Re: [A-List] FW: Check it out

[Rob Schaap <rschaap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G'day Mac,

Whilst hoping not to invite a long debate on the meaning of 'zionist'
(and whilst most definitely hoping to avoid aching to-and-fros on
political correctness), I'd point out the word covers a very broad
spectrum of sentiments and dispositions.  Daniel Davies brought that up
on his (exceptionally worthwhile) blog the other day - he's opting for
'Likkudist' for the word that'll do the job.  At any rate, I can imagine
nationhood is as important to Israelis as it is to Palestinians.  Unless
it can be established that all who would call themselves 'Zionist'
favour the Bibi/Sharon strategies of invasive Oslo-repudiating
settlement/military occupation/murderous bullets-against-stones
expansionism, I think we should be very careful here.  Out of fairness
as much as political judiciousness.

Cheers,
Rob.


> We list runners should seriously look for alternatives.
> These Utah lists had been hosted previously by Workers World who, frankly,
> unceremoniously dumped all of our lists with little discussion.
>
> Perhaps we should find some other hosts who might be willing to donate similar
> resources. One thought would be to talk to the www.resist.ca people here in
> Vancouver...
>
> At any rate, I certainly think for A-Listers and other lists it is important to
> get backup- Michael is right to question the long term viability of these Utah
> Uni servers. I received an odd threat a few months ago from Time Magazine
> regarding one of their articles being in the archives of Rad Green (one of the
> Utah lists I moderate). I ignored it, they went "over my head" to the Utah
> servers who then removed the article from the archives- despite my objection.
> Hans Ehrbar has done an absolutely great service for us, but he is not the
> provider-- that is the university, who I do not trust to let us be.
>
> There is a very good chance that Israel is going to use the cover of the attack
> on Iraq to ethnically cleanse what people remain in Palestine. The Zionist filth
> on the internet have been viciously hacking at another local list I moderate
> (not on Utah). I get several hundred administrative requests a day now, enough
> to drive me nuts. To assume that during the bombing (and therefore "transfer")
> Utah servers won't become far more susceptible to Zionist pressure is, imo,
> naíve. WE should think about moving so as to keep information free.
>
> Times have changed, so should our approach.
>
> Macdonald