Re: the politics of representation

[" George Snedeker" <snedeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Adam Hanieh <ahanieh@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: RE: the politics of representation


> yes, this letter is not genuine. It's been circulating for a week or so on
> Palestinian mailing lists and was written by a Palestinian activist in
> holland.

this poses some interesting questions. there is of course the question of
deception. it also poses the question of the relationship of the logical
content of an argument to who makes the argument. if Mandela had actually
written this memo would the argument be more true? of course Mandela's
having written it would have given it greater moral weight. why? is
everything Nelson Mandela says more true than what ordinary activists say?
George


> earlier I posted a memo from Nelson Mandela to Thomas Friedman.  Phil
Gasper
> from the rpa list questions the authenticity of this memo. he remarks: > I
> suspect that it is fairly obvious to RPA members that the "Mandela"
> > memo forwarded to the list is not really by NM. I gather it was
> > written by a US activist "in Mandela's voice" and sent as a letter to
> > the NYT--a somewhat dubious undertaking in my view. --PG
>
>
> is P.G. correct? when I read the memo, I assumed that it was actually from
> Mandela. it seemed plausible to me.what do we know about NIT?
>
> George
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