable resources and influence for an institute of its kind. We should all encourage it to refocus its energies toward putting a strong anti-intolerant message out on the net. Evil cannot be eradicted by pushing it into the darkness, but only by confronting it with light. Paul Rosenberg Reason & Democracy •••@••.••• ~--<snip of quoted material>--~ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore (•••@••.•••) Wexford, Ireland Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ CyberLib: http://www.internet-eireann.ie/cyberlib Materials may be reposted in their entirety for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
