Klarinet Archive - Posting 000127.txt from 2007/05

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sarah=20elbaz?=" <sarah@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] SV: Wagner
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:28:18 -0400

Hi Tim,
I have some very busy days and I promise to answer you on the weekend.
Sarah

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] SV: Wagner
> Sent: 14 May '07 18:15
>
> On  Sun, 13 May 2007 18:21:31 +0000, Sarah Elbaz wrote:
> > If we want to to have a serious discussion about antisemitism, I think that we should face some more
> > difficult questions.
> > For example:   Amazon .com .  Is there any one on this list who didn't buy or sell books and CD's
> > through Amazon?   And if I tell you that Amazon sells more copies of the" Protocols of the Elders of Zion"
> > then the Bible...
>
> If you told me that, I would dispute it.  The hardcover Protocols is
> #160,286 in their sales ranking, and the Zondervan NIV Bible (only one
> of the hundreds of versions they sell) is #14,644.
>
> > and they refuse to stop spreading this poison because of the profit they make from this book, would you still buy ans sell through Amazon?  
> > I would love to get an answer to this question.
> >  
>
> It has been demonstrated time and time again that you cannot eliminate
> hateful speech by censoring it.  Amazon has a lengthy special note on
> the Protocols page that identifies the text as repugnant racial
> propaganda, and even links to a book that exposes its fraudulent
> history.  In a very real sense, it is only by exposing filth like this
> to the naked light of day that we can recognize it for what it is, and
> work towards preventing it from occurring again.
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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